TheSamba.com :: View topic - Official whine about Buses and parts for sale

Mon Sep 01, 2014 12:24 pm

cdennisg wrote: Babyblue60 wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1678543

What a joke. I installed those wheels on that bus and has 3 wheel spacers on the rear to hold the wheels on. But that's not the problem, the problem is 58g for a bus that has 80 and 180 grit sand scratches along with over spray all over under the bottom along with shrinking mud. Don't forget that it waves to you going down the road. So 4 year resto my ass and stop trying to fool every one on a turd

I like how the shot under the front floor mat shows one of the stamp lines just fading away into nothing/bondo.

That fifth line on the drivers side is often very soft. I think this is because it sits right against the frame rail.

This floor is original paint:

Same floor - blasted and repainted - no rust - no filler.

NOS floor - soft:

NOS floor - crisper than most but softer than the other lines:

Mon Sep 01, 2014 1:42 pm

^^^ Agreed. But the floor/stamping in question shows some obvious bondo waves and the stamping disappears completely.

Mon Sep 01, 2014 8:08 pm

Sorry I hate to see someone get the shaft over something very poorly done. Yes I know what I'm talking about beings I build high end cars for sc autocraft

Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:50 am

Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:46 pm

http://www.kapaza.be/nl/volkswagen/vw-t1-1967-87621798.htm

I'll translate (Dutch) :

Quote: for sale vw T1 project
in primer, most of the welding done
still to do : hole in roof and the wheel arches
front done
no engine
extra gear box with reductions
price : $20.000,00

:?

Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:54 pm

Vintagespeed wrote: http://www.kapaza.be/nl/volkswagen/vw-t1-1967-87621798.htm

I'll translate (Dutch) :

Quote: for sale vw T1 project
in primer, most of the welding done
still to do : hole in roof and the wheel arches
front done
no engine
extra gear box with reductions
price : $20.000,00

:?

that "brandstof" looks dangerous, though

Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:39 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725
I don't think I would give him my oval rag project for it. lol :lol:

Thu Sep 04, 2014 1:29 am

wow he realy thinks his bus is top shelf !!! :D I can dig that!!! what do you guys think?... :wink: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725 or am I missing something :cry: ?

Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:26 am

xcoldgrimjimx wrote: wow he realy thinks his bus is top shelf !!! :D I can dig that!!! what do you guys think?... :wink: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725 or am I missing something :cry: ?

"It is restorable just like all the other barndoors from Europe". Yes, except yours isn't a barndoor. :roll:

Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:34 am

BulletBus wrote: xcoldgrimjimx wrote: wow he realy thinks his bus is top shelf !!! :D I can dig that!!! what do you guys think?... :wink:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725
or am I missing something :cry: ?

"It is restorable just like all the other barndoors from Europe". Yes, except yours isn't a barndoor. :roll:

"... only years of sun bake can make this awesome patina. This is the bus to clear coat!"

It doesn't look patina'd to me - it just looks rusty. I disagree this Bus is a good candidate for the clear coat look.

The all new drivetrain sounds ready to go though.

Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:48 am

EverettB wrote: BulletBus wrote: xcoldgrimjimx wrote: wow he realy thinks his bus is top shelf !!! :D I can dig that!!! what do you guys think?... :wink:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725
or am I missing something :cry: ?

"It is restorable just like all the other barndoors from Europe". Yes, except yours isn't a barndoor. :roll:

"... only years of sun bake can make this awesome patina. This is the bus to clear coat!"

It doesn't look patina'd to me - it just looks rusty. I disagree this Bus is a good candidate for the clear coat look.

The all new drivetrain sounds ready to go though.

What cracks me up is all the preemptive defensive wording. "it is restorable just like all the other rotten barn doors..." "it's not 1996 anymore buses are expensive these days..." "I've seen slammed buses with HUGE gashes and smashed noses sell for more than they should have"

Seems to know he is asking too much. I sold a lowered patina'd (not rusty) 65' last year with new floors and new drivetrain for $10k. Probably could have gotten 12-14k if I wasn't in such a rush. But that had new floors front and rear, new tranny, 1776, brand new safari's, and a brand new front beam!

Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:11 am

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725
then to ad insult to injury, right under his ad is this: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686675
A much nicer W/T bus of the same year for 5k less. :oops:

Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:14 am

chris henry wrote: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725
then to ad insult to injury, right under his ad is this: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686675
A much nicer W/T bus of the same year for 5k less. :oops:

2nd Bus looks way better to me and has the true look that people clear coat.
The diamond plate cargo floor is a negative though.

Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:41 am

EverettB wrote: [
The diamond plate cargo floor is a negative though.

Looks like it's just those rubber shop floor mats that come in squares that you can piece together like a puzzle. I have a some of them on the floor by my work bench.

Thu Sep 04, 2014 10:33 am

and he refused 15k?....WOW GOOD JOB GUY!! :D I guess you gotta know when hold em...know when when fold em....lmao :lol: :lol:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1686725

Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:48 pm

I think it is funny that the same bus ad has been reposted here four times today.

Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:11 pm

cdennisg wrote: I think it is funny that the same bus ad has been reposted here four times today. WOW REALY !!! DANG...!! :D

Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:20 pm

xcoldgrimjimx wrote: and he refused 15k?....WOW GOOD JOB GUY!! :D I guess you gotta know when hold em...know when when fold em....lmao :lol: :lol:

I call this scenario, "When Two Fools Meet" :)

Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:49 pm

"...only years of sun bake can make this awesome patina." I am sick of people who have rusty piece of shit bus bodies claiming that it is "patina" and it makes their buses worth more.

Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:47 pm

vwsonmybrain wrote: EverettB wrote: [
The diamond plate cargo floor is a negative though.

Looks like it's just those rubber shop floor mats that come in squares that you can piece together like a puzzle. I have a some of them on the floor by my work bench.

:oops: That makes sense too.