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 BrisDubba
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 01:41 PM |
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Can I body swap 64body on 69pan ???
Some advice necessary- I have a 64 Beetle with all the usual stuff and I am contemplating putting my 64 Body on a 68-69 pan which has bj front and
swinger rear. It is a club car and I wanted to induce some neg camber and have a few more options.
Are they a straight swap- or will I run into dramas with the front uprights or mounting brackets at the rear.
Any advice appreciated.
Peter
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68AutoBug
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 01:48 PM |
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HI,
I haven't done one of these swaps but I know many people have...
with a 56 beetle, the rear mounting brackets under the rear guards have to be shortened...
Not sure with the 64...
but thats all I know, One of the locals last year put a 1965 body on a 1976 chassis....
and the 76 body on the 65 chassis....
so I don't believe there are any major problems...
Best of Luck
Lee
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 03:34 PM |
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yeah that's all - but might have to 'massage' the inner arches in the same area to give a few mm clearance to the chassis
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 04:40 PM |
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Easy swap and probally the best option
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Dasdubber
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 09:31 PM |
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This may help? I put a 63 body onto a 70 pan with no problems apart from the rear body mount. I only massaged the inner front arches because I
narrowed the beam 80mm.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=8392
Cheers
Alan
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| posted on January 29th, 2007 at 09:36 PM |
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Thanks
Thanks for that Alan- much appreciated.
Peter
VW Toys
64 Beetle - club car - Herbie
RSK 718 Porsche Spyder
76 Southern Cross Offroad racing buggy. "Manx Buggies"
77 Cobra Offroad racing buggy "RipOff"
68 Country Buggy KO200
64 Manx swb
70 Dual Cab kombi
74 Dual Cab kombi
74 Micro bus
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