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On 5 Jun 2006 at 15:42, Aaron Clow wrote: > William Bold wrote: > > From what little I know, I believe on the bug, the floorpan is > > reinforced. > I think the main difference was some extra strengthening in the left and > right footwells, where the wheel bulge protrudes into the cabin. I think > it was an extra layer of metal rather than "bars" or anything. I could > be wrong, but that's what I remember hearing as a main difference. I > wouldn't be surprised if there were rear support braces similar to the > front. I thought they just added extra layers in the rocker panel area. That's where the loss of stiffness would be most apparent, since the doorframe is no longer a closed loop. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~