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Re: [T3] IRS conversion


On 26 Oct 2004 at 8:27, Bob Myers wrote:

> I did my 63 notch the way Neil is talking about. I used a swing axle torsion 
> assembly (frame horns) and welded on the IRS control arm brackets like IRS 
> torsion assemblies have. Then I switched over the torsion plates from swing 
> axle to the shorter IRS that attach to the control arms.
> 
> I did not weld in any rear crossmember mounts. I figured that since the 
> notch never had them before, the original mounting would be sufficient. 
> After all they were added when the cars went to IRS and lost the frame 
> horns, right?

Right. Doing it the way Neil suggested is a perfectly good way to go.


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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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