G'day Ken,
The original good book says on page 2;
Quote:
Please keep in mind that the Eureka was designed specifically for installation on a standard unaltered* Type 1 Beetle chassis, 1956 through 1974. Given the choice, we would recommend 1969 or newer chassis because of late type suspension i.e., ball joint front suspension and double U-jointed half shafts at rear makes your EUREKA a much better handling machine than those put on older type chassis.End quote.
And the asterisk doesn't mean batteries not included,
it says:
Quote:
* Unaltered: Steering remains stock, gear shift stays in same location, emergency brake stays in same location and floor pan is neither shortened, lengthened or made narrower. The entire chassis remains as it was manufactured by V.W.End quote.
After all that, my new Reek has a 1976 floor pan in it and I am lead to believe 1976 was the last year of the H-beam front end Type 1 (Beetle) and only MacPherson strut front ends were made after that which as Radek rightly put it, just don't fit under there!
Hope this helps,
PP.
The Lifer.
