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Old 01-03-2014, 09:59 PM   #46 (permalink)
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..but they are actually in such nice shape, I'd hate to cut um up!
Tell me about it. My '58 Canadian Beetle was alreay baja'd when I got it, but it really deserves a ground-up restoration.



My biggest concern would be that the greenhouse doesn't have as much plan taper as the fenders. maybe a little pie-cut through the roof?

Two automatic left axles on a manual trans will let you shorten the torsion bar tubes and narrow the track 3". It's a complicated subject; you have yor 'long-long' and 'short-short' axles and everything inbetween, so here's a link:

http://http://www.thesamba.com/vw/search.php?cx=partner-pub-7723606459919165%3A4490904434&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UT F-8&q=automatic+left+axle&sa=Search
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