| Bob Hollingsworth |
Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:46 pm |
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| I have a 65 beetle. The passenger door has a tab spot welded to the door inner panel and the masonite panel has a metal piece attached to the backside using the arm rest bolts. The metal piece slips over the tab. The driver's door had neither of these. I added them myself because it only made sense. Was I correct to add them or was there a reason why they were left off? Thanks. |
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| grandpa pete |
Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:56 pm |
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| there were NO armrests on the drivers side ; except for convertables . |
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| eagle5127 |
Thu Oct 16, 2014 5:07 pm |
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| Convertibles had driver side arm rests.. |
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| Bob Hollingsworth |
Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:19 pm |
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| Thanks. This one had an arm rest when I bought it. Must have been added by a previous owner. I guess you had to close the door using the door handle? |
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| KTPhil |
Thu Oct 16, 2014 9:28 pm |
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I added an arm rest to my '65 Bug. A little more comfortable on long drives, and I didn't feel like I was stressing the for lever every times I closed the door.
It was easier back in the day when you could pull parts off cars in a full junkyard. |
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| Bob Hollingsworth |
Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:16 am |
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| Thanks. I'm glad I added the hardware behind the panel. |
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| djshutup |
Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:26 am |
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| speaking on the subject of door panels.. can you get just the backer board behind the panels I know mine aren't doing that great. |
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| grandpa pete |
Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:49 am |
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get some Masonite at HD
don't forget the vapor barrier when installing |
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| glutamodo |
Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:37 am |
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Bob Hollingsworth wrote: Thanks. This one had an arm rest when I bought it. Must have been added by a previous owner. I guess you had to close the door using the door handle?
Yep. And sometimes that can be "fun" - http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=581960& |
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