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staggerwing Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Very nice sir! Thank you for sharing your project with everyone. I am truly inspired when I read a detailed post like this. Keep up the good work! |
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karl h Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 578 Location: austria
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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well its been a long time.....
built another bug and sold it...
seems i can get together enough dough to get on with the bus resto, i have an appointment with the blaster this week
since i wanted to see if it works, i made some of the outriggers this weekend. and i have a shipping notice from Bogota _________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
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karl h Samba Member
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karl h Samba Member
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karl h Samba Member
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karl h Samba Member
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karl h Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 11:42 pm Post subject: |
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some cancer at the front, but i will be able to save the original inner panel
the roof wasnt done for the fear of damaging it, i will have to carefully sand it down
these arrived. never worked with them before...
stay tuned _________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
arctic alice (63 on irs): http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 Caravelle
04 new beetle vert
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VeeDubJohn Samba Member
Joined: April 09, 2004 Posts: 27
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Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2015 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Beautiful! I just read through the entire thread, what an amazing story. You mentioned that you are building a house at the same time. I'm doing the same, restoring an old house and it keeps me out of my garage. It keeps me poor too I've been without an air cooled VW for about three years and maybe unfortunately, I've been bitten by the Splitty Bug. I recall looking at them about 10 years ago and now realize that I could have saved a lot of money had I bought one back then. The prices!!!
Looking forward to your future posts and I hope you are enjoying the work. _________________ Ah, the tings I could do... if I could only find my tools. |
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peecee69 Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 1572 Location: Annapolis, MD/Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 5:20 am Post subject: |
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Pretty amazing work. Looking forward to seeing how you fix those pinholes in front of the vents. |
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karl h Samba Member
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peecee69 Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2005 Posts: 1572 Location: Annapolis, MD/Bloomfield Hills, MI
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 7:19 am Post subject: |
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karl h wrote: |
me too
building a house really doesnt help. it took me a year to be able to spend over 2000€ for sheet metal and sandblasting |
I'm trying to collect cash for my autocraft/funky green order and media blasting too. Are you posting pictures of your house building effort? |
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karl h Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 578 Location: austria
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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thats it: two appartments, four bedrooms, heated floor, low energy house
its on a small island in croatia, best thing is the view, the pic doesnt do it justice. i have a couple of olivetrees and will plant some wine in fall...
retirement getaway
_________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
arctic alice (63 on irs): http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 Caravelle
04 new beetle vert
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peterxxl Samba Member
Joined: December 20, 2010 Posts: 425 Location: smwhere between Azerbaijan and Uruguay
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 5:35 am Post subject: |
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Maaaan! Awesome thread! I should be doing other things, but I just can't stop reading. Keep up the good work. _________________ Hi! I am Peter from Czech Republic...
Bringing VW news en Español to your doorstep since 2009!
* 1961 Panel - my 1st VW - bought near Mexico City - traded for:
* 1959 Kombi - stored in Philly for now
Read my story here:
* Part 1 - Mexico City to Philadelphia
* Part 2 - Philadelphia to Europe - in progress |
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7050 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 7:48 am Post subject: |
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karl h wrote: |
thats it: two appartments, four bedrooms, heated floor, low energy house
its on a small island in croatia, best thing is the view, the pic doesnt do it justice. i have a couple of olivetrees and will plant some wine in fall...
retirement getaway
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house looks good! mediterranian is such a pretty place for retirement.
Metal Roof or Tile Roof? _________________ regards
Uli
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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel |
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karl h Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 578 Location: austria
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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thanx guys!
its mediterranean stile tile
there may be a connection to the panel: i think about putting a logo on the bus with a wine and olive oil theme. i still want to paint it PG/SG because these two colours closely match the front and back of an olive leaf.
on the bus: i have been walking around the bus trying to decide where to start. four main areas: the front, the cargo floor, the corners/rear and the roof. my main concern is getting the doorgaps even.
so first i got the cabin floor in temporary, many spotwelds to gring down to make it fit. i will put in both front doors next to get a idea where the lower a-pillars go, then see how the doglegs correspond with the doors. no pics to show just yet _________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
arctic alice (63 on irs): http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 Caravelle
04 new beetle vert |
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karl h Samba Member
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karl h Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:53 am Post subject: |
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wheelwell front tacked
i had some problems with the fit of the WW floor, the heater pipe seemed to be too far to the drivers side, but some tweaking made it fit. i put bolts through the holes for the shifter to get alignemet there, as well as where the wires go through in front of the steering column
_________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
arctic alice (63 on irs): http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 Caravelle
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karl h Samba Member
Joined: October 10, 2005 Posts: 578 Location: austria
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Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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next step was getting the doglegs ready
i had some low quality black pieces i aquired ages ago.
these were of the thinlip (later) type, so i drilled out the spotwelds to remove the outer skin
i will use the inner part with autocraft skins which look excellent. this way i can get around spending a lot of dough on WW or gerson doglegs
_________________ 61 panel: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=465022
68 ghia vert
arctic alice (63 on irs): http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27456.0.html
86 Caravelle
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karl h Samba Member
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