Ray, I own a '65 convertible, but I bought it in good shape and have not had to do anything to the floor pans. However, I did buy the Bug Me Video for replacing floor pans. The video shows them removing the body from a sedan and removing/replacing the floor pans. They also remove/replace the floor pans on a convertible, but do it with the body still attached. I believe they mentioned that it was more difficult to do the body off with the convertible. I would say that if you remove the convertible body, you should do more bracing than you would for a sedan. The sedan's top provides a lot of structural support.
Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 10:34 PM Subject: [vintagvw] Convertible Bug Body Off > Hey All, > > Spring has sprung here in Pa, and I am finally getting around to restoring > the 68 Bug convertible. Has anyone done a body off on a vert? I did a body > off on my standard and welded braces in the door opening when I cut out the > heater channel in it and all came out ok. My question is do I need to do > more > bracing than that for this vert? I need to weld a lot of metal into it, as > heater channels and reinforcement rails are bad among other places. I do > know > to only do one side at a time. When I started jacking the body off the pan > of this vert, I could see the door gaps flex a bit. Thinking perhaps I > should weld braces in even before lifting the body? Thanks > > Ray > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
