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Offline TurboFource

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Exterior difference
« on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 06:12:58 AM »
Besides the cut down b-pillar/sail panel, are there any exterior body differences between an S2 and a Twin Cam?
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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #1 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 07:39:53 AM »
Type 54 S2's have lower headlights.

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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #2 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 07:53:49 AM »
Lower floors, two vents rather than four in the engine cover, no opening in rear panel, sill covers on the TC/S, larger commemorative badges as the victories piled up, etc

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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #3 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 08:52:20 AM »
Isn't the body between door and rear wheels slightly longer on a TC because the wheelbase is 1" more?

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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #4 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 10:33:12 AM »
Yes

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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #5 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 12:39:01 PM »
So the wheelbase increase and lower floor is how the Twin Cam gets more interior room?
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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #6 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 12:58:44 PM »
still haven't made up your mind yet there @TurboFource (between early or later Europa) ???  :)
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Re: Exterior difference
« Reply #7 on: Sunday,December 22, 2019, 06:18:35 PM »
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