Shortening the beetle pan

[dlagerwall]

Hi guys,

I was given a 1600, 74 Beetle. The body was rotten so I've organised a fibreglass jeep body to replace my rusty Beetle one. I now have to shorten the pan to get it to fit the fibreglass body.

Does anyone who has done this before have any advice on shortening the pan for a complete novice?

Don

[Pine]

Hi Don

Welcome to ACVWSA, have a look at http://www.meyersmanx.com/garage/garage_shorten_p1.htm for complete instructions on shortening a pan.

Please introduce yourself in the appropiate thread, as per your welcoming e-mail

[BARON]

There was a "How To Build A Beach Buggy " manual on the Volkspares site at one time showing you how and where to cut






The one in red gives you a stronger chassis the a straight across cut like in the bottom picture ( stresses work in dfferent directions)

cheers baron

[Pine]

IMPI has an official VWAG booklet on shortening the VW chassis. I scanned it a few years ago, and it was published on TheSamba here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/man ... buggy.phpa

This article from the 'Guthe Fart' magazine might also help (hope your German is not too rusted!):

[IMPI]

Please note
Only mig or tig welding allowed these days
gas welding wont cut it
Armand

[ZeroAxe]

IMPI has an official VWAG booklet on shortening the VW chassis. I scanned it a few years ago, and it was published on TheSamba here
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/man ... ebuggy.php

The link is fixed...... (removed an "A")

[Ron&Gill]

There was a "How To Build A Beach Buggy " manual on the Volkspares site at one time showing you how and where to cut






The one in red gives you a stronger chassis the a straight across cut like in the bottom picture ( stresses work in dfferent directions)

cheers baron

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