This is a three part question - hope someone can help...
* If my beetle has a bent torsion bar (definitely) and possible frame head - can this be rectified by just changing the pans - or can it only be rectified by having it straightend at the panel beaters??
* If swapping is an option - can a 70 1500 bug be put onto the pan of a 70 superbug (ie are they compatible??)
* Yes to the above - how do I check that the pan is in good nick and worth building on - is pulling everything off the only option??
Dumb questions to you experts - sorry but I will be one by the time I'm finished then can repay....
CB Hotdog ·
c'mon, someone must know
Che Castro ·
It might just be easier to get another pan if the front end is all out of whack. Depends how much you can find one for, because i would imagine it would be an abolute pain to straighten it.
you cant put a '70 Standard shell onto a superbug pan unless you figure out how to make some strut towers and fit them into your Non strut shell as supers have a macpherson strut front end.
The frameheads dont usually get bent very easily, however its pretty easy to see if a beam is bent. Brakes you would want to completely rebuild anyway. The rest is pretty straightforward.
CB Hotdog ·
Ok - so if easy to see - how?? Is it just a matter of getting unde the car and looking - or what?? Am going to go for a drive tomorrow to where she sits at the mo - so how do I tell??
A big decision which has to be made in the next few days depends on whether this vw can be saved - so need to know what to look at when we go tomorow.....