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mr white
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Location: beautiful Oregon & Mohave County, AZ
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| WW is selling AC metal cheaper than anyone on this site! Bought some for my 55s and 58s! Cheap.... Shoot Sean an email with needs! No joke!! |
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LAGrunthaner
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Joined: March 18, 2007
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Location: 1st Coast
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MrWhite, cheap does not nessesarily mean good. I purchased some "cheap" metal from WW and I was very disappointed with both the fit and thickness. Thankfully I only bought one piece and finally listened to samba members and bought Gerson Funky green metal for the rest of my bus.
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| WW is selling AC metal cheaper than anyone on this site! Bought some for my 55s and 58s! Cheap.... Shoot Sean an email with needs! No joke!! |
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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pondoras box
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Joined: March 22, 2004
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Location: Eerie PA
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
MrWhite, cheap does not nessesarily mean good. I purchased some "cheap" metal from WW and I was very disappointed with both the fit and thickness. Thankfully I only bought one piece and finally listened to samba members and bought Gerson Funky green metal for the rest of my bus.
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| WW is selling AC metal cheaper than anyone on this site! Bought some for my 55s and 58s! Cheap.... Shoot Sean an email with needs! No joke!! |
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The AC (Auto Craft) stuff is good stuff, some would argue better than Gerson's but most would agree they are similar in quality. There is a thread debating this so lets leave that there.
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LAGrunthaner
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Location: 1st Coast
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I'm just guessing the metal WW sent to me was not Auto Craft? ponderous box if you have that link I would like to read it. Thanks for the update, excuse me mr white.
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| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
MrWhite, cheap does not nessesarily mean good. I purchased some "cheap" metal from WW and I was very disappointed with both the fit and thickness. Thankfully I only bought one piece and finally listened to samba members and bought Gerson Funky green metal for the rest of my bus.
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| WW is selling AC metal cheaper than anyone on this site! Bought some for my 55s and 58s! Cheap.... Shoot Sean an email with needs! No joke!! |
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The AC (Auto Craft) stuff is good stuff, some would argue better than Gerson's but most would agree they are similar in quality. There is a thread debating this so lets leave that there. |
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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tyzel
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electronictofu
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Joined: May 13, 2009
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Location: Sacramento
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joe56vw
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Joined: June 24, 2004
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Location: Olympia wa
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electronictofu
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Location: Sacramento
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all the sheet metal for the bed is gone and has some weird non-vw seats  |
True, for a non-stock enthusiast I figured it would have been sold by now. Being a splitty and all. Don't usually see em' that cheap. |
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OB Bus
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Location: Ocean Beach in Beautiful BLUE California
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That one has been on here and eBay for a while. It has a type 3 motor that sticks out beyond what would have been the rear sheet metal. The flatbed extends past the back of the engine. There is no engine access hatch so regular maintenance would be a large pain. There is a treasure chest but no doors.
I have looked and considered and tried to figure a way for this one to work for me. At $5,500 I also am surprised that it has not sold
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aa390392
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Location: So.Cal
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If this bus is solid, I think its a good price for a starter..be ez fix, on stripping her back down..and doing it right..like I said considering its solid. 
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1668033
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Vintagespeed
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Joined: October 01, 2005
Posts: 579
Location: Westerlo (Belgium)
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man that headliner (red) was put up nicely.
someone put a lot of cash in the interior, it's not my style tho.
member since today, BUT N# checks out, seems legit |
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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While it's not VW specific, the local OSH is going under and I got 2 x 1 gallon jugs of 85/90 GL-4 for $4.50 each
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Stocknazi
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| While it's not VW specific, the local OSH is going under and I got 2 x 1 gallon jugs of 85/90 GL-4 for $4.50 each |
That's a smokin' deal; The last gallon I bought at NAPA was over 30 bucks.
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tubdub
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Joined: March 29, 2004
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| While it's not VW specific, the local OSH is going under and I got 2 x 1 gallon jugs of 85/90 GL-4 for $4.50 each |
wheres it at? |
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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| thom wrote: |
| While it's not VW specific, the local OSH is going under and I got 2 x 1 gallon jugs of 85/90 GL-4 for $4.50 each |
wheres it at? |
The oil? On the shelf in my shop.
OSH? Watt & Arden.
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AlteWagen
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Location: PNW
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All of the OSH stores are reducing the amount of auto parts they used to stock, I picked up 5 1gal 80/90 for $1 each!!! I went back to get the rest and they told me they were not supposed to sell them for $1 and raised the price to $3 so I bought the rest they had in stock. Since I am rebuilding a old 4x4 suburban all that gear lube came in handy!!
BTW I also got 10 tubes of grease gun cartrages for $2 each as well, I now check every time I go by and come out with some deals. Yesterday they had Valvoline motorcycle oil for $2 a quart, again took all they had.
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imfastareyou
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Location: DC
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ricekooker
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Location: Winter Park, FL
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I wonder how many people send $100 to his paypal account. |
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Stocknazi
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100 bucks? damn that's almost free.
Looks like it could be a fairly solid bus from what you can see
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Vintagespeed
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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Its been up there way too long. Trim is worth more.
I believe many have paid that deposit by now  |
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