[T3] Weight of a fasty body

Keith Park topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Tue Aug 18 18:33:47 PDT 2020


Geeze! now im in the mood...
how good a fit were the new pan halves?  They are ISP ones right?

Keith


Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.topnotchresto.com
71 Squareback  "Hothe"
65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7  "Redstur"
13 Subaru Outback "Blendin"
 
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Max Welton
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:53 AM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Weight of a fasty body

It's just the sand-blasted body. No pan, no glass, no fenders or doors. In
fact a lot of the structure under the rear window (package tray, engine
deck) has been removed. At some point in it's life the rear window was
leaking. :-(

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Max


On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 8:12 AM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 17 Aug 2020 at 23:02, Max Welton wrote:
>
> > I'm about to pull my fastback project out of a shop that's been working
> on
> > it. The body is completely stripped and sitting on some saw horse
things.
> > How much help should I bring?
>
> Is this JUST the body, or the body with pan? How about glass? All those
> things make a huge difference. If the suspension is still there, that
> makes it
> worse.
>
> Short answer: even in the best case, heavier than you expected.  ;-)
>
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