tunnel to pan connection

Hi all
Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done.

It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms
will need to be reconstructed. The engine/tranny is in very good shape.

Along the tunnel a lip exists that one normally welds the floor pans
to.
On mine, there's a gap between this lip and the tunnel. Is this lip
part of a plate that's welded along the bottom of the tunnel? Or is it
something welded along the edge of the tunnel?

It looks like a plate, but can't tell until I get under the car and
haven't done that yet.
Could I "just" (after taking the body off, that is) flip the frame and
weld a new bottom plate back on?

Thanks!
Remco

"Remco" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Hi all
> Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done.
>
> It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms
> will need to be reconstructed.

Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it.

Yeah, and he didn't ask about if he should throw it away eh? Admittedly his obviously will require some dedication but
that doesn't mean he should be told to just automatically throw it away.
"johnboy" > wrote in message ...
> "Remco" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > Hi all
> > Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done.
> >
> > It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms
> > will need to be reconstructed.
>
> Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it.
>
>

Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking for
advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects.
"Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
...
> Yeah, and he didn't ask about if he should throw it away eh? Admittedly
> his obviously will require some dedication but
> that doesn't mean he should be told to just automatically throw it away.
> "johnboy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Remco" > wrote in message
>> oups.com...
>> > Hi all
>> > Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done.
>> >
>> > It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms
>> > will need to be reconstructed.
>>
>> Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on
>> it.
>>
>>
>
>

"ilambert" > wrote in message
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> Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking
> for advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects.

Hey, you can be all kind and gentle and waste the man's precious time and
money. I have more respect for his effort. A bug that late in that kind of
shape is junk.

"johnboy" > wrote in message

>
> Hey, you can be all kind and gentle and waste the man's precious time and
> money. I have more respect for his effort. A bug that late in that kind
> of shape is junk.
>
>

actually at this date, the later bugs(around 67-up or abouts) are more
rotted than their earlier siblings...i have read that the steel source was
changed at around that time and the later steel wasn't as "high
quality"....my 68 bug has less rust(and has been a daily driver *all* its
life until i got it a few years ago) than my friends 74 that was garaged
most its life...

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 19:25:10 -0500, "johnboy" >
scribbled this interesting note:

>
>"ilambert" > wrote in message
...
>> Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking
>> for advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects.
>
>Hey, you can be all kind and gentle and waste the man's precious time and
>money. I have more respect for his effort. A bug that late in that kind of
>shape is junk.
>

I concur.

--
John Willis
(Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)

Maybe find a better body to start with? All of the stuff you mentioned can
be fixed but at some point, the $ spent gets a bit high for the car that
you're dealing with. If you're dead set on fixing this one, I'd be very
patient and look for donor cars with weldable sheet metal sections from
non-rust belt areas.
Andy
63 Camper

"ilambert" > wrote in message
...
> Ya,it must be nice to "restore" only perfect cars.I think he was asking
for
> advice,not wise-ass comments about his choice of projects.
> "Ben Boyle" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yeah, and he didn't ask about if he should throw it away eh? Admittedly
> > his obviously will require some dedication but
> > that doesn't mean he should be told to just automatically throw it away.
> > "johnboy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> "Remco" > wrote in message
> >> oups.com...
> >> > Hi all
> >> > Just got a 72 regular beetle and am evaluating what needs to be done.
> >> >
> >> > It will need floors, heater channels and one of the door post bottoms
> >> > will need to be reconstructed.
> >>
> >> Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on
> >> it.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

johnboy wrote:

>
> Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on it.
>
>


? ! ? ! ?

Rust is just rotten metal, you can easily replace it.

Time is yours .. you have time or you dont !

I dont realy care if a car needs time spending on it. My free time is
'free' !

Its the pleasure you get from doing it that counts .

Have fun !

Rich

"tricky" > wrote in message
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>
>
> johnboy wrote:
>
> >
> > Throw it away. Find a better start. Don't waste your time and money on
it.
> >
> >
>
>
> ? ! ? ! ?
>
> Rust is just rotten metal, you can easily replace it.
>
> Time is yours .. you have time or you dont !
>
> I dont realy care if a car needs time spending on it. My free time is
> 'free' !
>
> Its the pleasure you get from doing it that counts .
>
> Have fun !
>
> Rich

That's what I think too, Rich: I enjoy the work most as well.