Royal wrote:
You guys are starting to make me worry. Do I need to be concerned about my VW pan/frams? I have not noticed much flexing? Not as much as in a Morris TD?
Not necessarily – as long as you have a good solid, original pan underneath it to begin with, and don’t plan to drive it too hard, especially on rough roads. After all, many people have many miles on these things without a reinforced frame underneath them…
I’ve owned both a ’67 Bug convertible and a ’70 Ghia convertible, and both came from the factory with a boxed metal reinforcement that ran down the full length of the pan on each side underneath where the heater channels run. Those bodies were quite a bit heavier, being all steel. Both flexed quite a bit, especially when I put mildly built engines in them and started pushing them harder…
That’s why I’m looking for a solid foundation — I hope to have a 1776 or something in it someday… I’m more concerned about solid handling than I am about cosmetics. That’s also why IRS is an absolute necessity. But that’s just me…
If all you’re doing is cruising backroads or in town, rather than pushing it through the twisties, you’re likely just fine…
You see, this place is less than an hour away, and I know I won’t be able to resist the temptation:
KentT2013-03-04 22:18:56
Early FF TDr on 69 VW pan
Slowly coming back from the ashes...