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Sun Feb 14, 2010 12:25 pm

Hello my name is Ian i am Maltese ive just boght my first Split screen.

In malta splits are very rare and after 2 years i convinced the owner to sell it to me.. This van is a kombi it came with og safaris and pair of pop outs on the rear...

The van was in really good hands it`s in a good condition and all rust was repaired by time by it`s previous owner. The post owner told me that it had og safaris that the van had since 55 and he had removed them as usually because of leaks and rust... he decided they should go off and fixed on a non opening wind screen to prevent leaks and rust and kept the safaris stored.

He gave me the safaris and i am interested in restoring them as it would be much cheaper than buying a new set and the best thing is that they are og 8) I started by trying to seperate the frames cleand the crews area but the srews are totally stuck ive tried multiple types of solvent and left it for days but no effecet i need your help guys have you ever restored a pair of safaris??

I was thinking about drilling out the screws and when i have seperated the frames cleaned the rust and sealed the glass with the frames i will rivet them what do you think any solution?? can i use sealer to seal the glass with the frames like modern cars use??

thanks alot Ian

Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:12 pm

Congratulations on that very cool early Bus! Ignore Keysar link...

Keep trying to loosen those screws, drilling often makes a bigger mess of things, especially on original rare safari windshield frames! Good luck and congratulations! In Malta can you legally go back to the original semaphore turnsignals or more stock "bullet-style" turnsignals and get rid of those aftermarket turnsignals?

Bill

Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:17 pm

BulliBill wrote: Congratulations on that very cool early Bus! Ignore Keysar link...

Keep trying to loosen those screws, drilling often makes a bigger mess of things, especially on original rare safari windshield frames! Good luck and congratulations! In Malta can you legally go back to the original semaphore turnsignals or more stock "bullet-style" turnsignals and get rid of those aftermarket turnsignals?

Bill

Thats because i have just bought the bus they are legal yes i will be changing the front and rear lights for og or reproduction thanks for your congratulation i really appriciate it ... the semaphores are eithere covered up as usual in malta or else welded i will do those later when i will afford them because at the moment i am rebuilding the front axel myself....

Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:18 pm

Yes very nice bus. Why is the exhaust exit on the right? Is that something legal for right hand drive in Malta? Talk about the trailer hitch.

Sun Feb 14, 2010 7:24 pm

IMHO Americans can ride other Americans about calling their buses vans but as for the rest of the world we should really cut them some slack.

Did you know that a original Kombi would not have a two color paint scheme?

Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:53 am

Sweet bus Ian. Looking at your photos, I'm not sure I would separate your safari frames. You may do more damage than good just trying to remove those screws. They may just need a little fine steel wool on the rusty spots. 00 steel wool works wonders on chrome too. Also, I would drive it for a few months first before I started taking stuff apart. That way, you have those good times to look back on if for some reason you get delayed or loose interest. Again, sweet bus and congrats. Welcome to the family.

Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:42 pm

before

and after with a barn door steering wheel and seat cover thanks to my mom

Tue Mar 09, 2010 2:52 pm

another thing i did was replacing those old fashoned after market mirrors with og ones that i bought

before

after

the next step was to re build the front axel i re built a spare one which came with the bus i sent it to blasting and re built it some pics sorry for my bad quality pics

the next step will be the interior and the rear seat covers for now in the future i will strip it donw again and make it a camper but at the moment i dont afford it and prefer doing some important things first....

Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:44 pm

The front axel is on.

Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:36 pm

this is supposed to be the 3 rd brake light but it is wiried as a reverse light, i found it use full been searching for a simillar thing but i thought i wont ever find some thing this close to og really happy with the result

the next thing to change is the reverse light its next waiting on my list also a set of simmilar to og reverse lights...

another thing i did today was fitting on the exaust tip to the standard silensor :-) looking better by time

Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:07 pm

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Now THAT'S a jack!!!! :shock: ... Very nice bus, Nai. Keep up the good work and the progress reports. :D

Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:26 pm

Dave24 wrote: nai wrote:

Now THAT'S a jack!!!! :shock: ... Very nice bus, Nai. Keep up the good work and the progress reports. :D

...and it matches his nice bus too! :wink:

Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:26 pm

Seriously cool! What's with all the extra knobs and gauges on the dash?

Arthur

Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:35 pm

Very nice bus :D

Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:15 am

[quote="Dave24"] nai wrote:

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Now THAT'S a jack!!!! :shock: ... Very nice bus, Nai. Keep up the good work and the progress reports. :D

thanks for your comment the jack my mecchanic owns it haha its really handy for low cars and big ones thanks

IAN k.a. NAI

Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:18 am

arthurnugen wrote: Seriously cool! What's with all the extra knobs and gauges on the dash?

Arthur

the extra switches came wth the bus... they consist to switschon and off the raidio..to switchon and off the reverse light to vairy the speed of the wiper motor its the post owner modification which i really like more switches are for the horn to check the fuel reader because its still 6v and the van is 12 v so you can switch it on to check fuel and then switch it off to prevent burning it :D the guages are an amp meter and the 6 v fuel guage.. i like all the switches... :oops: the steering wheel was given to me with loads of parts the owner of the bus geve me its off a bd that i really like but i still have the og one thanks alot :lol:

ian

Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:51 am

Nai,
Good for you and being persistent about convincing the PO to sell you this this great find. Keep up the good work and that was very sweet of your mom to make that cover :wink:

Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:24 am

today i have just removed that ugly towbar that wasmade locally i was prettty impressed aout how strong it is and how easy to fit it on and off...

another thing i did was the sftey star bolted it on to the rear bumper i think it looks cool i sill have to wire it up i havent done it yet because the after market rear lights have to go for similar to og ones....

what you think??

Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:31 am

after an engine oil change rgb`s oil change new brakes new brake fuid new rear brake lines its back on the road....

first test drive :D

Wed Apr 07, 2010 7:14 am

nai wrote:
and after with a barn door steering wheel and seat cover thanks to my mom

i wish my mom would buy me a bd steering wheel