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Re: [T3] NEW TO LIST - introduction


On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 11:43, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 11 May 2003 at 12:11, MattCrunk@aol.com wrote:
> 

> 
> Converting a 68 to AT will be a big undertaking. I'd actually suggest that it 
> would be much less work to just teach your wife to drive a stick. To convert 
> the 68 to AT you would, at the very least, have to swap the rear subframe 
> w/brakes, modify the bottom of the pan, weld in the rear engine hangers, modify 
> the engine case and convert the flywheel to drive plate (or use the AT engine,) 
> and modify the top of the tunnel where the shift lever goes. If the donor car 
> has a good pan, it might be easier to just use it, and put your rust free 68 
> body on it, but you'd still need to weld the rear mount supports to the 68 
> body. 
> 
> Nothing here is straightforward. The major problems are that there were no ATs 
> sold in the US in 68 (and very few worldwide), the 68 MTs were swing axle, 
> while all the ATs were IRS.
> 
DUH, Jim, just smack me. In my reply, I didn't even notice that he said
it was a '68.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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