You should first check with your local authorities about what will be required to legally resister/title the car after you do the pan swap. Generally, you're going to need to present the titles to both vehicles involved. How much of a hassle it'll be beyond that varies widely from state to state. `69 and `70 pans are identical. That's the "short answer" ...a later pan could also be used but there are some considerations. `71/`72 use different (wider) seat tracks and single-springplate rear suspension - not an issue if the "new" pan comes complete with diagonal arms and springplates, otherwise you'll need to transfer the double-sideplate components over from your `70 pan. `73-up have a totally different seat mounting setup. On them (or the `71/`72) you could weld on replacement early floorboards and keep your `70 seats. Good `73-up seats are extremely rare. More importantly, the front transmission mount on `73-up is completely different. You'll need a `73-up trans nosecone, but they aren't really correct on a pre`73 transmission - best to get an aftermarket steel thrust plate that sandwiches between the nosecone and main housing, and have that much surfaced off of the late nosecone. `75-`77 were fuel injected so the fuel pipe and heater cable tube arrangements are slightly different, but that's a fairly minor issue. Lastly, you could also use a `68 AutoStick pan - they're essentially the same as the `69/`70 4-speed (same rear suspension) but there's one important difference: no clutch cable conduit in the tunnel! You'd either need to cut it open and weld one in or use a hydraulic clutch setup.
--- Nicholas Stokes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My '70 standard Bug has a serious case of rot in the > frame head and > I've had it off the road for the past two years. > > I do not want to try to weld a replacement but would > rather get a > whole undercarriage to get it back to the daily > driver it once was. > > What years would be proper with minimal to no > modification? > > Anyone in the southeast; VA, NC, MA, SC... have > one? > > Thanks, > > Nick Stokes > Dub~Tunes radio page: > http://homepage.mac.com/stokester/dub_tunes > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
