Removing the VW Bug Body
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2024
- With a little help from my 12 year old son, we got the body off in a little under a hour. Now I can focus on the rear suspension and body tubes in preparation for a roll cage!
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Ah yes, the ol “use my workbench to help split my car into two” trick. Who hasn’t had to use that one?? 😂. Love seeing the progress!
Haha, yes. I just kept telling Nolan “this could all fall any second”
When you said sketchy, I kept waiting for it to slide off in the rear when the nose of the car was down😲 To move mine I called up 4 friends and bought them breakfast. I still have to remove mine again to ream out some hole that don't line up with the new floor pan. I may mock up my entire roll cage first, then pull the body off to fully weld the cage...but I'm still looking at options... looking forward to the start of your cage.
4 friends would have been a lot easier. I didn’t realize how light the body actually is.
Awesome 👏
Thank you BOCHAZI
I love your videos Miah!
Thanks Dad! All the things I learned from you, passing down to my children.
I didn’t see anything too sketchy there…. Apparently you didn’t see the one a few years back using ratchet straps from the attic access to hang the body 😂
Lol no I didn’t. It crossed my mind going in the attic for the lift point. I’ll have to find that one. I found your channel pretty late and I’m still catching up on all the episodes
Only broke two bolts? Must be a California car. Excited to see the cage work!
Yep, California car. Rust is very minimal. WD-40 helped a lot too.
@@MiahsBug Do you think if you used real penetrating oil, it wouldn't have broke the bolts?
@SpaceBallOne-fc3ep I don’t think so. The bolts were almost rusted through and very thin. I do think if the oil had gravity working with it, it would have done a better job.
I remember those days , I was lucky i had 2 teenagers and there friends over for a pool party and before i allowed them in the pool they had to help me lift the body. This is going to be a fun project to watch. I built a baja bug about 15 years ago but have since sold it to build a long travel Manx that I am enjoying now. Keep up the great work.Have you decided what motor your going with ??.
It is so fun! And enjoying the build with my 3 boys. I was going to call in the Calvary (friends) but thought this would be fun. I have a motor already! It’s a J30A4 and a 091 trans. I love the Manx and Thing builds!
Nice progress! When I pulled my cab, I was surprised about how much easier than I imagined. Did you find it easier or harder than you thought?
It was definitely easier. There is something intimidating about pulling a body off. This was cake. I love the simplistic design of the VW Bug.