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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#843984
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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#843996
vw54 wrote:find your local trimmer you will get a better job
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Granto Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#844059
thanks guys its unanimous then. what i was really wondering is if the heater channels are different in size, shape or layout in a 56 beetle to a 68? obviously the floor pan fits on but I think the heater channels would be part of the body? and not sure if they are basically the same or not ?

Sunset Garage Officially Full-On Dubber

213 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#844076
Heater channel vents are in different locations for early and late Beetles, and have slightly different shapes, also the pedal assemblys changed their shape and the location where they bolted up to the pan, which would possibly alter the cutouts in the carpet.

Granto Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#844080
perfect dave thanks! no cutouts in the carpet you make your own so all good there, not as good as tailor made but i'm working to a budget so its an option....
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DOKA Dave wrote:Heater channel vents are in different locations for early and late Beetles, and have slightly different shapes, also the pedal assemblys changed their shape and the location where they bolted up to the pan, which would possibly alter the cutouts in the carpet.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#844161
Also the moulded kit for the later beetle will have a sloped front floor section for the passenger footplate.
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Granto Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#844179
hey thanks for that , i do have the later floorpan , not sure if you mean as it starts to come up from the floor heading towards what would normally be the firewall in a front engine car? hence where you are talking about would be part of the early body?

matberry wrote:Also the moulded kit for the later beetle will have a sloped front floor section for the passenger footplate.

VDUBXTC Tea Bag

3,587 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#844184
In the latter model bugs they had a foot plate. which sloped up from the floor to the fire wall. don't think they had them in the ovals.. You can see the foot plates in black in this pic.

Jasmine the 75 L Bug
56 oval, 2000 New Beetle

Granto Commited Dubber

69 posts · joined Apr 2011 ·

#844204
thanks for the pics guys i understand now, and youre right the oval doesnt have the foot plate. beautiful bugs you have there 😎
VDUBXTC wrote:In the latter model bugs they had a foot plate. which sloped up from the floor to the fire wall. don't think they had them in the ovals.. You can see the foot plates in black in this pic.

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#844217
Granto wrote:thanks guys its unanimous then. what i was really wondering is if the heater channels are different in size, shape or layout in a 56 beetle to a 68? obviously the floor pan fits on but I think the heater channels would be part of the body? and not sure if they are basically the same or not ?
Yes
the heater outlets changed many times over the years
early round ones that burnt Your right foot off... lol
to squarer types that moved rearwards over the years..
and Yes they are in the body...

in 1969 beetles You could turn the floor heaters off with levers under the dash.. one year only..

later ones [as shown on orange beetle] had a plastic piece that screwed to the body and had little vents that could be closed...

Lee

PS: I have moulded carpets and have not cut a hole for the heater vents as yet... I use the rear heater outlets instead in My 68 beetle..

PPS: You could also fit the LHS footplate to Your beetle...
the RHS one may have to be modified [cut/filed] a lot to fit??

Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

Sunset Garage Officially Full-On Dubber

213 posts · joined Feb 2010 ·

#844219
You won't be able to have a drivers side footplate at all with the oval (or any pre 68 body on a post 68 pan) body attatched, unless you remove the low mounted foot switch for your high beam, and fit a later style indicator stalk with high beam in it.

In fact it's worth doing anyway, because this switch ends up directly underneath the clutch pedal of a later pan pedal assembly, and you find yourself doing foot gymnastics to turn high beam on and off.