The rear body mounts inside rear fender are moved in 68 and newer. 67 and older frame and bodies are same. You can drill out the mounts on each side and reposition then where they should be.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Souza, Matt Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 5:54 PM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle body on IRS pan tips and trix? 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 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
