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Nate
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 Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 11:26 am Post subject: early bay rear panel |
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| is the rear panel below the engine door on an early bay meant to be bolt on or welded in? |
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andewilson
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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bolted with either two or four bolts, up till crossovers which then went ot the fixed panel
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Nate
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| mine is a '71. the panel has been mig welded in, by someone with even less welding ability than me, just trying to work out if this is how it was meant to be... |
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andewilson
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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mines a 71 too mate. 71's are two bolt valences, one each side.
why anyone would weld in a removable one is beyond me. in fact why vw went from a removable one to fixed, seems like going backwards
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ElusiveStranger
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| andewilson wrote: |
why anyone would weld in a removable one is beyond me. in fact why vw went from a removable one to fixed, seems like going backwards |
I'd assume it was cutting production costs
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gazman
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Thought it might have been to improve structural integrity... still annoying but!
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