CMC widebody question

It depends on what pan it was made to drop on; they're different at the front bulkhead area (where your feet rest). Al

The ghia floorpans are both wider and shaped differently than the bug. The front and rear bulkheads look to be the same between the two, but I'm not 100% certain on that. If they are, you could probably weld some bug floorpans onto the ghia tunnel to make it fit if that's all you've got. The bug chassis will work with just shortening.

Thanks a lot guys hopefully source irs pan for my project. 

Justin- I always thought they were just different where the passenger's and driver's feet go (although I'm the first to admit I've never compared them); is the general shape a little different as well?

That is the biggest area of difference. The Ghia is a few inches wider than the bug at the rear, and the ghia pan is straight all the way to the front door post where it does an s-curve at the front wheel well. The beetle pan starts to angle inward from the battery tray to the door post then is a straight angle in the wheel well. The bug is like 8-10 inches narrower at the front door posts.

I learned something new today! It is very different. When you stop and think about the difference in the bodies, it makes perfect sense. Thanks! Al

I learn something new everytime I visit this forum. Thanks for the tech tip, Al!  

Best of luck with your CMC project, Wack01! Keep us posted on your progress.

Suspect 38 year floor boards would be pretty rusty anyhow - so just replace with bug floor pans.  The advantage of the Ghia chassis is OEM front disk brakes and a disc brake master cylinder. 

Both of which are so old by now that you'll probably want to replace them anyway.

I also suspect that the rear support for the floor pans will be different on a Ghia pan (see Justin's diagram above), such that the sedan floor pans won't just "flop right in" and you'll end up modifying things until they fit.  THAT might cause more fitment issues with the speedster body down the road (Like plugging the areas that usually leak on a pan speedster right behind the seats).  I would just go with the sedan (Bug) pan.  At least you'll know that it'll be the same as eveyone else's and it should fit the speedster body once shortened correctly.