Shortening A Vw Floor Pan

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Shortening a vw floor pan.

Stronger than just a straight slice since there is no fold here line. Other wheel bases or floor pan dimensions available for custom order. The wild cherry dune buggy is an award winning fiberglass dune buggy built and owned by tony edwards co founder of carolina dune buggies. 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.

1971 1972 volkswagen beetle super beetle left body floor pan repair panel 384761. Whatever inspired bruce has provided us with endless hours fun. How to shorten a vw pan by david helland club member 50 i don t know the complete history of why the meyers manx was designed to be 14 1 4 inches shorter than a stock vw but i am sure that the result is the manx has amazing off road handling characteristics. Driver side rear floor pan for 1973 1977 volkswagen beetle.

For over 32 years valley vw llc the vw store has sold the best vw parts offering vintage parts for the vw bug super beetle karmann ghia type 3 thing. Please call for pricing. During the pan shortening you will have noticed vw used a sealer in some of the joins. You ll lose your jack points and have to relocate the seat belt mounts.

Not very strong and floor pans require darts for outer edges to match up. The section removed is the same width all the way out. See how the buggy w. There are several different ways to shorten the vw chassis with some being much stronger as well as more difficult than others.

Be careful of the tubes inside the tunnel. Vw floor pan bolt kit fits 1946 1979 volkswagen sedan beetle bug. This includes shortening all center tunnel tubes cables fuel lines and the shifter rod. Remove all remaining sealer and clean then reapply new sealer 3m drip chek sealer clean floor pan using wire buff on angle grinder paint with fish oil and allow a few weeks to dry then paint with a good paint.