Quote Originally Posted by Neil '67 911S View Post
How tall is the Matra 308 engine stand? What are the dimensions of the square tubing that is used? Thickness too if possible!
Neil, the original Matra VW 308 stand was made with a solid I-beam.
I see round-tubing stands occasionally identified as VW 308, but I think these are actually VW 643 stands.
I don't have any dimensions for a VW 308, but someone on Samba was making reproductions based on an original version he had.



The VW 643 stand, which appeared in the late 50s, replaced the I-beam with large diameter round tubing.
The Volkswagen 3054 stand, which appears to still be available, is made of rectangular tubing.

Here are VW 643 dimensions from Volkswagen, for local manufacture.
The drawings are dated August '58, and these pages are dated March '59.
The drawings indicate the tubing length as 736mm, although I have two of these with 825mm tubing, so these were made taller at some point.





All these images are from TheSamba.com

Jon B.
Vista, CA