The pans are additional reinforcement and are found on sun-roof and double-door (both sides) models. Bob Hufford \\ // "...in the GROOVE" \\ \\// // '60 Double-Door Panel General Registry Of Ozarks' \\ \/ // '69 Bus (Sunroof) Volkswagen Enthusiasts \\ //\\ // '81 Vanagon (Sunroof) bhufford@mail.orion.org \\/ \\/ '61, '63, '67 Bus Bones
On Tue, 25 Jul 1995, Markus Benne wrote: > > Hi, > > 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? > > I was thinking of putting a Deluxe roof on my bus and was wondering if Deluxe > buses had any additional reinforcement. With the roof open and the doors > open I had to wonder what the hell was keeping the front end attached to the > rear end?!?!? > > What is the history behind these belly pans? Did they only come on certain > models? Where they always around? Is it worth fabricating some for my bus? > > Thanks for any info, > ..Markus > ---------------------------------- > '66 "rough looker, ball-jointed, hackjob skylit" Westy aka "The Tardis" > (british racing green/white) > '74 "gotta new top!" Thing > (pumpkin orange) > '78 "in need of a new top" bug 'vert > (black, white top) >
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