Replace VW Floor Pans in 25 Minutes - (Beetle)
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This Beetle came to me with both heater channels nearly destroyed and huge holes in the vw floors. I was asked if I could replace these and the VW Beetle heater channels and of course I could. So here's the video of me performing a Volkswagen floor pan replacement from start to finish.
VW Beetle Floor Pan Replacement really isn't all that hard. If you've never replaced a VW floor pan this video is for you!
First you need to find the VW Floor Pans specific to your year. Once you've got those picked out then you remove the body and cut out the VW floor pan. Once the VW floors are removed, you then clean off any other rust with a wire brush and afterwards with a rust converter and let it sit overnight. The next morning you take your brand new VW floor pans and lay them in position in your chassis. Once you have your vw bug floor pan replacement parts in position, cut off any excess and align them properly. For floor pan replacement VW Beetle it really is that easy!
VW Thing floor pan replacement is exactly the same, however the vw floor pan repair is completed with much wider VW Floor pans such as those from a Karmann Ghia.
Yes, I know... the whole procedure wasn't completed in 25 minutes, but this video depicts how I did it in about 25 minutes of run time. :-P
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When you see a guy put that much effort into painting what amounts to a car's subfloor, which will never be seen by the owner, you know it's a guy who cares about his work. I wish UA-cam would have come along ten years earlier. It probably would have saved my old dear departed Ghia. You truly can fix anything on these cars given enough info and motivation. Thanks for helping keep these old timers out of the crusher, Duckman.
At this point after rebuilding my 56 Oval from rust... lol, I just may be able to fix anything....'! Kind comments like yours at the ones that really motivate me! Thanks so much for sharing! Do you have any videos of your old Ghia?
This guy has my vote! I've followed his stuff for years.
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage I'm doing some rust work on an old 98 xj jeep cherokee man I keep getting discouraged when I think it's is looking up I find more rust. What can I use to stop or slow rust in areas I can never get to to prep like channels and cavities. Have you ever used eastwood products do they work? I really really like the acid idea I'll be looking for it too
Acid for sure, but you really need to wire brush anything that you can get to. Once the acid dries away there are inner chassis waxes and tar type coatings with super long 360 degree nozzles that allow you to spray deep in the inner crevices. Otherwise you have to cut holes and attack things from the outside... which in the case of my oval was probably the best thing to do. :-) Eastwood has a lot of great stuff but I find them to be a little bit expensive when you can find the same things elsewhere without their name for less money. One thing that Eastwood is, is marketing Geniuses! Their name is just everywhere anymore! Thanks for the questions!
Stay healthy Duckman! ... I'm saving up for my '68 Bug restoration! You've certainly gained my trust!
This video is excellent! If you can’t change a set of pans after watching this, you’ll never be able to. Please keep the videos coming! And Thank you
Thank you, Elwood! I appreciate it! We'll be changing out another set on a Karmann Ghia soon.... WITH THE BODY STILL ON. I've been challenged! Watch for it! Thanks!
Just getting started on restoring a 73 Super Beetle. If I hadn't watched your video I probably wouldn't be attempting to replace the pans myself... Very helpful, thanks...
Thank you very much! It's really not too hard of a task so I hope you're making some videos! I would love to see, or posting pictures over on our Facebook group page! 😁
Congratulations on the job. I am from Brazil and I am currently restoring a VW 73 and I search on UA-cam for all the good information to use in my VW.
Thank you so much for watching and I appreciate your comment! I have lots of videos, please feel free to watch and ask any questions that you may have! I will try to help wherever possible! Thanks again!
Thank you so much for your videos. After five years of working on my house, I returned to my 68 Ghia project the other day. I was so overwhelmed by the amount of work it needed and was about to give up on it when I found this video that same day. Seeing the great work you're doing in your driveway and backyard reminded me that I can do it and I'm already following some of the tips in your videos. Keep it up and thanks again!
Thanks for watching! And thank you for your comment. I just put up another floor pan replacement video yesterday which answers some of the questions that this video created for a lot of people. Check it out if you like! Some years ago I also did a Karmann Ghia floor pan video which is still up on UA-cam, too! :)
i subscribed for two reasons the way you turned A VW chassis over by hand , and you love your duck cause he loves you ,the ducks a star enjoyed the show, thanks .
