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UZI Platinum FUBU
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 13335 Location: phila-DELFT-ia
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Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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i'm gonna wash it down tomorrow. i think it will clean up nice. it's a late model that i probably paid too much for the individual bus but the sale of other 5 vehicles will make this one free.
it's the best bus i've found in quite a while. |
What else did you get? I like those batch deals, too. |
there is an SO-42 that was rolled in 1969 after the guy owned it 2 years. he proceeded to drive it another 100K then parked it in the 80s outside. it's rusty, possibly terminal. there are 3 bay windows- a white 71, a red 73 and a blue and white 74, there is a 912 that the owner had restored, sold it to a neighbor, the neighbor got divorced, the car had all it's windows broken, it sat outside and the guy bought it back. there are a bunch of beetles that i may or may not want, i have to see what they look like. you would never know this guy even had cars in his barn because they are so buried. there are piles of parts too. they guy was friend with someone who owned a dealership in NJ. not alot of NOS stuff but some. bunch of engines. this bus had piles of heads in it. i put them on the ground because i don't build engines. if you guys say "get them!" i'll consider it but i'd rather not be handling oversized paperweights.
i washed the 65, i kinda missed the dirt. i'm not sure if i will polish it or just leave it oxidized. _________________ Extravagant Lifestyle
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earlywesty Samba Member
Joined: May 03, 2004 Posts: 2356 Location: In the woods, Ontario
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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UZI wrote: |
Braukuche wrote: |
UZI wrote: |
i'm gonna wash it down tomorrow. i think it will clean up nice. it's a late model that i probably paid too much for the individual bus but the sale of other 5 vehicles will make this one free.
it's the best bus i've found in quite a while. |
What else did you get? I like those batch deals, too. |
there is an SO-42 that was rolled in 1969 after the guy owned it 2 years. he proceeded to drive it another 100K then parked it in the 80s outside. it's rusty, possibly terminal. there are 3 bay windows- a white 71, a red 73 and a blue and white 74, there is a 912 that the owner had restored, sold it to a neighbor, the neighbor got divorced, the car had all it's windows broken, it sat outside and the guy bought it back. there are a bunch of beetles that i may or may not want, i have to see what they look like. you would never know this guy even had cars in his barn because they are so buried. there are piles of parts too. they guy was friend with someone who owned a dealership in NJ. not alot of NOS stuff but some. bunch of engines. this bus had piles of heads in it. i put them on the ground because i don't build engines. if you guys say "get them!" i'll consider it but i'd rather not be handling oversized paperweights.
i washed the 65, i kinda missed the dirt. i'm not sure if i will polish it or just leave it oxidized. |
Congrats on the score. I polished a small part of my bus to see what it looked like and while the paint turned out great, I kinda liked the oxidized, faded look and wish I hadn't. Not sure why, just do but most don't seem to agree... |
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dawerks Samba Member
Joined: September 15, 2010 Posts: 2349
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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1957 Panel that I just picked up. Took a bit of skill to get it on the trailer and out of it's hiding spot. Mostly original paint (nose and corner are not), not much rust except rockers.
I love the doglegs
Drivers side floor.
_________________ "There is only one sin; disconnection from self." |
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swivel'n Samba Member
Joined: February 04, 2005 Posts: 275 Location: Tracy, Ca
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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nice! that paint is gonna shine up great! sweet looking bus man _________________ 1969 og paint Squareback
1968 automatic sunroof notchback
1959 Swivel seat kombi |
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UZI Platinum FUBU
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 13335 Location: phila-DELFT-ia
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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buseric wrote: |
Congrats on the score. I polished a small part of my bus to see what it looked like and while the paint turned out great, I kinda liked the oxidized, faded look and wish I hadn't. Not sure why, just do but most don't seem to agree... |
i polished the drivers door. i realized i shouldn't have done it. now i'm committed. i went down the long panel and got around to the passenger rear corner on pass #1. the paint is decent enough where it will look good and still have that nice soft lustre. i doubt it will ever really shine. it will fade back eventually. i guess with the overall uneven look of the paint from sitting for 20 years it will be nicer to look at once it's all clean and even looking. _________________ Extravagant Lifestyle
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MrBusCo Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2007 Posts: 1561 Location: stoughton, WI
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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dawerks wrote: |
1957 Panel that I just picked up. Took a bit of skill to get it on the trailer and out of it's hiding spot. Mostly original paint (nose and corner are not), not much rust |
Wait, not a double door?? Didn't you know all bullet nose panels found this year should be DD's?
Seriously though, she's a beauty! _________________ Josh The Bus Guy formerly known as JOGR
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BlastMasterMannyFresh Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2001 Posts: 6102 Location: #31peach
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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dawerks wrote: |
1957 Panel that I just picked up. Took a bit of skill to get it on the trailer and out of it's hiding spot. Mostly original paint (nose and corner are not), not much rust except rockers.
I love the doglegs
Drivers side floor.
