I now have new slide shows on the new “MR2 VW Bug pics page 7” page. MR2 VW bug pics page 7

Now that the frame has been flipped up-side-down again, I will try and get both the front sway bar mounts and the e-brake locations figured out. The sway bar mounts will be bolted to the frame with 3/8″ grade-8 hardware. I will be doing alot of thinking before I can claim that the underside of the frame is complete.

I again have flipped the frame over for some additional work. I will be adding the e-brake cabel mounts as well as the front say bar mounts. Once everything is figured out I will finish all the welding on the bottom and paint it.

I need to flip the frame over to get to all of the underside welding. I am using my shop crane and my jack to lift and flip the frame.

I now have the paneling brackets in place. These brackets will hold down all the internal panels and engine covers and such. I will drill and tap these later when the panels go in.

Now that I have the small 90 degree angle brackets cut out, I can start to attach them to the main frame rails. These brackets will be used to attach the floor boards later when all the plumbing is finished.

All the plumbing will be concealed within the lower framing, I will need to panel everything in with floor board panels. I don’t want to drill holes into the main frame tubing, so I will need to mount the panels in some fashion. I am creating and welding on some angle brackets to attach the floor boards to.

The main coolant plumbing will be concealed within the lower framing under the floor board. I am constructing a few brackets to support these tubes. I don’t want the tubing unsupported for more than a foot or so, so these brackets will help.

I want to put a roll bar/cage on the inside of the VW bug’s body shell. I will need to construct this cage later once the body is on for good. I am creating the lower roll cage mounts from 3/16″ steel angle that will have nuts welded to the back of them. This will allow me to proceed with the build knowing that I have the mounts for later.