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>>From awpresley@earthlink.net Tue Feb 18 22:05:58 1997 >Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 17:08:29 -0500 >From: "Alan W. Presley" <awpresley@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: awpresley@earthlink.net >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: Greg Merritt <gregm@engin.umich.edu> >Subject: Re: Fiberglass floor pan? > >Hi Guys, > >I did this once on a Square (after VW stopped making T-3 floorpans and >noone else made ANYTHING): > >1968 Automatic stock Square body. Holes in the floorpan you could stand >on the ground and not be touched on the leg by metal, but the body was >extremely rust free. > >Total body off, Engine out, interior out, suspension off (front and >rear), now JUST the pan. > >Sand blasted the metal clean of rust and paint. > >Bought marine grade fiberglass and sandwiched the remaining metal pan >between two layers of fiberglass. This Square is now water tight >stronger than stock, all seat rails were not touched, battery acid will >not effect this pan ever again. > >Now, for the fiberglass pans from the magazine (I have forgoten the name >of the company), I had wondered about leaving whatever metal was left >after removing the rust, and by using some fiberglass resin gluing the >preformed fiberglass pan to the existing pan (Assuming that the >preformed fiberglass pan EXACTLY matches the original ribs). Then coming >from the interior and putting a layer from the inside. In effect, doing >the same as we did previously, but having the stock rib look from the >outside (the only thing that tips you off that the pans are not original >in the previous square after we painted it). > >You COULD do this with out removing the body, but it would be a WHOLE >lot easier and less cramped without it. Besides, I wouldn't want to >mess with fiberglass resin UPSIDE DOWN. > >Just to make sure... NO ONE is making steel half (or quarter) pans for >Type 3????? > >Maybe someone should.... > > >Big Al >awpresley@earthlink.net > >******************************** > > >Greg Merritt wrote: >> >> At 3:34 AM -0000 2/18/97, Sean Usoff wrote: >> >No, I have not used the fiberglass floor pans myself, I do have a cat. from >> >Innovations in Fiberglass, as well as a breif installation page for the >> >floor pans (as I am thinking of using them myself). >> >> ...but how structurally sound is the fiberglass? And how is it >> attached? Can you mount the stock jacking point to the 'glass? I'm sure >> that fiberglass is better than *no* floor pan, but I just wonder if anybody >> has a long-term report. >> >> And... how much do they cost? >> >> -Greg >> '71 squareback >> '63 Beetle >