Early Type IV Sled tin vs later, swappable?

[agreendaya]

So, somehow the passenger side sled tin on my '74 westy took an unapproved leave of absence at some point and I'd like to get something back on there. I see that the earlier type IV's like mine have a different piece than the '75 to '79 ones. Does anyone happen to know if you can run one of the later tins on an earlier motor? I'm finding that my piece is pretty solidly unobtanium, but the later ones are able to be found. I'm close to just getting out the tin snips and sheet steel to fab something up, since the original piece isn't exactly shaped super complicated. To my understanding it isn't super important for cooling except that it gets the thermostat to open, and I'm of the sort to actually make sure my thermostat is functional and adjusted properly.

So again, does anyone know if you can just run the later tin on a slightly earlier motor? I've messaged a bunch of people on the classifieds and hit ebay, still following up leads, but thus far no dice.

Thanks!

Photo of the appropriate piece from Avery's aircooled (who don't have any right now)

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[busdaddy]

No doubt you've seen this ad: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2713338

It depends on your metalworking skills and how much your time is worth, the 75+ heat exchanger moved outboard and an F pipe collector went in it's place, the tin got a dent to clear the pipe.
I can't say I've ever tried to adapt it, but it might be possible, looks like one of those jobs that turns into a career to me.
Wrong side of it pictured compared to yours, but it shows the difference, think you can flatten out that wing on the outer edge?. There's also alot missing at the front since that collector pipe goes forward before looping back to the HE.

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[agreendaya]

[airschooled]

They’re not even close… in the time it took to make this thread you could have ordered a restored sled tin set from BustedBus

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[Wildthings]

When I bought my first bus it was missing most of the engine tin, so I sourced tin from an early T4 bus, a 412, and a later bus. With a bit of hammering and hacksawing I made a complete set, and still have a mismatch of tin today, 400k+/- miles down the road.

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[agreendaya]

[SGKent]

so far I have heard what does not fit, but not what does fit, or what year ENGINE we are looking for tin for. There is an ad for 72-74 sled tin but I cannot say if that is what is being looked for. It is hard to match black relief-less tin by photo. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2713338
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