Claudia's VW 1303 Restoration - The Chassis

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  Now I'm start to fit and weld in the new floor pans.
Here are the new pieces.

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  The pieces are fitted and attached with sheet metal screws.

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  Now we will see how these new floor pans fit to the body.

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  So far so good !

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  Bottem side looks good as well.

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  The mounting holes line up nice, so this is good to go for welding.

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  There it is all welded in complete.

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  Now applying seam sealer and primer.

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  The bottom side is painted with satin black.

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  And the top is now good to go.

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  Media blasted some parts to be powder coated.

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  Here are the spring plates finish powder coated black satin.

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  I painted the control arms, since they are to large for my oven.

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  Start to assembly of the rear suspension.

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  New bushings for the spring plates.

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  These will need to be adjusted once I see the ride height.

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  Starting to bend the new brake lines.

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  I purchased the finished lines, this way I just had to bend them.

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  Installed the master cylinder and the front brake lines and the line to the rear brakes.

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  The rear wheel cylinders and the brake lines.

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  Here it is, all new brake lines.

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  Brake shoe's installed.

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  And now the drumms. Now I can park the chassis and move to the body work.