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Title: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Lee.C on November 02, 2008, 02:38:36 am As the title says guys I am looking for as much info as possible on repairing Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead areas - Maybe some links to some blogs - pic's of your resto etc , I just want to see what other have been through ;) :)
oh yeah also any info on the rear window area would be cool to :) Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Lids on November 02, 2008, 08:16:58 am drill out the spot welds on the rear luggage area, replace it with a new one from SSP(£150).
The rear window - I presume you mean the bottom corners? Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Fastbrit on November 02, 2008, 11:25:39 am oh yeah also any info on the rear window area would be cool to :) If you look in the back of Hot VWs, I'm sure there's still somebody who offers a split-window conversion in 'glass. Will save a lot of time and effort. :-*Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: j-f on November 02, 2008, 11:58:13 am Bulkhead is the place to put the spare wheels? (I can't find the translation in my dictionary ::) )
If yes, this some pics of what we have done on my 68 :) Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: gibber! on November 02, 2008, 12:28:15 pm I think this is what he means by bulkhead:
(http://www.partsemporium.co.uk/images/beetle_bulk_head_repair_panel.JPG) As for the parcel shelf, included with this months Volks World was a Heritage brochure with repair panels for the edges if that helps? Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: louisb on November 02, 2008, 13:44:38 pm Check this thread out on the Samba. He has some nice pics of replacing the front bulkhead.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=200224 --louis Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: danny gabbard on November 02, 2008, 17:16:28 pm Cris at small car connection in hesperia ca, is one of the bigger importers for vw parts from mexico. He sales a rear luggage tray panel for about 150.00 These panel are from late model air cooled vws, so basiclly they are 68 bug panels. I dont know if they make a bulk head panel but worth a call. Let me know if you cant locate there number and when I get back from nevada next week I will email you his number.
Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Lee.C on November 02, 2008, 19:14:20 pm Cris at small car connection in hesperia ca, is one of the bigger importers for vw parts from mexico. He sales a rear luggage tray panel for about 150.00 These panel are from late model air cooled vws, so basiclly they are 68 bug panels. I dont know if they make a bulk head panel but worth a call. Let me know if you cant locate there number and when I get back from nevada next week I will email you his number. Thanks dude but the luggage area isn't too much of a problem and I can get them panels in the UK, also PM sent :) Oh yeah and Thanks Louisb - I have been checking out that thread - VERY helpfull :) Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Russell on November 02, 2008, 22:26:04 pm Lee, as yours is a 66 its better to work with what youve got that to replace, i thought they were repaired perfectly ?
Title: Re: Rear luggage area and the front Bulkhead - Repairs Post by: Lee.C on November 02, 2008, 22:54:13 pm Lee, as yours is a 66 its better to work with what youve got that to replace, i thought they were repaired perfectly ? PM sent :) |