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RE: [T3] Ride Height
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dave:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Do you have this same info for a ’65
SB?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dave Hall
[mailto:dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 15, 2008 7:19
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">type3@vwtype3.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [T3] Ride Height</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Yes Bob, it was in a comprehensive report
for the motor industry on a new 1969 FI Fastback, and even contains the weights
of each part the car is made from, plus all manner of performance tests, sound
levels and frequency spectra front and rear in various modes, power output
graphs etc... </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Overall height 56.4"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Rocker panel to ground: rear
8.8" front 8.6"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Rear of engine cover to ground
37.2" (I'm wondering if this is for the lid when open)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Bumper to ground rear 11.4"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Bumper to ground front 10.6"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Rear damper mounting to ground
5.2"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Upper body opening to ground (door frame I
assume) 50.3"</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Luggage storage lift-over height 26"
(front assumed - they seem to have ignored the rear one here.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Might help somehow!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dave.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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3&4 Club</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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Bobsnotch@aol.com [mailto:Bobsnotch@aol.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 15 August 2008 03:44<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">type3@vwtype3.org</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [T3] Ride Height</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In a message dated 8/14/08 7:06:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>dave@hallvw.clara.co.uk writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> Is that with a driver, half a tank of fuel and the trolley jack some people<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> carry around, or empty?<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> The front goes down more with load than the rear, as it is more lightly<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> sprung - the opposite to cars with front engines.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> While there are various measurements in various sources, I don't know if<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>> anyone has found an authoritative measurement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dave, I thought you had some good hard numbers a couple of years ago for a <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>69. Those would be pretty close for his 68. I know I copied them down, but I've <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>lost them, as I used to have a 69 square, and wanted to see how cloase mine <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>was.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>65 Notch S Sunroof w/ IRS, aka Krusty<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>71 Notch Nutria brown ...aka Krunchy<br>
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