Haaaaeeellpp!!
Anyone please?? Please let me know what the thought is for removing the
doors before or after the body pull??
TIA
Asad.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 25 Feb
2008 21:43:50 +0000> Subject: [vintagvw] Body off giving me the jitters!> > >
Volks!> > I have to admit now. Having the body pulled off the pan of my
bastardised 59 ragtop bug is givng me the jitters. My bodyman is skilled but he
is not into VWs. I think he can do an excellent job provided I guide him
precisely.> > New floorpans are not available here in Pakistan. We did get a
shipment a few years ago but they were very expensive (exchange rate kills us)
and not of heavy gauge metal to be a justified purchase.> > The 59 has major
rust issues on the underside. I think once we try to separate the body n pan
quite a few things would fall apart n disintegrate. The heater channels would
have to be locally fabricated along with the pans. Im just hoping to be as
close to the original as possible. I would need all the guidance I can get.> >
Any dos and donts of a body pull??> > Now a question. Sho!
uld I leave the doors on before taking the body off or not??? Was thinking of
having the doors removed and having steel pipes welded temporarily for bracing
the shell earlier. Now Im thinking maybe they would act as the brace?> > The
doors themselves are of 67 vintage and would be replaced with a 64 vintage pair
along with small sections of the B pillar where the striker attaches. Hafta get
rid of the 67 style strikers too.> > I have the option of avoiding these 'head
n heart aches' and changing my bodyman to a specialist VW only denter but his
downside is he is way too expensive, too far from my home (Karachi is a huge
city), and above all does not work under your supervision. So if Im not
involved in the rebuild, wheres the fun?> > > > TIA> Asad. >
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