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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Grand Rapids, MI. A small upholstery shop I found in the yellow pages. The guy is working out of a one bay shop, doing cars, couches, and everything in between.
Please give his contact info. You can PM or email me if you don't want to post it to the world.

What did he charge for your bulkhead padding piece?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

glad to see you made the right choice. i think you will love it when done. now you know exactly what is inside it. keep up the good work
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2012 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Headed to storage for the winter. Not as much progress as I had hoped but I got the dash and all the wiring done, which was a big job (for me, anyway).
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I made reproductions of the front nose insulation using flexible foam insulation and a salvaged OG piece as a template. Not exactly the same material but its white and the same thickness so it looks stock. Since it is flexible, it is easy to push in behind the wires and other obstructions.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2013 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just found this photo from last fall before I dropped it off for storage..... ash strips for the bed (not yet installed, just a test fit). Soaked in linseed oil.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work, that new material is better than the original, did you know that polystyrene leaches the insulation out of the PVC cables so they should never come into contact with each other. That new material you have used shouldn't cause that problem. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Who knew mounting the wood bed slats was going to be such a production? Had to borrow a drill press, make custom jigs to hold the slats flat, and buy a counterbore drill bit. Glad I did though – having the right tools makes for a better end product. While I was back there I also mounted a recent bling acquisition – a charter member VWCOA badge.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am not an excitable person but DCs get me down right titillated. You have a real treasure there my man.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

70Crew wrote:
Just found this photo from last fall before I dropped it off for storage..... ash strips for the bed (not yet installed, just a test fit). Soaked in linseed oil.

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Do you have the slats length?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just measured them, the short ones are 67 3/4", beveled at both ends. The long ones are 72 3/8", beveled at one end. I bought these several years ago from a vendor here on the Samba. Here is his current ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=655024.

He did a really nice job and I thought they were reasonably priced. This is different than the lengths posted on dropgates.com, not sure why, but they fit nicely on my 1970 (maybe dropgates.com has split window slat lengths listed?). FYI, I made a soaking container using PVC pipe and two screw-on end caps. I filled the tube part way with linseed oil and rolled it down the drive and back every day for a week to make sure all the slats were soaked evenly. They turned out nice.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I just measured them, the short ones are 67 3/4", beveled at both ends. The long ones are 72 3/8", beveled at one end. I bought these several years ago from a vendor here on the Samba. Here is his current ad: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=655024.

He did a really nice job and I thought they were reasonably priced. This is different than the lengths posted on dropgates.com, not sure why, but they fit nicely on my 1970 (maybe dropgates.com has split window slat lengths listed?). FYI, I made a soaking container using PVC pipe and two screw-on end caps. I filled the tube part way with linseed oil and rolled it down the drive and back every day for a week to make sure all the slats were soaked evenly. They turned out nice.


Thanks, that is very helpful.

I live in Israel, so I will try to locate those wooden slats locally.

What kind of rivets did you used to install the slats?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I love the look of the slats, and may make up some for my pickups, but I cannot bring myself to screw them into the bed. I want to fill all those old holes, because they inevitably leak. Having water leak into the storage compartment, gas tank section, and engine bay is bad. It festers and rusts, and I want it dry under the bed.

Unless... was there a way of somehow sealing them so that they do not leak?

What did you do?

Meanwhile, I use some removable sections of 3/4" x 1/4" x 36" sections of wood as dunnage when I am carrying loads that might damage the bed.

Do you ever expect to actually carry loads in that perfect truck?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used rivets in the original holes and then squirted a dab of silicone into the top of each rivet. I'm sure if I had a soaking rain, some water would probably end up in the gas tank cavity. However, I sprayed the walls , floor and ceiling of that cavity with rust inhibitor. Do I plan on hauling loads....? That was the original plan. The older I get, the less I seem to worry about keeping things perfect. This was meant to be a driver, I don't have room for a trailer queen. I may feel differently once it is done.

I bought stainless steel closed end rivets which I ended up not using and would be happy to sell them at cost, along with the countersink drill bit and handmade drill press jig. PM me if you are interested in any of these items.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bus looks great! It's nice to see it didn't get cut up, I've had a few people trying to get me to part out my crusty '70 DC as well. Sorry to photobomb your thread here but this is what a 1970 DC looks like when it becomes a REALLY tough call on whether to part out or save!
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Awww, that's just surface rust. Hey, you still have the center heating tube and inner rockers. That's a save.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crimony it looks like page one....! Laughing

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

always worth saving, hey i've got to change the roof on mine along with all the other normal bits Rolling Eyes big pile of nos panels building up at mine Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FYI on slats installation, make sure you seal the rivet holes with some good silicone or epoxy, water leaking through the rivets can cause a lot of hidden rust…
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