Now that the welding is complete on the bottom of the VW bug frame, I can flip it back over. This is a scary move, I have to keep the rear strut mount from crashing into the concrete. Carefully I flipped it back over upright.
The bottom of the VW bug’s frame has now been welded at every seam. I have ground down flat all of the welds that will be against the lower plate so that everything fits snugly. I will now flip the frame back over upright and continue.
Before I can flip the VW bug’s frame back over upright, I need to add a couple of front torsion mount stiffening brackets. When I had the frame all put together before I noticed a slight bit of deflection when trying to turn the front wheels. These brackets should stiffen things up well.
I can now complete the welding on the bottom of the VW bug’s frame. I spent the better part of a day welding and grinding so that the bottom plate will fit flush with the frame members. After tacking on a couple more brackets I will be able to flip the frame back over, upright, again.
I flipped the VW bug frame over onto the passenger side and finished all the welding that I could get to. I then flipped the frame completely upside down and will now proceed to weld the bottom and ready the frame for the bottom plate.