Beetle Door Skins

Does anyone know where I can buy outer door skins for my 1956 Beetle, and if anyone has fitted them ? I heard the danish ones need alot of work to suit.

oldnslo wrote:Does anyone know where I can buy outer door skins for my 1956 Beetle, and if anyone has fitted them ? I heard the danish ones need alot of work to suit.

I don't know where to get them, however whilst a genuine VW German doorskin will fit the best, it will be near imposible to get.

There are obviously these Danish ones available somewhere (or were available). All door skins take work to fit. If you haven't done them before, there is a chance you can end up with scrap metal even if they are original German VW skins.

What I am trying to say is that "a fair bit of work to fit" is relative to your knowledge, experience and/ or skill. A good panel beater will still be able to make the Danish ones fit if that is all that is available.

I havent seen a early door skin for years... I know later model ones are available but they will need fitting to suit pretty close and proablly better than starting with a flat sheet of metal

Im trying to weigh up the cost of working the old doors back to shape, or cutting the old skins off and putting new ones on or getting another set of doors, all this grief because i got my doors sandblasted and they warped the s**t ot of them because they didnt know what they were doing. An expensive lesson learned the hard way, so kiddies dont sandblast your doors, or the skins anyway.

Tin West in Melbourne could make a set of oor skins at a cost Keith has made me fire walls and dog leg sections and is excellent I,m looking at getting him to make a set for my 56 his phone number is (03)99740609its worth a try.

Thanks malcolm, ill give him a ring next week,