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 Mad Manx
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| posted on November 29th, 2004 at 06:41 PM |
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simple question
quick question:
can early bay front bumpers be fitted to the later styled bay kombis?
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05  ) - '65 manx (smick)
-'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable) |
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Mad Manx
A.k.a.: Travin C.
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KombiKroozin
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Location: backpacking through Europe ... currently in London
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| posted on November 30th, 2004 at 08:29 PM |
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bump:duh
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
-'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)
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MikeM
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| posted on November 30th, 2004 at 08:41 PM |
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Early and late bumpers mount totally differently.
Early bumpers mount to the chassis rails. Late bumpers mount to a "crash pad" or "bumper pad" on the front of the kombi. The fronts are a
different shape.
I guess with signifigant modification you could mount early bumpers on a late kombi, but it would actually be illegal as the crash pad is a low speed
crumple requirement that came in with ADR's in 72-73.
If you only have an early bumper and want a late bumper and I have some spare late bumpers so we could do a deal. Just a thought.
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Mad Manx
A.k.a.: Travin C.
Wolfsburg Wizard
KombiKroozin
Posts: 456
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Registered: August 27th, 2002
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Location: backpacking through Europe ... currently in London
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Mood: sore feet, but lovin the scenery
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| posted on November 30th, 2004 at 08:53 PM |
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Thanks for the info and the offer:beer
I have been looking at buying an early bay kombi cause i like the style a bit more but they seem to be very scarce in my region whilst the '73 onward
style is still plentifull- I was hoping to retrofit a later style kombi with some ease but it seems not. Big thanks for the info!!
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
-'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)
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