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On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 23:10, John Jaranson wrote: > > > > > > > Curious.....you say the z-bar was only on 67-68 swingaxles. Yet, Sophy > has the z-bar. She is about a Jan 66 car based on her VIN number > (366149035). Must have the M267 option. > > I have actually been thinking about a modification that is mentioned on > Bill Fisher's book to make the z-bar a full-time camber compensator by > adding spacers so that it is in effect all of the time not just under > heavy load. It apparently will make the rear a bit stiffer, but that > would be ok. Anyone have experience with this modification? > I have done it, but it has been close to 35 years. I don't remember all the details of the mod. It was worth it for the increase in handling, if you can deal with the little harsher ride. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~