yes the 62 body will fit just fine.
saw this all over facebook. so sorry brutha that really sucks. just glad everyonewas alright.
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'69 Pan/driveline with a '62 body...
10-09-2012 12:56 AM
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Any issues doing this swap? Will the older body be easy to replace the newer one?
Here's the problem...I'll let the pictures do the talking...
Still runs great. As you can see my brother-in-law in that last pic is enjoying it still. My dad has found a '62 body in good shape and wants to put it on our '69 pan. When I built this car the first time I just swapped the front apron and bolt-ons and called it a '66 wannabe. Now it's time to go all out and go older. Anything I can tell my dad who owns the car now about swapping the '62 shell on there?
Thanks in advance!
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10-09-2012 09:59 AM
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http://www.facebook.com/VWLoosenuts?sk=wall www.cultwagen.com. Originally Posted by Schell R32
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10-09-2012 02:17 PM
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Thank you, sir! The girl that hit it was knocked unconscious for about 20 minutes, but she is back in good health now and is driving again. Originally Posted by LooseNuts
yes the 62 body will fit just fine.
saw this all over facebook. so sorry brutha that really sucks. just glad everyonewas alright.
2 lane road, crossing a freeway off-ramp. The driver on the off-ramp was turning left with another car turning right. The car turning right was clear to turn and did, but the girl turning left apparently wasn't paying attention and just went when the right-turner did and smacked the side of my dad's trailer as he passed by @ about 50 mph. Originally Posted by TerrorSwain
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10-09-2012 04:50 PM
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wow bro! glad everyone is ok, and I am excited to see this bug come back to life with a new body! Originally Posted by GTrabbIt
2 lane road, crossing a freeway off-ramp. The driver on the off-ramp was turning left with another car turning right. The car turning right was clear to turn and did, but the girl turning left apparently wasn't paying attention and just went when the right-turner did and smacked the side of my dad's trailer as he passed by @ about 50 mph.
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10-09-2012 05:41 PM
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WERD!! Originally Posted by TerrorSwain
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10-09-2012 08:00 PM
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I believe the only issue yo might have is you'll have to move the rear body mount. Otherwise almost a direct swap. Glad to see noone got hurt
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10-09-2012 11:38 PM
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Sooooo sorry this happened to you GT Originally Posted by GTrabbIt
Thank you, sir! The girl that hit it was knocked unconscious for about 20 minutes, but she is back in good health now and is driving again.
2 lane road, crossing a freeway off-ramp. The driver on the off-ramp was turning left with another car turning right. The car turning right was clear to turn and did, but the girl turning left apparently wasn't paying attention and just went when the right-turner did and smacked the side of my dad's trailer as he passed by @ about 50 mph.
,that's exactly how I figured it had to happen the moment I saw the pics.
Yup Originally Posted by cfvwtuner
cf ,here's your almost identical situation
:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=207023
from
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient...w=1280&bih=832
While you have the body off send just the pan out for an alignment check ,it'll be muuuuch easier to replace any tweaked suspension parts then if neccesary .
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