This looks like most of my VW projects. Start with what I think will be a simple repair and a few days later body off the pan and heater channel floor pans etc order wwith a few other body panel and now i find myself in a full restore verse the ltiile patch I started with, but i do not like doing it half way goes against my DNA..
I'm no restoration pro - I'm just playing at this as a hobby - but I won't be satisfied until I've done it as well as I possibly can. It's disappointing that what I thought was going to be a fairly simple repair has turned into a full channel replacement but it is what it is. This car deserves to be done right after 18 years of neglect and bodges.
Good luck and stay the course. I will say that I was able to replace the right hand side heater channel on my '59 bug without removing the body from the chassis. I basically just cut it loose and slid it out, fit the new one in carefully then welded the attachment points. I did have to do a bit of reconstruction at the a and b pillars as well as the rear connection to the package tray. I look forward to seeing your progress!
Thanks, if it was just the channel, I'd probably tackle it without taking the body off but there are a few things that need doing so it's worth the effort. Plus I'm lucky enough to have a 2 post lift which makes it a doddle.
Yeah, there's some shocking repairs on this thing, but I don't think the previous owners actually did the work. That means someone has charged for doing them, and that's even worse!
You're defo doing the right thing removing the body. Its not that difficult and at least you'll know its done right. Very diplomatic of you not blaming Smullikins for the bodges! We know it was bodged before his ownership. Rawl plugs is a new one on me though, comedy! Keep up the good work mate.
Haha! No, I definitely know Smull didn't do the bodges. I honestly don't think they were done by any of the previous owners - some were definitely done by the importers when was converted to RHD and some have been done since then by garages to try and get it through its MOTs. It'll all be done properly this time though.
It's a late (2000) Mexican Beetle with the 1600i engine. The big round thing is the fuel pump and all the hoses are fuel supply and return pipes, plus there are a couple of brake hoses from the reservoir to master cylinder and also some breather pipes to the carbon canister for emissions controls.
Hi, I haven't done it yet! When I started the video I was just going to do the A pillar but as I got into it, it was much worse than I expected so I decided to replace that side's heater channel too, which means taking the body off. And while it's off I'll restore the chassis with new pans etc. So I've been collecting parts for that, plus my other beetle needed a new clutch so the Mexi has been put on the back burner for a while. I'm ready to start back on it again now, but the A pillar won't be done until the floorpan is finished so I'm afraid it'll be a little while before pt2 of this video.
@@2BugsandaBack Thanks for your response.. I'm currently doing up a 68 chop top convertible bug had to weld in new heater channels & pillars.. Was a pain.. But would like to see your part two. Really I should've filmed my old man & how he did it..
@@samikatz826 Sounds like fun! I had a '69 Beetle a couple of years ago that I bought as a project. The floors had been replaced with flat sheets of very thick steel and when I measured it, the driver's side was 1.5" wider than the passenger side! I'm hoping to avoid that with this one!
This looks like most of my VW projects. Start with what I think will be a simple repair and a few days later body off the pan and heater channel floor pans etc order wwith a few other body panel and now i find myself in a full restore verse the ltiile patch I started with, but i do not like doing it half way goes against my DNA..
I'm no restoration pro - I'm just playing at this as a hobby - but I won't be satisfied until I've done it as well as I possibly can. It's disappointing that what I thought was going to be a fairly simple repair has turned into a full channel replacement but it is what it is. This car deserves to be done right after 18 years of neglect and bodges.
Good luck and stay the course. I will say that I was able to replace the right hand side heater channel on my '59 bug without removing the body from the chassis. I basically just cut it loose and slid it out, fit the new one in carefully then welded the attachment points. I did have to do a bit of reconstruction at the a and b pillars as well as the rear connection to the package tray. I look forward to seeing your progress!
Thanks, if it was just the channel, I'd probably tackle it without taking the body off but there are a few things that need doing so it's worth the effort. Plus I'm lucky enough to have a 2 post lift which makes it a doddle.
The wonderful and wacky world of vw beetle previous owner repairs never ends lol. Good luck. Look forward to updates.
Yeah, there's some shocking repairs on this thing, but I don't think the previous owners actually did the work. That means someone has charged for doing them, and that's even worse!
Love the rawl plugs!
Quality workmanship right there! 😂
You're defo doing the right thing removing the body. Its not that difficult and at least you'll know its done right. Very diplomatic of you not blaming Smullikins for the bodges! We know it was bodged before his ownership. Rawl plugs is a new one on me though, comedy! Keep up the good work mate.
Haha! No, I definitely know Smull didn't do the bodges. I honestly don't think they were done by any of the previous owners - some were definitely done by the importers when was converted to RHD and some have been done since then by garages to try and get it through its MOTs.
It'll all be done properly this time though.
what is that hosing and stuff under the tank?
It's a late (2000) Mexican Beetle with the 1600i engine. The big round thing is the fuel pump and all the hoses are fuel supply and return pipes, plus there are a couple of brake hoses from the reservoir to master cylinder and also some breather pipes to the carbon canister for emissions controls.
Hi.. Could you send me the link for part 2 of the door pillars.. Could not find it. Thanks
Hi,
I haven't done it yet!
When I started the video I was just going to do the A pillar but as I got into it, it was much worse than I expected so I decided to replace that side's heater channel too, which means taking the body off. And while it's off I'll restore the chassis with new pans etc.
So I've been collecting parts for that, plus my other beetle needed a new clutch so the Mexi has been put on the back burner for a while.
I'm ready to start back on it again now, but the A pillar won't be done until the floorpan is finished so I'm afraid it'll be a little while before pt2 of this video.
@@2BugsandaBack Thanks for your response.. I'm currently doing up a 68 chop top convertible bug had to weld in new heater channels & pillars.. Was a pain.. But would like to see your part two.
Really I should've filmed my old man & how he did it..
@@samikatz826 Sounds like fun! I had a '69 Beetle a couple of years ago that I bought as a project. The floors had been replaced with flat sheets of very thick steel and when I measured it, the driver's side was 1.5" wider than the passenger side!
I'm hoping to avoid that with this one!