anyone ever seen a floor job like this before

[David Baugh]

I wouldn't go near that car! It would be a miracle if the chassis didn't get "twisted" during the process.

How much you want for those vintage floor panels, Adam?

Dave

[Jim Liberty]

BUY THE SELLER, not the car. ...............................Jim.

PS. The same goes for furs, diamonds, and oriental rugs. Just no telling what they really are.

[Jim Clement]

okay..
check this out for a solid .. well built floor.. look at the last picture.. very solid..
I would call this "Floor on Frame" type

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1982348

[Ron LaDow]

okay..
check this out for a solid .. well built floor.. look at the last picture.. very solid..
I would call this "Floor on Frame" type
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1982348

356 open cars suck regarding structural rigidity. When I built the Speedster, I rigged a bar/pencil from the front fender just under the windshield frame, to a piece of paper aft of the door (and guided to record fore-aft motion only) and then took a really hard left-right ride in an industrial 'hood in SF (I could get away with it there).
Have to check my notes, but while it wasn't enough to pop the door open it was enough to give your arm a hematoma if you draped it over the back opening of the door while it was wiggling (and the 'tudes were GOOD on that car).
It took some serious mods to make mine rigid; maybe this guy decided to have a solid car without the same sort of effort....

[Martin Benade]

At least they are a lot more rigid than other convertibles of the time ( or a Chrysler Sebring or Volvo C 70).

[Mark Todorovich]

My wife's 52 had a 3/8 inch steel plate covering the entire floor screwed and welded in When she bought it in the early 70's. It sure kept the car planted with all that weight down there. We made an A replacement floor fit some time in the 80's. It was probably better than some of the sheet metal / fiberglass we were doing back then to keep them running. We are very lucky that we kept this one and its very close to getting back to its original glory.