Thanks Tony! I appreciate the comment! I love my ducks, thats for sure. On my other channel I uploaded just the pan being flipped because some people requested it. Check it out if you wish... and thanks again! ua-cam.com/video/d48h7gd8nsc/v-deo.html
Long time VW guy here and I was doing this back 40 years ago. You have a knack for cutting right o the chase and pointing out what needs to be done, although I must admit the chassis you have to work with was pretty straight forward. Up this way we were seeing floor pans in this condition on a 10 year old vehicle and after that the end braces for the front suspension would start to rot. I had to sell my 69 bug for parts when it was 9 years old! (bought it new) It was too far gone. Heater channels too at an early age. Yup, salt on the roads and water leaks everywhere did her in. While I'm here, I should also point out that it's easier to find all of these restoration parts now than it was in the 70s.... internet and all. Oh, for those on a budget, the plasma cutter is nice but not a high priority. (read: expensive) OTOH, for any project like this a wire feed welder is the cat's ass, along with a decent grinder and an air type cut-off wheel. Add a tape measure and a hand full of specialty vice-grips and you can fix anything.
Thanks do much for this awesome comment and praise! I really can't thank you enough! This one made my day! Most videos I usually show the work done in 5 minutes, this is actually one of my longer videos and surprisingly has gained some huge popularity. I am from NJ myself, I understand what you mean by these cars just rotting to bits from all the salt. The plasma cutter was expensive, no doubt, but the amount of money I made using the tool paid for it many times over... for the average "Harry Homeowner" working in their own driveway that may not be the best investment. I absolutely LOVE by box of vice grips! Seems any time I find some on sale I buy a few more. Thanks again for your comments! I really REALLY appreciate you, and I hope you subscribed! Lots more videos to come! :)
BTW, where a plasma cutter really shines is fabrication work. You can dice up scraps of metal almost as easily as using a straight edge and a utility knife on drywall. My personal project of the moment is a '64 Corvair van and I am having to make a zillion small parts because NOBODY makes aftermarket body metal. I actually made a cardboard template for a door skin then transferred that to fresh metal with the plasma cutter. Yeah, the cardboard caught fire but it can do the job if you work quickly! BTW, wish I could find better (read: fairly rust free) bugs up this way. It would be fun to tackle another in my retirement. I might even have some NOS parts still laying around!
Put up some videos of that Corvair! I want to see! It'd be great seeing you burning your cardboard templates with your plasma cutter. Haha! I'd subscribe! Thanks again for the comment and the story, lol!
Maybe in a year or so after I retire I'll get around to learning about how to post videos on YT. Right now I'm too much of a cave man / technophobe to understand that part, although I do have near 1,000 pix of the Corvair project now that I am comfy doing digital cam work.
rupe53 If you had sprayed the underside with oil from day one regularly, you would still be driving it !.
My sister purchased a 65 model off the original owner who did this ,it is still original and never been near a welding shop !.
I'm 6'9 just watching this and I bought a 1970 beetle and I can barely drive it at all. Then in the middle of the video you shows me how to fix it thank you.
I saw you over on the group page, thanks for joining us!
@@DuckmanCycles you are awesome. Definitely someone I'm gonna follow along with. Can't wait to see more of what's in store. Thanks for welcoming me aboard. When I get it running I'll make sure to buy some merch to show off the help I recieved. Thank you.
Wow !!! I had a 69 automatic stick shift same color..took 2 .. 55 gal drums and made new floor pans..i had to cut the top and bottom of the drums split them down
The middle then run them over with a fork lift...they turned out very well..also replaced the heater channels..wish i still had it..you did well.. Cheers 🍻🍻🍻🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thats an interesting way to make floor pans, lol! If that was available to me I'd probably have done the same thing in the past!
My first car was a 63 Bug. Along the way I had a few more models. You are one cool dude. Good entertainment! and tutorials! I'm binge watching.
Thank you very much! I have almost 1000 videos across 4 channels! I hope you enjoy!
Subscribed as soon as I saw you flip the floor-pan with just a metal bar! Looking forward to watching more of your videos!
Haha Not many people can say that they flip a floor pan themselves! Thanks so much for watching and leaving this comment! Lots more videos to be uploaded soon!
You have one steady hand with that plasma cutter. Job well done sir!
Thank you! I cheated though, lol! I kinda ran it along the metal seam... hehehe!
@@DuckmanCycles that's not cheating that's using your noggin. I have a 70 , well the wife does but I'm going to do the work. It's pretty rusty, and I'm afraid to pull the body... Lol thanks for taking the time to edit/post this video
Your neighbors must love you......
