well lets see em, mine are rat shirt, but i knew it and will be fixed rather soon, wish i had a cam cos i reckon they would e up there with the worst of the worst, anyway lets see them...

Crusty enough?

I think i can win this

not mine but here are some of his comments

"I started looking at my heating system to see what needs to be done to get it working for winter since I'll have to drive it this year. The Passengers side heater channel is is pretty darn good shape. On the other hand the driver's side is all rusted out with rust chips laying there. My question is this..How do I go about replacing the heater channel? ..................Maybe if this is too much trouble I could cover up the rust rot with some metal or tape. What do you think?"

"It don't think my car is in bad enough shape to turn into a parts car. "

"However I don't think I'll be reparing this heater channel properly anytime soon. I may do some make shift repairs to it, but nothing propper. Thanks for the input. I just wanted to know how envolved of a task this would beand if it could be done with the body on"

"I'm sorry I asked this question. Is there a way to delete this thread? Thats all I have to say. "


Needless to say - this guy copped it a bit.

He was serious about his comments :jesus

Scrapped a '68 because the heater channels were gone.
Bought a new heater channel, cut one out and then found there wasn't enough metal to weld the new channels to.
It's not impossible but it's a big job.

i guess thats a good point, will check out what the metal above is like, id say if its anything other than near mint im gunna have to junk it, the LHS seems a bit better, cos theres surface rust thry the paint, that means that its not bog to me, will find out soon, just waiting fir the coffee to kick in then going to get stuck in to it

Mate go and have a look at what the Poms resurrect. They prove you can put anything back together if you can be bothered and have the skills/parts/$$$

you can always use flywire it presses into anyshape and can be pop rivited on spray it with leak seal or a personal favourite paper mache with body deadner over the top just as its about to dry throw dust and fine dirt on to it :thumb:thumb and bobs ya uncle this handy tip has been brought to you by dodgybros.com

this is the heater/firewall on my bug





and new bus which is almost all welded up just got to put on the new outer rocker.

ouch yep my LHS looks like them, nasty looking, body is coming off today! update in other thread! hopefully have pics sometiime soon!

I have done 5 and a half heater channels on bugs.

Then I am a pom, its the norm out there, if it hasn't been done then expect to do it. The actually heater channel is pretty cheap