I have a '63 on a '71 pan, everything lines up, I think (I didn't do the swap the PO did), I've never had any problems with the body/pan marriage. Even when I had a 1600 with heat, with just a little more wiggling, everything fit nice. I also put a 2" narrowed beam with dropped spindles and ghia disk brakes up front. Drives and stops very nice.
Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:vintagvw- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of No Quarter > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 3:28 PM > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Subject: [vintagvw] Swingaxle body on IRS pan tips and trix? > > My wife and I are planning on doing up a 1963 beetle for her and I want > to put it on a 1970 IRS pan. I was wondering if the bolt holes will > line up on this and what problems I might encounter? I vaguely > remember there being problems with clearance around the heater boxes on > a 1600DP when used on a swingaxle body. Since I plan on doing some old > farmboy body work on this beetle, what could be done to clearance this > area? > > We're planning on building her a nice beetle with much powdercoating > and undercoating so that we can drive it year round without worrying > about rust from snow and salt. The things I learn from doing this > restoration I'd like to put towards future restorations. I'm just so > fed up with modern vehicles so we're planning on just keeping a few > restored pans around, axle beams, and engines and simply plan on using > the beetles until the day we die. It's really hard to find anything > more simple and functional. > > Erin > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