They absolutely do! They love to watch, and they know I'm the man with the tools always willing to help them with their own stuff! Thanks for the comment! :-D
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I help out all my neighbors, but they are SKILLLESS when I need a hand. I just do everything myself.
there is no doubt my neighbors would have called the police 5 min in...you are not allowed to wash your car in your own driveway here...(no joke)
What about rust removal, (plasma) cutting, welding and painting? LOL xD
I was just going to say that hahaha. You beat me to it. lol
I think your ideas and capabilities are amazing and helpful. On the other hand, you need a shop and I'm glad you're not my neighbor.
I'd love a shop! I'm gonna hold out a tip jar to go towards the shop fund! :-D
I'm about to lose mine and have issues working on things in the parking lot of my apartment... Waaaaa... good luck... I want one of those Jettas with the bed on the back... seems both cool and comfortable...
next time you use paint stripper cover it with plastic it keeps the vapors in and stays wet and works a lot better. great tech video
Good call! Thank you!
Great video its exactly what I was looking for . I understand this video is a few years old and I haven't read all the comments but I have a suggestion that you leave the paint on the pan and only remove the paint from the lips that will be welded. I'm not a car guy but I am a welder. Just a suggestion to save time and energy. Thank you again for the video.
Thanks so much for the comment! You suggest you're not welder, but are you a painter? Would you paint over rust, and other peeling layers? That's why paint was removed... and the pans properly sealed afterwards. You're be wasting a lot of time and energy when the rust gets worse, and the new paint peels off, too... WHEN YOU HAVE TO STRIP IT ALL OFF, BUT THIS TIME WITH THE CAR ASSEMBLED! Bad news, dude! Thanks again for the comment!
@@DuckmanCycles Were the replacement pans already rusty or what do you mean? I think he means not to strip off the paint on the new pans. Wouldn't it be perfect surface to paint on? I'm not trying to look smart here, I'm just new to this and confused at this step. I have my fathers old -73 that needs this, and I'm planning my steps 😅
@@DuckmanCycles what I said was leave the red paint and only remove paint that will be welded or that you cut in to. I said I'm a welder, so it's obvious when your welding on something that's galvanized and not galvanized. It's obvious the paint on the pans were a type to prevent the rust so your wasting time removing the paint that came on the part. It's gonna rust regardless because you didn't use any cold galvanized spray.
@@anttilammi7471 that's exactly what meant. Watch a few other videos because this guy didn't even read my suggestion correctly. I watched the video 3 times and he never mentioned anything about the new pans being rusty. The pans come with a rust inhibitor. He said the pans galvanized, a hot dip hell nah no freaking way that's way to much for a simple pan.
Yo bro where you livin my neighbors would be calling the cops after 5 minutes of any kind of noise no matter what time of day. Just wanna say you got skills wished I was your neighbor.
Thanks man! My neighbors love me because I fix all their junk!
The more I watched this the more likeable and eccentric and knowledgeable you became. Good shit. May have to to this job down the track, but hopefully not with my current beetle. Subscribed!
Thanks man! I try to have fun with what I do
Wow! That was fun to watch! You made it look easy (but I'm sure it isn't). I've always wondered how that is done. Oh, the ducks are adorable. We get a couple in the pond every spring. Thanks for that!
Hi and thanks so much for the comment! I've been watching your channel for a while myself! Its really cool to actually receive a comment from you. I appreciate it very much. Honestly, the floor pans aren't really that hard, just large scale, and intimidating to some. The ducks are the greatest! If I make it out to Colorado I'll bring the ducks, hope you'll get to meet them. :) Thanks again!
That would be awesome! We do have that pond so they would enjoy playing with the fishes! Glad I found your channel! :)
Nice job , your neighbors must love you
This video is over two years old now... however THIS WEEK, that is all you and anyone else chooses to say. And yes they do, I fix their shit!
THAT WAS so fuckin AWESOME
at first look, I was sure the VW chassis was trash ... and would fall apart when you started working on it
VERY impressive
liked, and subbed
:)
Thank you so much for the comment and the sub! Its the guys like you that keep me at this stuff! Thanks again! I really REALLY appreciate it! :)
Just picked up an old vw buggy and needs floor pans. Now I feel confident and have you to thank for it. Appreciate you looking out for the do it your selfers!
