VW Beetle Floor pan install 

This video is AMAZINGLY detailed and just what I needed to watch to give me the confidence to take this myself!

Callahan, your work ethic and craftsmanship is second to none and definitely an endangered species. Keep up the excellent work.

One of the best videos out there on pan resto

Proper information in detail and that removes any pit falls cheers 😊

Fantastic video Callahan. I appreciate how well you explain your approach and the actual steps to complete.

Love these videos. Instructive with tips from experience. I'm working with a friend to do a better restoration than what was previously done on my beetle and these are a big help and encouragement. I keep needing to remember that when someone last worked on my 66 it was probably worth half what it is now. The job they did made sense for their money and skills. Keep the videos coming!

I've done this a few times. Exactly the way you did it. Cleaning up previous work is a real drag. I swear VWs are among the hackiest of old cars. Everyone and their brother butchered these things back in the day. I've used sheet metal screws to act as a extra set of hands to hols to the pan while welding. I then unscrew them and plug weld the holes. It's good to see you taking the time to do it right. Hope your friend appreciates the work.

Thanks for the video nice thorough 53:51 instruction and attention to detail. That said don't repeat what you said in different ways every time you say it. And just a tip you don't need to say pan half every time. If you just say pan we will know what you are talking about.

Years ago I sold a Beetle because it needed these. I’m a technician but have never learned to weld. I’d want you working on any Beetle I owned. Outstanding attention to detail. Very satisfying to watch! Subscribed.

I think you did a great job and tripled the value of that chassis!👍

Rotisserie? Who needs a rotisserie? Use your barstools 😃!! I am glad your back doing VW stuff again. Great video!! Thanks.

That was a great video Callahan. Very thorough. Best I've seen. Thanks for the content. I'm tying to decide if I should replace the pans on a 67. They are in pretty good shape. Just a couple of dime size holes. Knowing now what it take to replace the pans with your video, I might do that.

Man thank you so much for making this video! About to start my floor pans on my 66'

Thanks for the video, I had the exact same issue with WW pans and the tunnel lip!

Really enjoying your uploads on David’s car, dude. Super informative and interesting. You’re a great person to learn from. Enjoying watching from across the pond in the UK

Outstanding video.

Nice video. Very inspiring. My son and I are about to jump into the same project with our 1971 SB (Plus a lil pressure from Wifey/Momma). Have to do some frame head work (napoleon Cap and bottom plate) then floor pans, heater channels and so on and so on and so onnnnn...... I'll be watching the rest of these videos FOR SURE. Thanks for the inspiration

Very well made video, keep up the excellent work! I’m just getting into this and need all the help I can get!

Nice Finally someone who gave all the details I needed to know.🤙🤙🤙 Thx

Excellent instruction. Thank you

Thanks! Friggen awesome DIY video.

you explain things really nicely ..but it would be good to see a little demo. please!! love your work though ... especially seeing i'm a diy guy in my garage, you help me believe i can do this... so cheers

Nice engine sound on that type 34 KG

Excellent content & instruction!

Great tutorial, nicely done

Thank you have 65 sunroof ready to start

Great teaching man!

Poor crumby previous repairs but atleast it kept the beetle on the road and saved from the crusher 👍

I just found your channel, and really enjoyed this video. I do have to say, I watch videos while wearing a headset, and your music is a bit loud. Other than that, great video.

Very through. I enjoyed watching. I subscribed. .

hay very good class on install thank you so much

Thanks for the video

Very cool, great video!

Nice job, GOOD VIDEO

Great job! thanks.

Great job.

Nice. Job

That was a great video, thanks for taking your time to set up camera and being very thorough. How much do you charge for replacing floor pans?

So that’s where my 64 T34 ended up..🤙

Awesome! Thanks

Just got a 74 standard beetle. So I'm new any pointers on where to start for my restoration? Also I can't get the trunk open any information on that would be awesome

Great tips in this video! Does this all apply for a McPherson strut type beetle to?

Hello sir like your videos and I've subscribed thinking of buying a beetle one of the last 300 made in Germany its a silver one but it needs floor pans and heater channel im new to it .

Question: When you welded the outrigger to the torsion tube bracket from the bottom, did you use a stitch weld?

Have you ever used panel bond for the floor pans?

Great quality pans. Question: could panel adhesive be used either partially with welds too? I’ve seen Mike Fn in his channel using panel adhesive for Bus cargo floors. I’ve always wondered if that could work on Bugs.

Good video good work as much as I like the idea of Volkswagen I would not fit in one. The only question I have is where the tunnel was nudged warped quarter inch from the edge of the floor panel I would have done good side first then wedge out the tunnel with wood blocks or with long wood clamps with the ends of the floor pan clamp down in four places. Is there a law that says you shall not mess with the tunnel?

PIZZA BOX FOR THE WIN!!! Okay, joking aside (although I wasn't joking!) you do very good work!!! Your detail is really on-point. I thought I knew a lot about the VW Beetle, but you've taught me much here, and that's hard, because I'm old (and a slow learner). So this all begs to ask..... how long is your backlog for work? I have a 71 convertible (super beetle) that I might need floor pan work on, but I won't know until February or so of 2024. Let me know?

My biggest fear with replacing pan halves is that the pan holes don't line up perfect with the body holes when the body goes back on.

This is for algorithms

Callahan, what did you spray on the tunnel and let dry overnight. You know me btw, owner of Geek ('64 Sunroof).

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Are the 20 guage pans to thin not worried bout original just wanting to have a solid floor without holes. Can get a set of 20 guage for $300

No measurements needed before removing the old pans? Are the replacement pans good enough to just weld in without checking width etc?

pull the tunnel out a bit

use a air chisel ,fast and easy work

8mm hole for welding

roughly how many hours did floorpan removal + install take?

Probably the best video on how-to replace floor pans. Very thorough and to the point. Thank you. Now… all I need to do is figure out how I can do all of this in my 1 car garage. 😅

Do you not remove all paint from the areas to be welded?

Can this be done properly with the body still on the chassis?

are you using mig of flux

P.S. The Cadillac's are FIERCE!!!!!!!!!

Man some people just have no idea how to do a job the right who would do that kinda shitty work if you don't know how to do the job then don't try to do it with out doing some research on doing the job!! Enough said 😐

dude.....your killing me with all the ads !!!!!!!!!!!!

I really appreciate the video helps me out more than you know

Sensational Floor Pan video Callaghan.... Just got on to your vids and they are awesome. Thanks for the detail and thorough explanations.. awesome stuff. I'm in the process of body removal on my 69 Bug, ready for new WW pans too

phew, I am glad that's one repair I don't think I'll have to do. All the other repairs, yup. But I think I'll get off the hook for this one. Nice job, I would've approached it the same way.

Very descriptive and detailed videos just in time for my body off resto. This has helped me immensely. Please keep the videos coming.