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Cal-look/High Performance => Cal-look => Topic started by: hector on April 11, 2009, 00:56:17 am



Title: 49 suspension
Post by: hector on April 11, 2009, 00:56:17 am
does anyone know the best way to  attach rear shocks to a 49 standard bug? coz the original canterlevers are just not up to the job!


Title: Re: 49 suspension
Post by: . on April 11, 2009, 04:03:51 am
Here ya go !


Title: Re: 49 suspension
Post by: Black Sheep on April 11, 2009, 07:58:32 am
Yep , run with a later pan  :o and graft in later body mounts , works for me  ;)


Title: Re: 49 suspension
Post by: Fastbrit on April 11, 2009, 08:36:42 am
Way back in the 1950s, Volkswagen did a bolt-on conversion for early Bugs to convert them to telescopic dampers at the rear. I'll see if I can find a photo to give you an idea...