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 Spellbound
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 12:51 PM |
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How heavy?
How much does a beetle body weigh...no guards, doors or engine cover? I need to find a way to support it up high and get my rolling pan underneath,
allowing for access in and out when I have time to work on it. Thinking about making some sort of a frame or something. Don't have a lot of
space.
Any ideas?
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 02:02 PM |
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Old trampoline frames upside down work great.
T54
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there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 02:17 PM |
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I put some besser blocks at each wheel area, then put a sturdy block of wood from side to side of the car (on top of the besser blocks). After that,
I laid longer blocks of wood on top of the other wood but this time going from the front of the car to the back. This supported the car along the
heater channels so no sag would happen and I just put in as many besser blocks as needed to get the height I needed.
With the besser blocks, I put 2 on the ground side by side at each corner, then put 2 more on top but running in the different direction to the first
ones (criss cross style) to create some stability and repeated that until they were at the right height. The timber was about 150mm x 50mm. It
worked well and I could roll the pan out as I had the blocks outside of the sides of the car and tall enough so the gear stick didn't catch on the
blocks of wood.
I hope that wasn't too confusing.
Yogie
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amazeer
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 02:25 PM |
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I just lifted my oval to swap floorpans. I removed all the panels so just lifted shell although it had windows in tact. My father in law and myself
lifted it easily and we're not big guys. I reckon it wouldnt even be 80kgs.
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Spellbound
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 08:22 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Yogie
I put some besser blocks at each wheel area, then put a sturdy block of wood from side to side of the car (on top of the besser blocks). After that,
I laid longer blocks of wood on top of the other wood but this time going from the front of the car to the back. This supported the car along the
heater channels so no sag would happen and I just put in as many besser blocks as needed to get the height I needed.
With the besser blocks, I put 2 on the ground side by side at each corner, then put 2 more on top but running in the different direction to the first
ones (criss cross style) to create some stability and repeated that until they were at the right height. The timber was about 150mm x 50mm. It
worked well and I could roll the pan out as I had the blocks outside of the sides of the car and tall enough so the gear stick didn't catch on the
blocks of wood.
I hope that wasn't too confusing.
Yogie
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Excellent! Thx :P
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amazeer
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| posted on November 1st, 2006 at 09:59 PM |
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I took the gearshift out. would probably be easier without wheels and tyres too.
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