[T2] Bay front end in a split

[Chris Dreike]

Thanks Al,
On Saturday I saw a 64 Kombi and the owner said his front end was from a
68. Sure enough it has ball joints.
I believe the ride might be softer as with my 71 bay, not sure on that
however. Anyone know?

Chris

On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 9:51 PM Al Brase <alribee at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think a 1968-69 beam will fit. 70-79 have a bigger bolt pattern and will
> take some fabrication to fit. The thing is, the ball joints are all the
> same, thus any year uprights will fit the 69 beam. This means 71-71 and
> 73-79 which both take disc brakes but the 73-79 are bigger, or better, I
> think.
>
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 11:45 PM Chris Dreike <cdreike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Volks,
>> Anyone remember the details on whether an early bay front end will fit
>> into
>> a 64-67 splitty? Which years fit?
>> I know this was discussed about 15-16 years ago. Karl (RIP) had the
>> details
>> at the time.
>>
>> Chris
>> 64 DD Kamper Kit
>> 71 Sunroof Bay
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