From tad@nospam.luddite.net Tue Feb 17 17:52:04 1998
Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
Subject: Re: Should I remove the body? +pics
From: tad@nospam.luddite.net (Tad G)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:52:04 GMT

Well, I can't say for sure on a superbeetly, but I just removed the
body from my 66.  I am young (18) and stupid (Hey, I just removed the
body from a car :) so this might not be the best plan for everyone.  I
did take pictures, and I have some advice:

When I did it, one friend assisted on one Friday afternoon (about 6
hours) and we removed all of the bolts, one bumper, one door and one
fender.  Everything had been removed already.   By the time we were
done the two of us could pick up the body, but I didn't quite have a
place to put it yet, so we quickly set it right back down.  

Sunday afternoon we decided to remove the body.  We were so sore from
the time spent on friday removing the bolts that we had to get another
person to assist us in listing it.  Since the body was severly rusted
and had been in both front and rear end collisions I decided to build
a kit car out of this one.  That is why I cut the body in half.  

You should have seen the looks on the faces of the people at the dump
"Where is the rest of that there caaar?"

Soon I will have a page up, but for now, just enjoy the pictures.

http://luddite.net/tad/campics/vw


Tad

On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 07:17:46 GMT, sunbug@pacbell.net (Kevin Stigerts)
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I've got a '74 superbeetle Sun Bug that I'm planning a restoration on this 
>summer.  I want to do as much as I can myself.  California car, so nothing 
>more than surface rust at the most.  Noticed that sometime in its past, a 
>mechanic missed when putting the car up in the air, and there's a nice-sized 
>dent in the passenger side pan located approx. near the battery.  I read that 
>there are only 49 bolts to undo, and with the help of four people, it is quite 
>easy to pull off the body.  True or False?  I have the Bentley manual, and am 
>confident in removing all interior (wires, cables, etc).  Anyone with 
>experience in body removal, please help!
>
>Regards,
>Kevin
>sunbug@pacbell.net