Kafer Cup/Truss bar for Type 3?

[Jimbo70]

(Search doesn't appear to be working, so I don't know if this has been answered or not.)

Before I try whipping something up myself or hack up a Type 1 setup, does anyone make a truss bar or Kafer Cup bar for Type 3s?

[damo99]

i am also looking for a type 3 kafer cup bar

[sideshow]

My observations is that late type-3's don't have an engine cradle to tie a truss to!
Now early ones have a cradle, and I don't know how close the upper shock mounts are to a beetle, but the sub frame is rubber mounted/unboltable and if it could fit, wouldn't nearly as effective?

dunno

[damo99]

i know it won't be as efective but it should still stiffen up the rear end a little more than it is i am hopeing a type 1 bar fits but i'm not sure ,and don't want to outlay money to find out it doesn't fit

[Piledriver]

(EDIT:my memory is terrible, it will work just fine)

I'm building one for a 73 ATM... with an 091.

(Another variation on my "Tractor Supply" brace)

If I don't do it another way I'll take some pics when done.

If it an early T3 w/frame horns, YMMV as I don't have one handy to look at.

[earlesurfs]

I welded 1-3/4" X .095 Chromoly tube in mine and split pieces of tubing and welded it around the remaining length of frame horn then had it powdercoated. I bought the Delrin solid sub frame mounts from BUGBOX and built my own berg style traction bar to support the rear of the engine.

Later I cut the subframe apart and was building ladder bars with coil overs for it. I was going to reenforce the subframe sheet metal "frame" mounting location in thebody and found a lot of rust. Its all coming out now.

I pick up my Ron Lummus Chromoly chassis for my notch next week.

Its a lot of work to try to keep the back of these cars solid for big power!

[Jimbo70]

Five years later and more than a year after I sold the car, I can report that the Type 1 Kafer bar fits with no problems.





Now that I'm looking at these pictures, I'm kind of missing the car. Kind of...