Thank you for the comment, yeah really isn't all that hard! I'm glad if I helped you 😁😁
Codys lab is great I got a 58 ghia no floor just air hammer and new floors can't waite soon no fred Flintstone moble. Like your videos long ones are great to watch.
Get me a video of that 58 Ghia! Thanks for the comment! More of these longer videos to follow! :-D
I have always loved old bugs and have wanted to be able to do this. Your videos almost make me believe I could do this myself. Thanks for sharing.
if you've got the right tools you can do this yourself! It's really not that hard :-) Thanks for the commen!t :-)
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I’ve watch this a time or two before and I want to say thank you. It’s very helpful and kinda give me the motivation to start restore my beetle
Thank you! Are you building a VW Beetle right now? I hope you're making videos! I would love to see some pics and stuff You can reach me through my social media links in the description of the video or up on duckshit.net
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71-72 Beetles have unique seat tracks, you can use the earlier floor pans if you modify or replace the early tracks on the vw floors.
I keep getting asked, so I hope this helps someone! :)
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage .Nice video. Not sure you needed to remove the orange paint from the replacement parts. That coating should be both weldable and funtion as a primer.
Thanks for the comment, but it was chipping off rather easily in a lot of places. It was not something that was going to stay on! I appreciate the comment, but yes, it needed to be cleaned off before properly painting.
Great job, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones
@@donaldhalls2189 thanks man, lot of traffic on this old video!
I think he does a great job but if I was doing it I would have the front and rear suspension off and would blast the remainder of the frame put in the new floor pans then paint the whole shebang as a unit.
Yes, if that were my pan.... or if I was paid for that much more work. But I wasn't so you get what you get! Thanks for the comment!
looks nice! almost ready for someone to bend up with a floor jack :D
HAHAHA! I said exactly that to one of my friends! I like to cut off the jack receivers just so nobody tries to do that crap to it. Yuck! Thanks for the comment, haha! :-D
you've got a fantastic size back yard to store your projects .... cool beetle too
Thanks! I wish the yard were bigger, or with less random obstacles, but I made it work for me! :-D Thanks for the comment!
I was surprised that you didn't spray the trans tunnel with "weld through etching primer" before you attached the pans. It's just something I've always heard the "old timers" talk about doing. Either way it looks good.
Thats what the phosphoric acid was! Just didn't spray it, I brushed it on! :)
I can tell you for a fact that i have cut butter, and it cut a whole lot easier then what I just watched you do.
And it also cut with much cheaper tools, too! LoL! But sadly I can't build a car that would last in Florida heat. It would smell nice when its running, though! Fresh cookies!
What paint stripper do you use? looks like good stuff
ts good stuff and reasonably priced! amzn.to/2A96CHQ
Great job Glenn that's a beautiful pan
Thank you! I can't believe how glossy that one turned out. That's the shiniest paint I've ever seen on a pan!
I liked the video as soon as I saw the thumbnail
Haha! I hope you watched the video too! Thanks man! :-D
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage Your welcome i just watched the hole video!
YAY! Was it good? :)
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Hi Duckman great effort, I had so much trouble with the handbrake cable running thru my '63 bug tunnel. Cold chisel and hammer time.
Thats an ouch! Thanks much man!
What was the black paint you used? Wondering if it was SPI Epoxy? Really like your detailed work and desctiptions/narration. Thank you!
Just some cheap and easy-to-find oil based lacquer paint. Nothing fancy, its not meant to be cosmetic.
I bet you are popular with your neighbours !
VERY popular! Guess who fixes their shit! Hahaha!
Darn nice job. You are the Man. Only way it could better is if you painted the front end parts and drag links and stuff.
Agree... but that wasn't part of the deal! :-D
Concours DeElegance! Lol nice job
You made it look easy! I used to have a 71 AutoStick that was a hoot! I was a receiver at the auction in Baltimore that I believe is part of the Manhiem Group. I lived in West Baltimore City and sometimes the county but I bombed it on I-695, I-95 & other very busy roads with a 1/4 sheet of plywood to retain my carpool buddy and my driver's set had a brick on the heater channel & seat frame to keep my seat from rubbing on the road! #3 plug was the derathkneel!
I'll admit, it kind of is easy. Its a lot of work, but not particularly difficult!
and hahahaha! Thats quite a story! This car the other had a 2x4 bridging the hole in the floor so he could drive it, and a mat just to keep the road spray down. Talk about dangerous! LoL!
