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On 25 Oct 2004 at 22:40, Jon Remers wrote: > Someone told me that the IRS assembly from a late long > nose t3 would fit in place of the old swing axle box. > Is this really true, what kind of fabrication would be > necessary if any? > I have a really nice and tight IRS box from a GT > Beetle, would this also fit? If you have the IRS rear subframe it will bolt right into any early body. To make this work, you will need an engine with the rear mount crossbar, plus the 2 body mount points for the rear engine supports (the late ones that fit on either side.) Of course you will need an IRS tranny, too. A beetle IRS tranny will fit, but the gear rations will be slightly different. Late beetles used a very different nose cone, and the early nose cone is not a good replacement for that (there are details in the Bentley manual.) The beetle shift rod will have the dimple drilled in the wrong place. The best thing to do is to use a type 3 rod; too many people have trouble trying to redrill the type 1 rod in the right place. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~