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rust repair: grafting body metal
ruckus - February 13th, 2006 at 08:58 PM

Just looking at how much it's going to cost to get the repair sections for my '54 bug and started thinging about the shell I've got in the driveway. It's a '74 standard and I'm wondering if things like heater channels and firewalls (sections forward and after doors) can be cut out of a later model car and used on something as early as a '54?

I'm assuming the guage of metal is different and think I can remember this being a bit of a no-no?

VWCOOL - February 13th, 2006 at 09:17 PM

The later sills are a completely different in detail

ruckus - February 13th, 2006 at 09:44 PM

Ok but could you cut out templates and use relatively flat sections?

jnr356 - February 13th, 2006 at 09:47 PM

rob,i've got left and right heater channels already cut out,off a 63 $80pair
your welcome to hack into the body parts i've got for firewalls etc for nothing

cheers
mark

[ Edited on 13-2-2006 by jnr356 ]

VWCOOL - February 13th, 2006 at 09:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ruckus
Ok but could you cut out templates and use relatively flat sections?


In my experience, if a sill has rust anywhere, it has rust everywhere. Try and get some complete sills from a rust-free 50s/60s car; or new replacement sills. Is it a resto?

ruckus - February 15th, 2006 at 08:57 PM

Mark you're a legend. I'll probably take the heater channels but I'll suss it out properly and then get back to you.

jnr356 - February 15th, 2006 at 09:01 PM

no problem rob
whenever you're ready