Is that saw Chicago Electric I bough the battery set works great just needed to buy extra batteries
Yeah, its a Harbor Freight... I can't believe its lasted this long. Its not battery powered though, I prefer plug in!
Brings back childhood memories. My dad worked on these throughout 60s & 70s. Had yard and shop full of these cars and other VWs. Rusted bad in Eastern Canada.
Yeah, the rust belt! Thanks so much for sharing!
Why do you even strip the paint on the floor pains?
I get asked this a lot, but I said it in the video. The orange stuff doesn't stick well, and has lots of chips in in and is peeling in places.
Great job on the floor pans!
Thanks much, my friend! Check out some of my other videos, I did a bunch of these over the years!
I already replaced my floor pans why im still watching this?
Because this video is awesome! Thanks for watching! 😀😂😀😂😀
LOL exactly
Nice informative video. Gotta keep those beatles rolling. 🚗 coming to you from TAMPA BAY FLORIDA,USA 🇺🇸
Thanks man! This is an older video of mine, but I've been doing the same stuff here for a long time. Lots of floor pans since then. I think most of the floor pan videos on UA-cam are from me anymore lolol! Thanks again for the comment! From Pensacola, FL!
@@DuckmanCycles thanks DuckmanCycles, Pensacola is not too far from Tampa Bay. I bet you've seen a lot of beetles up that way....do you guys have bug jams up there in your neck of the swamp. We have a good one yearly in Dade City Fl. Its really a lot of fun. Bugs are so diverse as you can make whatever your mind can think up with bug power trains. Good luck out there.
I have a 412 wagon. Sleeps in the garage waiting for that guy. You know the guy that want to pay 20k for a project. Hes probly 2 or 3 years old right now so we wait...
There is always someone that will pay too much... I've been pretty good at finding them.... haha! Thanks for the comment Nate!
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DuckmanCycles and VW Garage I can’t believe you would reply from a year ago,no fucker does,lol,I love it,heay man that burrito saved you hahahaha,she might have been pretty,she might have had super powers in the mouth and hip but she couldn’t strip a vw motor out of an engine bay in twenty mins.
Love ya channel,keep doing what ya do,keep it real.we had vwbbs all my young life we worked them and stripped when needed,love it,easy motors.sorry not really appropriate feelings and all,my pard brother.
Oh I worked for a wrecker for three minutes and was pulling engines out of front end utes and cars in 10/15 minutes,oxy off the front grill brace panel,bolt cut the plumbing and wires,unbolt the bell housing and fork the motor out,while it was all savage like,it’s possible what you can do,check out Jonathons W site for old cars and first starts,this fucker is gold I tells ya,thanks buddy nice work,loved the chop job.
You are lucky man. My wife won't let me use the Plasma cutter in the driveway! Nice video, I've done that before its pretty easy, thanks for sharing!
Thats why I don't have a wife! LoL! Thanks for the comment! I really appreciate them! Keep em coming! 😀😀😀😀😀
just a question, I never saw you take measurements, how can you be sure that the body will fit on the new pans
Thanks for the question! Measurement is really the only way short of test fitting everything together. But I have a video going up that details this tonight at midnight! Make sure you subscribe and hit the bell! Thanks for watching! :-D
First time I did pans, on my brothers 72, we were just lucky everything lined up. I didn't think they wouldn't line up. When I did my second set, separate 72, I bolted both pans to the body, and set it on top of the frame. Tack and lift then finish, but I had brazed everything, only had a stick welder at the time and....
wheres the video of measurements? Ever think about doing a video of heater channel replacements? Seen this video like 5 times because Im about to do my floors. Thanks for the videos
Nice work explaining the process. With no extraneous crap, dialogue or stupid "music"
Thanks Jon! 😁👍🏻
If I ever get a bettle I'll know how to do floor pans
Get one! Get one! :-D Thanks for the comment! :)
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage been looking
Sadly most of the ones on my state are rusted out or stupid expensive
What state are you in?
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage Kentucky
Curse you road salt
I used to live there, I had a short stint in Hopkinsville. But you're not too far to travel to down here and find one. No salt here, except the ocean. Usually the VWs here are rusted from the inside out when the windows leak because of all the rain.
Awesome, You are real volkswagen the builder.
Thank you!
What flavours of ice cream does he sell?
Weed, coke, meth...... the usual. LoL! Want some?
I suspect that would he greasy.
great video Duckman , thank you
Thanks for the compliment! Glad you enjoyed! 😀😀😀😀
You make this look so easy but it certainly is a hell of a lot of hard work, good job!
