I left my doors-on during "the pull". Closed and latched.... If your rockers are crispy you'll need all the help you can get for stability and straightness. Atleast the doors provide a "frame" for how things should look. I've heard of people nearly folding their bug in half during a crispy body-pull....yikes!
If it's really bad - keep the doors on, and weld in some additional "insurance" if you're that tweaked-out about damage. -Garrett ----- Original Message ---- From: asad ishaque <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:11:28 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Body off giving me the jitters! 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. > _________________________________________________________________> Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give.> http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join> _________________! ______________________________> vintagvw site list> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ists.sjs u.edu> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.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
