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Old 01-06-2014, 09:59 PM   #70 (permalink)
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there is a ready market for bodies for the old VW Chassis
Your up against the dwindling supply problem and you're still on your prototype! Your competiton includes people who bring a rust-free Mexican boneyard body up and put it on a domestic chassis with a valid VIN number.

You might consider also offering a replacement floopan for interested parties that can't source their own. It was done back in the day for mid-engine corvair power, ferinstance. the thread I really should start would show a one-piece aluminum monocoque tub underslung under the center tunnel by the thickness of a Prius battery.

You could have dwindling base plates on an hydraulic ram [scissor arm].
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