How To Shorten A Beetle Floor Pan

The strength comes from the boxed tunnel section and the section or height of the sidewalls in the fiberglass body itself.

How to shorten a beetle floor pan.

Use a silver drawing pencil to draw two parallel lines from the side of the pan over to the bottom edge of the tunnel. Please look at the pictures as the 3rd picture shows the tooling on the press for our shorten beach buggy floor pans the main picture shows the comparison between our shorten floor pans and a full length floor pan we designed many features into our shorten floor pans. In our last article we learned how easy it is to remove the body from the vw bug. But with just a little more effort they can be replaced with the body still in place.

1973 onward rear danish quarter floor pans also include installed seat tracks. By entering your e mail address you are consenting to us sending you our regular e mail newsletter. How to shorten a vw pan by david helland club member 50. If you ve ever worked with the metal floor pans it s hard to believe that either a straight cut or a delta cut adds any integrity to the structure at all.

1949 1977 beetle jack point support with attaching plate sheet metal 34 99. 1949 1972 beetle rear outer floor pan repair section rh 35 x 5 sheet metal 39 99. They are just too flimsy even without any cuts. 1949 1977 beetle floor pan jack point support without attaching plate 5 99.

Your personal data will not be used for any other marketing purpose and you can unsubscribe at any time by following the link on the newsletter or contacting us to be removed from our mailing list. The worry with so much water slapping around of course is that the pan will eventually rust through. Lay the template on the floor pan with one of the long edges just touching the rear of the seat support rails. Okay so that s probably a bit of an exaggeration but let s just say damp carpets and a general musty smell inside is all part of the early beetle experience.

1950 1964 beetle rear crossmember lh sheet metal. Floor pan halves include installed rear seat tracks.