It's so simple to weld in braces, I'd do it before lifting off the body and brace in several directions so that the door openings stayed fixed during the work. At least around here junk square tubing sells for less than 50 cents a pound.. If you can see movement when jacking the body off the pan you need to add more bracing :-) -Roland
----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 7:34:33 PM Subject: [vintagvw] Convertible Bug Body Off Hey All, Spring has sprung here in Pa, and I am finally getting around to restoring the 68 Bug convertible. Has anyone done a body off on a vert? I did a body off on my standard and welded braces in the door opening when I cut out the heater channel in it and all came out ok. My question is do I need to do more bracing than that for this vert? I need to weld a lot of metal into it, as heater channels and reinforcement rails are bad among other places. I do know to only do one side at a time. When I started jacking the body off the pan of this vert, I could see the door gaps flex a bit. Thinking perhaps I should weld braces in even before lifting the body? Thanks Ray ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
