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i need some help please. I am not the owner of this 1975 daytona MIGI vw based kit but i am Painting it for someone. My question is about front fender removal. According to the manual the bolts go through the gas tank bib with nuts on the back side. Looking under the car there is no way to get to them due to the flat pan bottom. Am i correct in thinking that the gas tank should be removed? will i then be able to access the nuts and bolt from inside the bib? Is it hollow? or am i way off base and there is an easier way? I hate to think that the body needs to be lifted from the chassis! I would appreciate anyone with this knowledge that could help me out ! Thanks !!
on my Daytona,there is a large void under the gas tank. I don’y remember but it is likely that there are nuts
in thereThe fender bolts to the body and side cowls. If you remove the gas tank you should be able to get to the nuts. Here’s the fender installation procedure in the assembly manual. Fender installation is on page 27.
https://tdreplica.com/Manuals/FiberFab/MiGiII/MiGi_II_VW_1of3.pdf
newkitman2014-04-24 14:23:26
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackThanks guys !!! i looked and looked but it just seemed to me that the gas tank would need to come out…was hoping it didn’t ! the “void” under the tank was what i was hoping someone would say. I’ll get started on it this weekend…Thanks Again !! this car is still in it’s gel coat since 1975 !! alot of rock chips and a few rattle can touch ups but other than that it’s in great shape…she’s finally gonna get painted after 40 years !
We love to see before and after pictures
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if anyone else has the same dilema….removal of the gas tank is the way it is done. Tank comes out real easy and there are three nuts per side to be removed, the other two are in the cockpit. As a side note…i guess weight is needed up front to steady the front end at highway speeds….whoever built this one…used cement blocks and bricks ! are sand bags the prefered method ? how much weight is needed ? as far as before and after pictures, I will try…not too good at downloading pictures
And the weight is recommended if the front spring rate is not reduced.
Back in the dark ages, most of the kit manufacturers recommended adding weight to the front end. It helps the suspension work and does help a little to balance the very poor front/rear weight distribution. In fact, Classic Roadster’s Duchess kit included a fiberglss box, that sits behind the grill shell. You fill it with about 150 pounds of sand and seal the top.In this more enlightened age, we know that a vastly superior approach is to remove most (or all) of the small bars from both of the VW’s front torsion tubes. Seach the site forum and you will find extensive discourse on how this is done.Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
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