1973 Baywindow Camper - Chassis/Frame - Dimensions/Measureme

[hillsci]

Hello Everyone. Does anyone have or know where I can find a chassis diagram and or measurements for a 73 Bus? I have searched Samba and the web for hours and the only reference was one by Ratwell to a dead link in the Netherlands. There are lots of Splity and Beetle diagrams and tables out there but none for this one. Would certainly help on project Phoenix. I could measure from a similar bus, but then not sure if that one is accurate. Not in Bentley either. Thanks

[1967250s]

Good luck, searched myself for months, not a sniff
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[Brian]

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[Niedersachse]

Hello from Hanover

Normally i'm just a reader of this nice forum, but maybe this will be helpful to some of you:

I hope you know what a "datum hole" is, since i have no clue

Greetings, Lars
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My Cars: 1970 1300 Beetle, 1969 Bundeswehr Thing, 1972 1302 Convertible (aka Super Beetle), 1978 T2 Westfalia, 2012 T5 Kombi. And: 1964 Knaus Monsun Caravan, 1969 0,5ton trailer VEB Anhängerbau Wittenberge (GDR) Coming soon: Custom Trailer for the Thing (Work in progress since 3/2020)

www.boxerstop.eu (Sorry, only german. But lots of pics in the gallery.)

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[busdaddy]

Cool indeed!, some of those holes under there don't look like they are meant to be drains, I always figured they were for the assembly jigs, suspicions confirmed.
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[hillsci]

Lars, Thank you sooo much! Just what the Doctor ordered.

Cheers!

Dave

[Niedersachse]

Just my little share to the baywindow forum. I'm reading the forum for more than 2 years now and you folks are ever so kind and helpful to each other.

The title of the data sheet says "1968-79" witch is obviously wrong, if you look at the fromt frame. But I was happy to find a baywindow sheet among the 10k+ Data sheets that came with our new stretching bench (is this the correct term? Such a thingy you use to straighten crashed cars.).

Greetings

Lars
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My Cars: 1970 1300 Beetle, 1969 Bundeswehr Thing, 1972 1302 Convertible (aka Super Beetle), 1978 T2 Westfalia, 2012 T5 Kombi. And: 1964 Knaus Monsun Caravan, 1969 0,5ton trailer VEB Anhängerbau Wittenberge (GDR) Coming soon: Custom Trailer for the Thing (Work in progress since 3/2020)

www.boxerstop.eu (Sorry, only german. But lots of pics in the gallery.)

[sloNlow]

Saved that data sheet to my collection ... Frame Straightening bench could also be the term I believe ...

Way to go Lars! Thank you!
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[rcamacho]

Lookinng for crossmember spacing on T2 bay window (1969). Replacing front crossmember and want to validate my measurements.

Like this but for bay
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/split_bus_dimensions.php

Looked at diagram above and frankly do not understand the longitude measurements.

[Balidas]

Thank you! I've been looking for this. Now if I can find diagrams of the differences between the front end of my '71 bay and the later Bays.

[orwell84]

There are stampings all over VW chassis parts that serve no other purpose than to be reference points for frame assembly. There was something in the Samba archives with instructions and diagrams for frame and chassis repair.