It is good honest, hard work, but really not difficult. Thanks for your compliment! 😀
You’re very modest but to those of us who don’t know how to do this work it’s awsome!
Man 678,000 views for replacing old VW bug floor pans? That's amazing!
Yeah man, it was for a long time the most popular floor pan replacement video for any car, any manufacturer in the world. It might still be, I haven't researched in a bit. I was lucky when this one took off. Since then I've done many more videos like this one, but none took off as well as this one did.
Duckman that chassis looks terrific! Really demystified it for me. Thanks man.
Thank you! Currently I'm customizing the one for my 56 oval, there will be a mini-video going up for it tonight, too! Hope you subscribed! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
25 mins? I have a half dozen you can do. Who company made the pans? Hats off to you great job
Stack up the money for me! Hehe! I'm not sure who made them, there was a sticker that said Made in Brazil, though.
Great work duck man shouts from England 🏴 ❤
Great work man. Nice guide for starters.
Nice quality work! Especially impressive considering it's done outdoors without an enclosed shop space, without help, and without high dollar equipment. For cutting out the old pans, I'd suggest getting a "sheet metal ripper" cutter for your air hammer as it's much faster than a sawzall and has almost no potential to accidentally start a fire like a plasma cutter. With all the pine needles and flammable debris around, I'd be very cautious about firing up that plasma! Always keep a fire extinguisher nearby.
I never thought to use my chisel to do the cutting on this. I'll give it a try, might be easier to tackle from the underside as I have been.... but there won't be any dramatic sparks to put in my videos without the high dollar plasma cutter! :-D What fun is that to watch? Haha! Thanks man, I appreciate the comment! :)
Good to know that we still have vw for a while
Yes! Thank you! I saved another one! Thanks for the comment! :-D
I thoroughly enjoyed your work, and learned alot. Thanks for your work and putting it on. You certainly look like you know how to do things efficiently. I had a vw 1300 Beetle for 25 yrs and coated the floor under and above, the door pillars and inside the doors etc with fish oil product, the odour soon goes away. It had no rust at all, anywhere. I'm so sorry I parted with it. From Hornsby ,Sydney Australia.
Thank you so much David! I will likely chase my pockets with oil based product too!
@@DuckmanCycles The fish oil is great but it is best if not exposed to the sun, ie used in places where the ultra violet can't attack it.
Good call! Thanks for the suggestion!
I bet you got some happy neighbors!
Very happy indeed.
I just finished welding in a set of Wolfsburg West pans in my 67 bug, and it was interesting to hear you say the back of your pans and the left front had some figment issues. I had the exact same fitment issues with mine
Interesting, not sure if they were cut wrong or if the pan had been tweaked, The suspension measured square though, so its good enough!
You are very good in what you do!!
I appreciate it BIG! Thanks again!
The scrap yard next door, but what a great video, so interesting.
Yes scrap yards on either side of me! Thank you so much for your comment
I had a 69 Bug years ago while still on active duty. Had to sell it in the middle of a body off restoration.
Broke my heart.
Oh maaaaaaaan! That is terrible! I had a 69 Beetle also 20 years ago, had to move. Same thing, it was all apart, had to sell it and move on. It was terrible! But a lot of the good parts I pulled off and I am currently using on other builds.... almost 20 years later! :-D Funny how we have a similar story. Are you going to build another? Thank you for the story!
Were i come from pollen is called "glitter". I bet the side that busted the paint was the oddball that turned green. Good video. 😊
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! I've done lots of other floor pan videos here on youtube, you might even enjoy them. 😁👍🏻
I really enjoyed watching how you went about putting in the new VW Type 1 floor pans because I hope to do a full restoration of a Beetle and am well aware that the floor pans are notorious for rusting, especially given all the decades these car have been running around. I think anything short of an already-restored car is going to need things like this. So I want to know what I'll be up against. Thanks for a great and helpful video!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, Shannon! I have lots more videos about rebuilding VWs like this, and I'll probably be making another one again soon as I have another project on the way!
@@DuckmanCycles you can bet that I'll be watching all of them. You see, I'm 65 years old. Starving artist. Given the complexity of modern cars I think very few cars in the decades to come will be restored. But the Volkswagen Beetle is eminently restorable and rebuildable and that's the key.
Nice work. I had a 64' that had more rust than not. Final drive the seat fell thru the floor while I was sitting on it and driving about 35 mph, just enough to scuff the road but that was the end for me. Used the engine and trans as a backup for a Super Beetle that I never needed. Still in storage somewhere.
