Body On!
Well, we had a pretty busy weekend!!
On Friday evening, after Steve got in from work, we went out to start prepping the floor pans. Steve wanted to take the back brace off of them, since the ones we had were in good shape. We did it just like Mr. Higgins in the Bug Me video said.
Then we set the pans into place. I got such a thrill out of how it looked!
That was it for that evening...we pushed the chassis back into the shop and went in and watched the "Body Off" Bug Me video again to refresh our memory on how to get the car back onto the chassis.
On Saturday, we participated with our VW club in a car show at a local library. Afterward, while we were eating, Steve and I mentioned that we were only a little ways from our house and if anyone wanted to come over they could come see our car. (I sometimes worry that the club might not think I even "own" a VW, since unless they've checked out the blog, no one has ever actually seen it!)
So pretty soon a whole bunch of folks from the club came over and checked out the Beetle and visited. The VWs parked out in my side lawn caused quite a stir in my neighborhood, people were driving by really slowly!
The rest of the weekend was filled with getting ready to attach the chassis back on to the body. Steve drilled holes on in the edge of the floor pan to make it easier to weld them into place.
He also removed the paint from the front cross support.
Matthew worked on removing some tacks that had formally held the pan seal in place.
Finally everything was ready. Just as we were getting ready to push the chassis into the shop and begin the process of reconnecting the two, company came! Our friends from church showed up.
They have experience working with Beetles and they just pitched right in and started helping!
In no time at all, we had lifted the chassis up and bolted it back on. Here I am, bolting in one of the 17mm bolts in the rear tire well.
The car remains supported by jacks and up on the sawhorses at this time...Steve needs to grind a couple of spots down where he repaired it and it doesn't fit just right. Shouldn't be too difficult. After that, we'll lower it completely down and commence welding everything back together!
On Friday evening, after Steve got in from work, we went out to start prepping the floor pans. Steve wanted to take the back brace off of them, since the ones we had were in good shape. We did it just like Mr. Higgins in the Bug Me video said.
Then we set the pans into place. I got such a thrill out of how it looked!
That was it for that evening...we pushed the chassis back into the shop and went in and watched the "Body Off" Bug Me video again to refresh our memory on how to get the car back onto the chassis.
On Saturday, we participated with our VW club in a car show at a local library. Afterward, while we were eating, Steve and I mentioned that we were only a little ways from our house and if anyone wanted to come over they could come see our car. (I sometimes worry that the club might not think I even "own" a VW, since unless they've checked out the blog, no one has ever actually seen it!)
So pretty soon a whole bunch of folks from the club came over and checked out the Beetle and visited. The VWs parked out in my side lawn caused quite a stir in my neighborhood, people were driving by really slowly!
The rest of the weekend was filled with getting ready to attach the chassis back on to the body. Steve drilled holes on in the edge of the floor pan to make it easier to weld them into place.
He also removed the paint from the front cross support.
Matthew worked on removing some tacks that had formally held the pan seal in place.
Finally everything was ready. Just as we were getting ready to push the chassis into the shop and begin the process of reconnecting the two, company came! Our friends from church showed up.
They have experience working with Beetles and they just pitched right in and started helping!
In no time at all, we had lifted the chassis up and bolted it back on. Here I am, bolting in one of the 17mm bolts in the rear tire well.
The car remains supported by jacks and up on the sawhorses at this time...Steve needs to grind a couple of spots down where he repaired it and it doesn't fit just right. Shouldn't be too difficult. After that, we'll lower it completely down and commence welding everything back together!
posted by Kim In Tulsa at
7:39 AM
1 Comments:
Congrats Kim!!!!! It looks marvelous--can't wait to see you around town in this!
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Connie, at 6:47 AM
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