SB question

Beetles were unibody cars with no separate pan."

Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*!

only in that guys world...in the real world the supers had a separate chassis and body, just as the "standard" beetle does....

------------------- Chris Perdue "I'm ever so thankful for the Internet; it has allowed me to keep a finger in the pie and to make some small contribution to those younger who will carry the air-cooled legend forward" Jim Mais Feb. 2004

Maybe what the guy meant was that the front suspension is an integral part of the body structure; that's certainly true, unlike the Beetle.

Speedy Jim

................So how do you lift off the body? The tops of the struts could be unfastened I'd guess. What else?

Yep, struts come off. And the track control arms. And parts of the steering linkage (several ways to do this). Plus a couple of hidden bolts in the trunk area.

Those are the major differences from the Beetle; it's messy and leaves a lot of stuff just "hanging".

Speedy Jim

:) The guy is sticking by his 'unibody' story. Says he saw a SB on its side in a wrecking yard and it was all one piece. He's a real know-it-all.

..............Get him to log on to RAMVA so we can have some fun ripping into him.

:-)

i would agree with that, but would hope that he wouldn't call it a "unibody car with no separate pan"....i would even be able to go with someone saying the pan is not a "roller" when removed from a super, but not as it was quoted....

------------------- Chris Perdue "I'm ever so thankful for the Internet; it has allowed me to keep a finger in the pie and to make some small contribution to those younger who will carry the air-cooled legend forward" Jim Mais Feb. 2004

Just curious, Jim ... since they attach to the pan, why do the track control arms need to come off?

Early Super (1302) frame head:

-- Scott

then you OWE it to him to show him the truth....hehe...Scott H posted an excellent link to a super's chassis.....pass it on to your "friend"...LOL

------------------- Chris Perdue "I'm ever so thankful for the Internet; it has allowed me to keep a finger in the pie and to make some small contribution to those younger who will carry the air-cooled legend forward" Jim Mais Feb. 2004

arms need to come off?

You're right. If the struts are unbolted at the top, the whole suspension can hang off the pan.

Jim