Restoring Our 1974 VW Super Beetle: Heater Channel Replacement & Metal Repairs Part 2

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3 ай бұрын

Join us for Part 2 of our restoration journey with our 1974 VW Super Beetle! After discovering unforeseen challenges with the heater channels, we delve into extensive body metal repairs, including patchwork and firewall replacement. Despite encountering fitting issues with generic parts, we persist and showcase the modifications needed to ensure a perfect fit. With teamwork and dedication, we tack weld the passenger side heater channel and firewall into place, bringing us one step closer to reviving this classic car. Don't miss out on the excitement and learning moments as we navigate through the intricacies of vintage car restoration with passion and perseverance!
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@angeldawnmorningstar 3 ай бұрын

🤩Ausgezeichnet ! ( Excellent ! ) 🤩 Epic Thumbs Up on the progress ! 😇❤

@russelblackwell6041 3 ай бұрын

Keep persevering guys rewards coming your way be patient encourage each other

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

im really trying to cut out all the accidental swear words, I clearly missed a few. I'll work harder on that next video !! Hope you guys Enjoy!!

@thekiltedgunsmith1776 3 ай бұрын

Could edit a nice little flat four Rev over the swear words. 😂

@13badbrad1 3 ай бұрын

Get your body metal from Wolfsburg west, quality always.

@angelrmelendez5884 Ай бұрын

Welcome to VW resto and repair, unfortunately you will have to reengineered all of the after market body metal, I'm replacing some metal in the super and doing the same thing forcing fitting the mental. Good luck you doing well.😁

@Floatingpiggey 3 ай бұрын

My biggest advice having done my heater channels recently , fit the channels to the chassis and bolt it all up loosely, bring the body to the chassis and bodge around until it fits as snug as possible, then bring the doors into the door holes and make sure they bolt in well and open and close properly, the last thing you want is to weld it all up and then the doors don’t fit . Make sure the car is sitting on its own weight too as things move and settle with gravity . :)) good luck dude

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

we didn't test fit the doors but I have faith haha

@matthewchambers3584 3 ай бұрын

Great job and not for the faint hearted. I have restored old VW's for 30 years, if the repair panels you have bought from Cip1 are made by Kokkerholm then good luck! These rarely fit in my experience and take forever to adapt (a few cm's out usually or wrong profile). Best advice is spend the money and buy from businesses that make the panels fit, not the commercial junk sold by so many large companies. They are out there!

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

everything was dansk, I wouldn't go with kokkerholm ive heard nightmares, but either way im having tons of fitment issues lol Thanks for checking out the video!!

@jasonburkhart1632 3 ай бұрын

The panels for our cars are junk gotta make everything fit. Spent weeks on my rear apron and pied cut one of my heater channels. Been like this for at least 15 years. I’m thinking some of the bus stuff is better though

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

It's gotta be the wrong heater channel that's the only explanation in my mind. that's way to off for it to be proper lol. but yeah I guess we see this issue often when we go to add any new parts

@GrahamGrumpy 3 ай бұрын

Hi Mike, Super Beetle heater channel are shorter than standard Beetles, that might be the source of some of your problems. Good video, I am following closely as I am getting ready to do mine in the next couple of months.

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

it just makes no sense to me why the heater channel when bolted up would be 1' long in the front and 1' short in the back, its like the mold was messed up or something lol

@GrahamGrumpy 3 ай бұрын

@@mikedeschamps I bought Klokkerholm Heater channels (I'm in Scotland) but have just gone round putting additional welds on the nuts hopefully so they don't let go so easily they looked a bit dodgy. I also painted inside the air channels dragging through a rag soaked in paint. I will do the other cavities in the heater channels once they are welded in place with Lanoguard our version of Fluidfilm....🙂

@grantstanborough 3 ай бұрын

Hi Mike how bad is your old fire wall. You already have it out can you repair it while it’s out.

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

the old firewall is in about 4 pieces now that its all cut out lol

@Kanrinin01 3 ай бұрын

Check your windows, sparks are too hot and melt the glass. If you keep going on like that, soon you'll have all your windows screwed with black spots everywhere and no chance to going back. I patched one corner of my beetle inside and destroyed my windsheild like that so mask them.

@mikedeschamps 3 ай бұрын

Only thing I’ve melted so far is a camera lens lol but good advice ! Thanks !