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D_M_S Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:19 pm Post subject: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be rolling? |
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Id like to devise a way to remove the body of my bettle, by myself and be able to roll it afterwards. Theres plenty of instructionals on doing it by yourself but the body remains on blocks or sawhorses afterwards. Theres got to be a solution with either camper jacks or something like that that can be used to do this. _________________ 1977 Beetle
Using it for the chassis/pan to make a Porsche Speedster |
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tko Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2008 Posts: 152 Location: summerset Sd
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Moving carts attached to your sawhorses? |
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D_M_S Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah you just described a camper jack and Im thinking this is the way to go _________________ 1977 Beetle
Using it for the chassis/pan to make a Porsche Speedster |
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Detroit73super Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2009 Posts: 611 Location: Detroit
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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D_M_S wrote: |
Id like to devise a way to remove the body of my bettle, by myself and be able to roll it afterwards. Theres plenty of instructionals on doing it by yourself but the body remains on blocks or sawhorses afterwards. Theres got to be a solution with either camper jacks or something like that that can be used to do this. |
I removed 73 Super body single handed. Raised body, dragged chassis out from under.
Here is pic of body (bare metal, straight from media blast before primer)on movable cart at body shop.
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4927 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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Detroit73super wrote: |
D_M_S wrote: |
Id like to devise a way to remove the body of my bettle, by myself and be able to roll it afterwards. Theres plenty of instructionals on doing it by yourself but the body remains on blocks or sawhorses afterwards. Theres got to be a solution with either camper jacks or something like that that can be used to do this. |
I removed 73 Super body single handed. Raised body, dragged chassis out from under.
Here is pic of body (bare metal, straight from media blast before primer)on movable cart at body shop.
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I've built a similar roller frame for my Beetles & buggy bodies -
Hard part is that the chassis/pan from a Super Beetle doesn't roll around like a Beetle chassis/pan does, unless you tie the Super's top strut mounts together & create some angle braces to keep the struts up...
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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Detroit73super Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2009 Posts: 611 Location: Detroit
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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Hard part is that the chassis/pan from a Super Beetle doesn't roll around like a Beetle chassis/pan does, unless you tie the Super's top strut mounts together & create some angle braces to keep the struts up...
bnc[/quote]
Or just build a much smaller version of the above or a furniture dolly for the front only or entire pan if rear is stripped.That's what I did for mine and chances are that if you are pulling the body off a super, you're removing the struts for new inserts, lowering, disc brake conversion, etc. but yeah, not quite as easy to roll the chassis around such as a standard. Supers are still way cooler though
hard to tell in this pic, but there is a furniture dolly under the front pan head, allowing me to roll chassis around.
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jhicken Samba Member
Joined: October 24, 2003 Posts: 9466 Location: Fallbrook, CA
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:48 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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didget69 wrote: |
Hard part is that the chassis/pan from a Super Beetle doesn't roll around like a Beetle chassis/pan does, unless you tie the Super's top strut mounts together & create some angle braces to keep the struts up... |
You assume it's a Super, I bet it's a standard because he's using the pan to build a speedster.
To the original poster, a wood dolly like the one pictured above is your best bet. Cheap and easy to build. If you need to move it on uneven ground, get bigger wheels.
-jeffrey _________________ Der Kleiner Kampfwagens |
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4927 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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Detroit73super wrote: |
Or just build a much smaller version of the above or a furniture dolly for the front only or entire pan if rear is stripped.That's what I did for mine and chances are that if you are pulling the body off a super, you're removing the struts for new inserts, lowering, disc brake conversion, etc. but yeah, not quite as easy to roll the chassis around such as a standard. Supers are still way cooler though
hard to tell in this pic, but there is a furniture dolly under the front pan head, allowing me to roll chassis around.
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Don't know 'bout Supers being cooler, even though I do have a '71 Super convertible...
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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Detroit73super Samba Member
Joined: October 03, 2009 Posts: 611 Location: Detroit
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Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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jhicken wrote: |
didget69 wrote: |
Hard part is that the chassis/pan from a Super Beetle doesn't roll around like a Beetle chassis/pan does, unless you tie the Super's top strut mounts together & create some angle braces to keep the struts up... |
You assume it's a Super, I bet it's a standard because he's using the pan to build a speedster.
To the original poster, a wood dolly like the one pictured above is your best bet. Cheap and easy to build. If you need to move it on uneven ground, get bigger wheels.
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I was replying to didget69 comment about super chassis. |
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didget69 Samba Member
Joined: July 22, 2004 Posts: 4927 Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:37 pm Post subject: Re: Remove beetle body by yourself and still have it be roll |
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jhicken wrote: |
didget69 wrote: |
Hard part is that the chassis/pan from a Super Beetle doesn't roll around like a Beetle chassis/pan does, unless you tie the Super's top strut mounts together & create some angle braces to keep the struts up... |
You assume it's a Super, I bet it's a standard because he's using the pan to build a speedster.
To the original poster, a wood dolly like the one pictured above is your best bet. Cheap and easy to build. If you need to move it on uneven ground, get bigger wheels.
-jeffrey |
Clicky-heart for you today Jeffy for pointing out the pan info!
bnc _________________ I never found the need to impress people with any mechanic certifications, trophies or track wins... unless it was for Mom to post on the refrigerator door. |
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goualon69 Samba Member
Joined: November 29, 2014 Posts: 92 Location: Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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How long it could take to remove the body? because I plan to put air bags! |
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morymob Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:00 am Post subject: |
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I made a 2-wheel cart to sit body on(after underneath done) I could move around by hand or pull outside with mower if I decided to do the dusty sanding & less inside mess. I removed/replaced all the bodies by myself. Body removal was my own method of raising ends up a bit at at a time until chass would roll out. |
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Weezle Samba Member
Joined: February 07, 2014 Posts: 685 Location: ORLANDO
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Volks Wagen Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2013 Posts: 2926 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 7:55 am Post subject: |
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goualon69 wrote: |
How long it could take to remove the body? because I plan to put air bags! |
It could take forever. _________________ 1973 1303 with AB-motor - sporadic
reconstruction as time permits, 1986 ex-Bundeswehr Doka - on the road again.
I'm definitely, probably, the worlds greatest lover.
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Weezle Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Volks Wagen wrote: |
goualon69 wrote: |
How long it could take to remove the body? because I plan to put air bags! |
It could take forever. |
it only seems like forever
especially if you include stripping the body shell to nothing, no doors, glass, wiring, etc.
But just to unbolt the body to pan bolts and get it off is easily a less than one day job if you plan it out. Probably a bunch of bolts will shear off and stuff, so if you plan to fix all that as you go it ads time too. I'm not including trips to the ER for any crushed limbs or amputations. _________________ I got a fever, and the only prescription is more beetles!
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