Not real sure because I don't have a bay anymore, but a '78 I had was quite a bit longer than my '66. Early bays seem to be real close in length to splits. I could be wrong though, and I usually am. :-) Brian Denning wrote: > are the late bays longer than the early ones...according to the > brochure yes. but there is a guy on the samba that told me i was wrong > > my 77 barley fit in my garage and my 69 fits with room to spare > > according to the brochure the 69 is 174" long and the 73 is 179" long > > what am i missing??? one guy says it's because of the difference in > bumpers but my 77 didn't have a rear bumper and still took up more room > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. Check it > out. > <http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009>