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Some of the 1969 (only) beetle suspensions had dual spring plates in the rear, so they fit on each side of the big forward facing tab on the wheel hub on the diagonal arm.  That is the same rear suspension as on a Porsche 924.  I'm pretty sure that the rear disk brakes are bolt-on (but mega-buck$$$, too).  You can see photos of mine (it has the dual plates per side) in the article I wrote on setting rear ride height, here:

https://www.speedsterowners.co...rear-ride-height--vw

On that version, the rear toe-in is set by moving the hub forward or back or, if really out, with wedges (or thin washers) between the plates and the hub casting to push the hub slightly to get it aligned, which is much harder to do with the dual plates.  The purpose of the dual plates is to prevent any toe in/out flexing in hard cornering.  It works great.

I don't know if this was a standard thing on '69 VW sedans or some sort of factory/dealer option, but there weren't a whole lot of them out there.

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