Bus IRS Axels

Have a good look at the irs rear suspension, Carl; the trailing arm determines wheel placement, not the axle or stub axle length. The stub axle goes through the trailing arm and has the cup at the inside end that the cv joint bolts to and the outside has the splines the drum (or hub, if you have discs) runs on and the threads were the 36mm nut goes. The beetle irs axle is about 16" long and has cv's attached at both ends.

First pic is the stub axle (ignore the arrows) and the 2nd is an irs axle bolted to the cv cups on the trans and stub axle

!Shameless Intermeccanica Plug ALERT!

At some point since my car was built, Henry has begun moving the control arms inboard somewhat to give more clearance for bigger wheels and tires. Since Intermeccanicas are built on proprietary box-section frames, he can put them wherever he wants. He uses shorter alxes to make it all work. Genius. 

The elves in Rivendell never sleep. 

I guess you could go back to pre '68 narrow drums and wide 5's? I have same tight issue with 914 2L Fuchs and 185/65x15 tires.  Again on driver's side. Fortunately with IRS the wheels, they deflect up on an angle so not sure they will scrape --- and flexing is down where the rubber meets the road.

Aaaah ha!

So Greg, that's your speedster?

Compare your front wheel opening-to-tire-relationship to my awkward, gaping, spacing... Using your advice maybe I can 'correct' that over the winter.

Old picture - probably still with 165 XZX on it.  It was just pushed out of garage from being on jack stands - front has settled and its lower now in front.  I do have bumpers on it now and center caps.

What's it going to take to get it on the road? What can we complete in 2014 so that it's closer to being road worthy in 2015.

Ted

Greg;

LOL, I just took my center caps off of my Fuch 2L's.  Painted the hubs and the lug nuts flat black.

Art

I like those wheels.