check out the recently posted link from Sudhir:

http://www.volkspage.net/technik/ssp/ssp/SSP_24.PDF

It shows the beam on page 23.

Karl.

On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Ah, but Tom, it is welded in.
>
> Maybe you are thinking of the exposed U-channel cross piece that you
> see when looking up from rear seat. There is another beam though,
> welded to both sides of van body.
>
> alistair
>