TheSamba.com :: View topic - is this correct, adjuster poking into trunk?

Tue May 27, 2025 5:04 pm

this does not look copacetic. Barn find oval ragtop. pan is a 65, link pin beam, I think Select-A-Drop adjuster. Is this normal and does anyone have a patch panel for this?

Wed May 28, 2025 12:03 pm

B Ramsey wrote:
this does not look copacetic. Barn find oval ragtop. pan is a 65, link pin beam, I think Select-A-Drop adjuster. Is this normal and does anyone have a patch panel for this?

Obviously a hack job, shame. As far as a patch panel, I would check the classifieds. I did a quick search and came up with this NOS one. Now, this is a 59 inner apron, as it has the 3 ribs, so no 100% correct, but I guess it depends on how far you want to go with your resto, or whatever your deciding to do with the car.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2735514

Wed May 28, 2025 5:14 pm

thanks, did not notice there was a difference in the ribs.

Thu May 29, 2025 8:21 am

You might consider just making a patch for the damaged/missing portion. You could get a piece of 20g mild steel and experiment with creating the pressing shapes. I had good luck doing this to patch a hole in my trunk that had been cut for an Eberspacher.

That way you don't have to cut the rest of that VIN area at all.

Sun Jul 06, 2025 8:44 am

That is an old school select a drop. Or as we have always called them select a death since one tube of the beam is not welded together anymore.