> >>snip<
> >Is this da belly-pan?  I was looking in my 
> >how-to-restore-bug-and-transporter book (great book, BTW), and it had 
> >pictures of sheet metal to cover almost the whole underside of the 
> >kombi.      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> >>Real 23 and 21 window deluxes had a belly pan which covered the entire
> under belly (between the wheel wells) and was added to strengthen the bus
> due to the sunroof and possibly because of the add'l windows. I believe that
>
In addition to sunroof deluxes, double door panel vans also have those
belly pans for extra strength.
Richard