Thank you!
The music is very good man, my first time in your channel and i´m liked it. I´m an amateur of Volkswagen, i have one but when i buyed the previouw owner wanted to do a Baja with he. It´s a disaster because they team it did not the better job... But doesn´t matter, the Bug have goods pieces and i love it... although sometimes i go crazy! 😂 Good vibrations since La Paz, Baja California. 🤙
You have a new suscriber.
Thank you very much, new friend! Glad to have you here!
Nicely Done! Also Nice shout out to Cody's Lab!
Thank you!
Thanks for the info man! This has been extremely helpful! Putting mine in tomorrow! Look forward to looking through the rest of your vids!
Thanks man! Did you see my other floor pan replacement video? I did two cars at the same time. ua-cam.com/video/WdzqTdKgBAY/v-deo.html
Working on my 69 ghia that I saved from the crusher. Great video! Thanks 👍
Awesome! Hope you're making some videos! I'd love to see!
Will do,as I move along! Thanks for the encouragement!👍
learning to weld and getting welding equipment is the main thing holding me back from taking the plunge into redoing a vw bug
Nowadays you can epoxy the panels together instead. You'll be seeing some of that on my current Bus project. No welder or welding experience needed! Fast and easy! thanks for the comment!
@@DuckmanCycles I'll keep my eye out for that!
ty i look forward to working on my beetle after i go through welding and fabrication school my beetle runs strong but i think it needs some love
Thanks for watching, and thanks for your comment! I hope you make some videos of your Beetle! Be sure to share them!
Fantastic overview! A true do it yourself, in the driveway approach - thanks!
Excellent video. Should I prime before paint?
Always! Best way to make it stick!
Love the videos Glenn! Holy crap my back cringed when you lifted that up!!!
Haha! I'm a big dude and its really not all that heavy! 😀😀😀😀😀😀
Great work. I'd love to see the video of you replacing the heater channels. Keep up the great work
I do have some progress videos from the heater channels, but not so much all of the work. There will be more cars in the future that need help! Thanks!
Good job! And you said you donate paint. That's a great trick,building car models I learn that one. Painting outside on a warm to hot day with spray cans light coat first and med. to wet coats after that, A nd the paint flows out like glass ,just don't rush it so it doesn't run.And you did it perfectly that works really well using high temo. eng. Paint spraying eng. Part .looks professional.Just a tip for your watchers , kid short on money you can get a good job with can just so you don't rush it and run it! Great video!
Thank you!
Please note I am very jealous of your plasma cutter.. works a hell of a lot nicer than my angle grinder
It's a cheap one, but it sure works nicely! Probably one of my more interesting tools. and it paid for itself the first time I used i! :-)
Thank you so much for the comment :-)
I'm trying to understand the removal of the floor pan paint. I would think that paint is the e-coat and should just need scuffed up and painted over, not stripped. I'm still learning so trying to understand. This video is great and going into my list. Thank you for editing and posting!
Update: Interesting what happened when you put the acid on there. Was the one that rusted some the same on that was dusty upon arrival?
I'm about to do a follow-up on the "greening" caused by the phosphoric acid. It happened again! I'll be up on my other channel later today. I'll also answer your question on the stripping the paint. Its been asked a lot this week! ua-cam.com/users/VvTheDuckvV
Great video I'm looking to do a pan on my baja build I'll be watching this video again and again
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching! Are you going to video document? I want to see! Thanks for the comment!
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage I don't think I'm going to video it but I do have some ? Where did u get the pan and the acid
You can get the acid here: amzn.to/2ruGW0B What year is your Beetle? The pans are different some years. There are links in the video description, too! :)
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It's a 73 thank you for getting back
Very cool. Thanks for taking the time and explaining this video step by step.
Thank you for watching! I really do appreciate you and your comment! I've got lots more videos like this, so please stick around!
