What year VW's front torsion bars work with '58 356A Porsche?

[sraucher]

I need two eight leaf front torsion bars for my T2 356A.
Was told some VW front torsion bars may work. What years should I be searching for.
Did VW make eight leaf torsion bars, how mush modification will be involved?
Thank you,
Steve

[wagen19]

[wdfifteen]

I think any VW bug torsion bars from sometime in the 1950s to 1965 would work with some modification.
I can only add my experience putting '65 Porsche torsion bars in my '65 VW.
Both the VW and Porsche sets had 8 leaves. The ends had been welded on my VW torsion bars before the PO decided to lower it by taking some of the leaves out. The ends on the '65 were welded.
The bars are different in that the dimples for the center anchor and the trailing arms are all 3 on the same side of the VW bars, while the center dimple is on the opposite side for a Porsche. To use a VW bar in a Porsche you need to drill a new dimple in the center, on the opposite side from the existing one. The steel isn't hardened, so drilling the bars is fairly simple. I used a smaller bit to start the hole, and what I recall was a 1/2" bit to finish it off.
All back together the car seemed to ride too high in the front. So I took it all apart, ground off the welds, took the four outer leaves from the 356 bar and added them to the old VW bar, welded it back up, and re-installed. It made NO difference in the ride height, so functionally they are the same.

This video might help some, but the guy talks too fast and instead of focusing the camera on the parts he's talking about you see a bunch of his face and his hands waving around. It's frustrating, but you might find it helpful.
https://youtu.be/EWHPlUNzMXU