Recently I’ve finally found some time to spend with our 1971 VW Super Beetle. The more dig into this the more work I find for myself. I am now in a battle against rust. In this bug it has disintegrated what was once the heater channels. On a good note so far my floor pans don’t look quite as bad I though they might be, though the night is still young. Here's a glimpse of what used to be my heater channels.
These in itself are going to quite the challenge the fix. It’s going to require money, parts, tools, labor and commitment.I’m certainly going to be learning some new skills such as body work and welding. I was mentioning some of this stuff to my wife and she suggested we might sell it. I think she thought maybe we bit off more than we could do. I plainly made it clear that I was just going over the challenges we have ahead of us. As Randy Pausch(of The Last Lecture) said:
The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough."
This merely a challenge thrown up to see how badly I want this to be done. I’m just getting clearer picture of what’s ahead.
In doing some research on how to repair heater channels on Beetles I came across this interesting series on doing this repair. It has certainly gave me an idea of what I’m up against. Surprisingly found it hard to find videos going through the whole job of installing a heater channel. This one is worth checking out if your looking to replace these.