You must have good neighbours to put up with noise of air chisel nice job all the best from the UK 🇬🇧
My neighbors love me because I fix their stuff, too! Honestly the chisel really isn't all too loud, and I only run it for a few minutes. I could've lived anywhere I wanted when I moved here, but i came here because nobody cares about noise... in fact they make more noise of their own, haha! :)
DuckmanCycles and VW Garage my neighbours think they are posh because they buy a new car every two years or so and do not service their own car's they are shocked when you start working on your own car if they smell paint thinner it's like what's that smell are you allowed to use that so I am like fook yes go and wash your bmw I have a mgb gt 74 chrome bumper and a 69 Morris minor 1000 all the best from the UK 🇬🇧
You know I got to say I just came across you and I like what I see I wish you were my mechanic my last mechanic let's just say I'll leave it that but I like what I see you have done I did have one question what about doing like a undercoat Rhino Lining on the undercover of the carriage I always wondered if that would be a benefit or would that be counterproductive but I love everything I saw you're very good with it with your tools you took your time there's a passion for what you've done like I said I wish you were my mechanic I got to 74 I need to get restored I got a floor pan on the passenger side that has a gaping hole in it so it took it like a quarter inch plate steel and weld it over it I lost a lot of thing about Volkswagen's the word impossible does not apply to it you can do anything and everything you want to it with the right engineering skills hey thanks for the video to see more
Thanks for the kind words! I love the stories, keep sharing, thanks!
i definitely learned something here. it's not as bad as i thought.
Very true, there's not a whole lot to it at all! Thank you for the comment!
@@DuckmanCycles thanx for the video...i definitely appreciate the knowledge...
I had one on the mid-80's that was rotted out in the floors. I collected just enough speed limit signs from the back roads to pop-rivet under there and keep the dust out going down the gravel roads.
Hehe, those signs are pretty durable! Good job!
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yea, didn't really fix anything, just delayed the trip to the scrap yard by a few years. i cant imagine trying to restore that thing in the condition it was in when I finally scrapped it, but I've seen guys taking on a whole lot worse these days
HAha, well thats still a fix!
Great craft!! I enjoyed watching all of it.
Thank you thank you! I appreciate your comment! Thanks for watching! :)
I think you’ve used up your broom there. Awesome work man, I love seeing these bugs restored.
Looks like it worked in the video plenty good to me
A lot of work. Good job. Like the welder, I miss mine!
Thank you very much sir!
@@DuckmanCycles no problem! I could see hanging out drinking beers with you and breaking stuff
you must be very popular in your neighborhood!!
I'm sure that was a sarcastic a-hole remark.... but indeed I am.... as I have already responded to similar comments multiple times below but you choose to repeat anyway. My neighbors love me because I fix their stuff, too... AND I stop running the tools when it gets dark. I am a bit of a neighborhood legend, they always like to see what rolls out of my driveway. But I am unlike the people with the loud stereos or the dogs that bark all damn night. Thanks for the comment.
Great Vid. I am doing a 67 convertible for the wife. Multiply rust x12 lol. You should try wurth seam sealer as it is paintable and not tar based. There are other other companies like PPG and Dupont that make it as well. Anyway its what they use on modern cars and while it costs a bit more than the tar it tends to do a far better job.
Thank you for the compliment! I went tar for the cost (and nostalgia) it also paints fine with the oil based enamel I've been using. Is your convertible as rusty as my '56 Oval was? LoL! I may win an award for most rusty to restored here on YT for that one. Do you have any videos of your convertible progress? I'd love to see! Thanks much for leaving a comment!
It is a close second to the oval. I am pretty sure at one point the car was used as a make shift water tank lol. I don't have any vids or anything yet as I am still buying parts for it. All the work I have done so far was more or less just tear down and building the need list.
Buying and collecting parts for it, and a walkaround of the car make great first videos! :: hint hint :: :-D Let me know, I'll be watching when you do! Thanks for responding! :-D
That's the most worn out broom and wire brush I've ever seen. LOL Thanks for the vid.
Thanks much for the comment!
Great skills and Can Do attitude. Loved the video.
Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate it always! :)
Amazing work.. You put a lot of love into that project for someone else which shows alot about your work. After watching this, i really want my own beetle now. Thanks for sharing, really love that you have ducks as well. Makes me laugh!
Hey! Thanks so much for the comment! Make sure to subscribe, lots more VW and duck stuff to come! :)
Man... So after watching your awsome videos on pan and heater channels. I have purchased my own project. Body is loose now and ready to come off. It blows my mind how simple beetles are now having one. After owning and being a bus guy for so long. I should be able to knock this out and have a fun patina driver wothin a year or so if things go smooth. Check out my channel if you would like to see some of my stuff get saved. I am up in Connecticut. Thanks for the confidence in going at a new project and tons of laughs.. From me and my family
Just found your channel bro...hi frm new zealand
Hello from Florida!