Ok, thanks for the bad news about the unibody set up. So I'd be better to finds a syncro for the drivetrain or to cut or weld a sunroof into a syncro. I guess I don't really need one bad enough to cut my sunroof up. But the Synco sure would make it easier to pull my boat out of the water on the ramp. What to do, huh...
Herb in PA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Snow" <mwsnow@cox.net> To: "Herb Mooney" <hmooney@RESTOREANDMORE.COM> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 5:06 AM Subject: Re: Syncor chasis & Sunroof Vanagon shell
> Herb Mooney wrote: > > This may a completely dumb question, or it may be almost impossible so be > > nice to a Vanagon newbie... > > > > If I wanted to unbolt (if possible like a beetle) the shell of my sunroof > > Vanagon and put it on a Synco rolling frame (if I could find a good doner > > frame) what am i getting involved it. Seems like a better alternative in > > theory then converting the drivetrain, but I haven't really taken a good > > look underneath my Vanagon to see if it can be done. > > > > Anyone have any thoughts? (nice thoughts only please) > > > > Herb in PA > > > > > The VW factory did it by sending the complete body to Steyr-Puch and > letting them install the Syncro drivetrain. Unlike the Beetle, the > Vanagon is unibody construction. The sides and top do not detach from > the floor, so there is no such thing as a Syncro "rolling frame". > > Mike Snow |
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