Belly pans - Keep or remove? Good or Bad?

Hi

Just wondering if its worth keeping or removing the belly pan from my van, Apart from hiding potential rust are they worth keeping fitted?

Are they spot welded in place or bolted on like the front one?

Cheers

 

have you got side ones or just down middle ?

 

I didn't realise there was side ones, mine is just the middle one, not like this one

 

Keep....it should bolt on and off

 

Nice Picture, I want the get some sidies

 

What year is your van? Initially they were all welded on, then later the middle one was removable. They're worth having on, but there's a good chance they will be hiding a multitude of woes.

Edit, just noticed you said there's no side pans. Much less chance of woe!

 

Side welded ones...chop off, discard. Keep bolted centre one (after you've fixed the rot in your chassis rails...)

 

mine is a 72, its a uk rhd so i dont expect it to be too good under there

 

I wish our bus was that nice underneath

 

Mines a 75 uk rhd, and to be honest wasn't that bad.. You may get lucky
I've decided to keep all belly pans. It's sorted out all the rot, welded pans back on and will absoloutly fill them with waxoyl.

 

I don't know if you'd noticed but your Bus appears to have fallen over.

 

All that lovely paint work and it looks like he forgot to tighten the right and front wheel correctly

 

Remove the lot I say

 

picture uploading

 

mines 74 Aussie import and not got them on, at least I can see what's going on underneath. knowing what I know now if it did have em I would take em off,

 

It's simple - if you're financially and emmotionally ready to face what lies within whip them off, if not leave them be until you are.
There are lots of things like this in bay ownership and IMO the above is good and obvious advice for every situation involving "the unknown".
Have the cash? Have a look. Skint? Spray it with underseal and hope the MOT man doesn't like getting dirty.