In a message Markus writes: >I was going over a guy's '67 Deluxe (a future list member??) and he had belly >pans on it. > >Does anyone know if these belly pans have any structural purpose or are >they just to keep the floor healthy? Being the original owner of a '67 Deluxe myself (over 307K miles), I have this "belly pan". Seems only the Deluxes in '67 came with this and what I heard back then was that it was to help decrease noise in the passenger compartment on the top 'o the line models. Kombis (even with sunroofs) & Pickups continued to have exposed underframes and some Westy's have the pan, some don't. Makes it a bitch to replace the center heater tube tho'. Although I could never substantiate it, I'm sure it added to the structural integrity. Strange thing is, they only did it for one year and all models 68-on have the underframes exposed again. So much for consistentcy :) Jim / BusBoys@aol.com
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