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Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:47 pm

hey yall, well im excited about getting my bus up and running to go to some shows this spring (i hope i finish it by then), so i figured i would start a post on the progress. the story is, that it was ordered for a funeral home in black to transport things, yes including flowers. but my idea is to not touch it much, jus lower it with all new drive train, suspension, and brakes. ill be posting pictures and id like to hear your comments and advice. so far i got most of the main parts to complete it. CB beam, dropped spindles, 944 front and rear brakes, rebuilt trany, and a complete 2109 motor that i need to build and a few accessories like, bus trip speedo, coat hooks, long spoon latches, berg locker with a signature handle, wolfgang safaries, wood slat roof rack and a set of early fuch and cosmics.
so heres the paper i found in it from the orignal owner.

so far iv taken off all the tint and rebuilt the ragtop.

theres also a few rust issues on the roof i need to take care of, you can see in this picture.

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:04 pm

That's a pretty cool Bus if it really did come from the factory solid black.

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:09 pm

repost.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2343136&highlight=#2343136

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2351290&highlight=#2351290

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:13 pm

so i jus built the beam, its a cb 2 inch narrowed and adjustable beam. i narrowed it to 4.75 inches and i shortend/raised the center pin.

and heres the spindles, i know when running dropped/flipped spindles you remove a lot of the spacers and seals from the linkpins but i didnt feel safe running the trailing are flat out aginst the link pin shims. so i modified the parts to fit.

you only have to cut the top ones like this, the bottom ones will fit with no mods

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:40 pm

i finished clearancing the case for the stroker crank, tapped it for full flow and tapped and plugged all the oil galleys, ill post pics soon.

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:47 pm

vw62rag wrote:

Why not get a pair of linkpin seals to keep the dirt out?

Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:52 pm

i did, i got the complete link pin kit, the caps, and the larger seals wont fit, i even thought about using a large O ring but there is jus no way unless they were machined. i wish they did fit. but my main concern was the trailing arm chewing up the shims, and thats fixed.

Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:21 pm

Nice bus. Thank god you got the tint off. :lol:

Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:32 pm

Get to work fucker! Get off the computer and get this thing rolling!

Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:41 pm

Quote: Get to work fucker! Get off the computer and get this thing rolling.

im doing what i can, besides its 10 degrees out side. and you are the shop bitch on this build.

Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:35 pm

Just sell the damn thing to me bro! :wink:

I'll haul it out here where it is nice and warm and make it all pretty.

Then you can come out for the show season and crash on my couch and flip through my books, than you can cruise it to the show and go check out the old neighborhood...

(Thanks for the use of couch that night by the way...)

Seriously though...I want that Bus (and you can keep all that goofy lowering stuff :lol: )

Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:20 pm

I like the bus too, do you want a convertible?

Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:36 pm

That's bad ass . I love the black !

Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:41 pm

So will I see this thing at some show this year?

Sun Jan 20, 2008 12:15 am

sorry guys i dont wana get rid of it.
thats my goal, to make it to some shows in it this year. and i always like lookin at build threads, like before and after threads so i figured id start one.

Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:55 pm

Rad-Ride wrote: So will I see this thing at some show this year?

Are you going to the Mo-Kan show in Lawrence this coming May? He's hoping to have it ready by then.

Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:24 pm

Yes I'll be there if all goes well. It will be my first time at the Mo-Kan show, is it a decent size show?

Sat May 24, 2008 9:32 pm

Hey man, the show's pretty good, as you found out today...but yea, nice meeting you.

More updates coming soon with pictures, stayed tuned.

Sat May 31, 2008 1:02 am

ok jus about got the beam and breaks all done,

Sat May 31, 2008 1:17 am

im also almost done with all the rims and the 2110 (94x76) is comming along slowly