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J Flare
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Captain Spalding
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 Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:04 am Post subject: Re: 73 shroud |
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This is a shroud for a '73 Thing. See how it's a little flatter across the top? I'm 95% sure the one you referenced will work, but it's not a Thing shroud per se.
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mattt
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| The one in the craigslist posting is an aftermarket piece, not factory, and definitely not 73 Thing shroud. |
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yellow73kubel
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| mattt wrote: |
| The one in the craigslist posting is an aftermarket piece, not factory, and definitely not 73 Thing shroud. |
Yeah, that is an EMPI replica 36-horse shroud, definitely not the best performance piece. Check in the engine forum, Jake Raby compared some shrouds and that one scored very low, any VW-made 1600 shroud will probably do better. Being an older empi part, that might be better than the new ones, but still not a very good choice. |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:21 am Post subject: |
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Note that the 73 shroud has the dog house. If it doesn't its a 40HP Stale Air shroud.
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J Flare
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Thank you
I new it was to good to be true but I thought I would ask anyway. |
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kme_eone
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Is the indent in center top front for the round air cleaner on a Bug?
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uberautowerks
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| kme_eone wrote: |
| Is the indent in center top front for the round air cleaner on a Bug? |
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Yep. As far as I can tell VW modified the fan shroud stamping as little as possible. Kinda like how the early 70's Beetles still have "Z bar fittings".
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