Ive seen a cut away diagram of the "side impact bars"
in a VWBusbook at Barns+Nobel. It said that these were
for frontal impact as well, keeping the bar in front
of the dash from deforming onto your lap. I heard that
early vanagons arent as safe becouse of this, is this
true?

Phil 84' westy

--- "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM> wrote:
> I just purchased some 91 carat doors to convert my
> 85 westy to power.  I
> have noticed a much more solid thud when closing the
> door. This is due to
> added insulation on the door and I think there is an
> additional side impact
> beam in there.  I also noticed that there is an
> additional seal along the
> door where it meets up with the a-piller.  I am sure
> you can just purchase
> this seal from the dealer....It must reduce road
> wind noise.......The power
> windows, power mirrors ( white), and power door
> locks are awesome.......The
> next thing would be some white factory alloys and
> maybe a Hirschman power
> antenna.....hmmmm?
> Malibu Tony   85 westy....1.9L.....6 degrees
> BTDC.......42 degrees full
> advance

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