My 1965 13W Deluxe

DukeBradbury · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:29 am Post subject: My 1965 13W Deluxe

Just wanted to start a thread on the progress of my bus. Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated, as this is my first attempt at body work.

I know I have posted some of these pics before in other threads, but I really wanted to compile a thread depicting the "voyage" of the restoration.

Here it is right after yarding it out of the field.

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At home

After a little cleaning!!!It sure needed it after sitting in a field for 10 years!!

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Left rear corner repair. This is my very 1st attempt at body work, and welding sheet metal! After turning off the "autoset" feature on my Millermatic 180 and dialing in the welder manually I was able to get the hang of it.

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Mounting hole repair. Does anyone know what these were for?
There were four each side.

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Patch repair method. Tried this after my 1st "fill in" attempt that didnt go so well.

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Fill in method. Second attempt after getting the hang of welding sheet metal.
This is the end result Smile

Had some rust right above the drivers window. Some creature had made it his home.

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Now for the nose....
Here is the before pics.

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roachdub58 · Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 9:40 am Post subject:

Nice work. Keep it up you'll only get better Smile

vwjedi · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:45 am Post subject:

Sweet dude, looks good. Cool

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zuggbug · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 11:45 am Post subject:

good job....way to dive in and start learning and progressing.

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RPGreg2600 · Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject:

Cool bus and nice work.

DukeBradbury · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:40 pm Post subject:

Thanks. Im having a lot of fun and learning a ton!!

A little more progress on the from nose.

Did some more work with the stud welder and slide hammer. It looks pretty good. The dent on the right side of the lower nose wont come out any better. It's not too bad and it actually looks worse in the picture. Better than when I started.

Tried pulling out the dents and straightening the lower front nose skin (part behind the bumper). Wasnt happening! Sad

Decided to replace it. Removed only what I thought I needed to.
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DukeBradbury · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 6:05 pm Post subject:

scottvw · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 7:02 pm Post subject:

Nice work.

DukeBradbury · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:01 pm Post subject:

Sorry about the "double posting". I forgot I had started this progress thread. I will keep the additional updates here.

Cargo rocker replacement time.

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Located the spot welds:

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The rocker removed:

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There is some surface rust on the inner rocker as you can see. However, it is very solid and I am going to hit it with the sand blaster.

I was able to straighten out the outer edge of the floor, leaving the lip of course! (see the last couple pics). However, if you check out the first couple pics you will notice that it isn't in the best shape. (rust damage). Not bad. What do you think. Should it be replaced?

Eric&Barb · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:37 pm Post subject:

Great work!!!
Please do post the images on this website. Seen too many old posts where the photobucket images have disappeared, leaving a post that is hard to follow without images.
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kanniff · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:05 pm Post subject:

Awesome job!
Very impressive!

durfeec · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:07 am Post subject:

id only patch what you have to on the cargo floor. keep as much OG metal as possible. especially that outer area where the door attaches.
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wertygrog · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject:

lookin' great, I wish you lived closer to me!! Laughing

Cuñado Wear · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 8:29 pm Post subject:

Good job!
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DukeBradbury · Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 5:07 pm Post subject:

Had a couple minutes yesterday so I decided to see if I could repair my deluxe rocker spears.

Here is what I started with:

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Put the trim in the vice between a couple pieces of 2x4.

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This is how it came out of the vice.

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Using my body hammer, I straightened out the trim and cut in the edges a bit.

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Turned out pretty good. I have a bit more work to do. They will work for my ride!!

DukeBradbury · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:33 pm Post subject:

Built this jig to build my narrowed beam

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Used 2" SCH 40 pipe

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Today I got a chance to put it together. I test fit it in the bus. Very happy with it

RHD Notch · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject:

Just caught up with your thread...NICE work! Really nice to see you fabbing the whole enchilada...keep the updates coming Very Happy

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61TXghia · Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:16 pm Post subject:

Very nice work
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Split 66' · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:30 am Post subject:

DukeBradbury · Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:09 am Post subject:

Split, to be honest, I didn't know it was possible!! Smile

I figured the worst I could do was screw it up.

I still have a little more work I want to do to it to see if I can get it more straight. Probably sand it using a block to take out some waves. Maybe someone that has done it before has some advice?

I started by putting it into a vice between two 2x4's. That took out most of the bend. It wasn't actually "cut", but had a huge gouge. After working from the back with the body hammer and pushing some of it out, I had to grind it down.

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