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Man that's sweet, good luck with it. |
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squareonair Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 990 Location: springfield,missouri
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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went on a 15 hour road trip yesterday...found some stuff....this goes to a 57 dd panel
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cdennisg Samba Member
Joined: November 02, 2004 Posts: 20217 Location: Sandpoint, ID
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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Best. Thread. Ever.
Love this pic. _________________ nothing |
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Busryder Samba SuperHero
Joined: September 17, 2007 Posts: 1663 Location: In Your Face...
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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squareonair wrote: |
went on a 15 hour road trip yesterday...found some stuff....this goes to a 57 dd panel
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Do tell.... _________________
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jjlux Mr. No Show
Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 953
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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squareonair wrote: |
went on a 15 hour road trip yesterday...found some stuff....this goes to a 57 dd panel
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I need that! |
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redbug64 Samba Member
Joined: July 21, 2005 Posts: 512 Location: Fairfax/Essex, Vermont
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:21 am Post subject: |
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jjlux wrote: |
squareonair wrote: |
went on a 15 hour road trip yesterday...found some stuff....this goes to a 57 dd panel
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Me too! I need the front as well! Lucky! _________________ Jason Arms
Fairfax, Vermont
1954 Standard Beetle
1965 Firetruck Red Double Cab
1975 Porsche 911
1984 Rabbit L
1988 Scirocco 16v
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squareonair Samba Member
Joined: February 11, 2005 Posts: 990 Location: springfield,missouri
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:28 am Post subject: |
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redbug64 wrote: |
jjlux wrote: |
squareonair wrote: |
went on a 15 hour road trip yesterday...found some stuff....this goes to a 57 dd panel
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Me too! I need the front as well! Lucky! |
i got the front as well...its the same shape with a slight twist on the passenger side _________________
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UZI Platinum FUBU
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 13335 Location: phila-DELFT-ia
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: |
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cdennisg wrote: |
Best. Thread. Ever.
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great score....fuuhhhhkk! _________________ Extravagant Lifestyle
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Braukuche Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2004 Posts: 10945
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 6:27 am Post subject: |
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UZI wrote: |
Braukuche wrote: |
UZI wrote: |
i'm gonna wash it down tomorrow. i think it will clean up nice. it's a late model that i probably paid too much for the individual bus but the sale of other 5 vehicles will make this one free.
it's the best bus i've found in quite a while. |
What else did you get? I like those batch deals, too. |
there is an SO-42 that was rolled in 1969 after the guy owned it 2 years. he proceeded to drive it another 100K then parked it in the 80s outside. it's rusty, possibly terminal. there are 3 bay windows- a white 71, a red 73 and a blue and white 74, there is a 912 that the owner had restored, sold it to a neighbor, the neighbor got divorced, the car had all it's windows broken, it sat outside and the guy bought it back. there are a bunch of beetles that i may or may not want, i have to see what they look like. you would never know this guy even had cars in his barn because they are so buried. there are piles of parts too. they guy was friend with someone who owned a dealership in NJ. not alot of NOS stuff but some. bunch of engines. this bus had piles of heads in it. i put them on the ground because i don't build engines. if you guys say "get them!" i'll consider it but i'd rather not be handling oversized paperweights.
i washed the 65, i kinda missed the dirt. i'm not sure if i will polish it or just leave it oxidized. |
The heads aren't worth the gas to haul them off. When I come across stuff like that (old engine parts) I look for the wheat amongst the chaff--Okrasa heads, 356/912 heads, certain 36hp stuff--'57 and earlier cases, okrasa early empi 8-dowled cranks and flywheels, etc. Anything 40hp up I don't even bother to look at because the stuff sells cheap if you can even sell it. Also look for early distributors, 36 fuel pumps, no accel pump carbs, you probably know all this but some guys on here don't and it is a shame to see stuff like that get scrapped. _________________ Go Reds! Smash state!
Retirement is here!
1956 Ghia
1959 SO-23 Westfalia
1960 double cab
1960 Baja Bug
1963 stretched double cab
1962 Golde sunroof Ghia
1963 356 B coupe
1963 Notchback
1967 21 window less rusty now
1973 Ghia convertible |
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Jung Restoration Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 592 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:11 am Post subject: |
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Great finds lately!
Here's one that was told to me from a Baywindow guy that bought a Fiat bumper from the bus owner a few years back. Bay-guy said he remembered seeing "an old bus, I think it had a split front window" parked next to an out building. I will elaborate on this find a bit more, but for now this is what awaited me after the nearly 3 hour long drive. Previous owner rolled it to the driveway with wood cribbing under the rotted frame and two 5" pipes. This was another bus I did not look at previous, and told the owner that if I coming that far to look at it, I'm bringing my trailer.
'66 walk through deluxe with nearly everything intact except the middle seat, the frame, doglegs, and rocker metal. I am amazed at the nose though, nearly perfect as is the roof. Been parked since 1974.
More pix and info. to come.
_________________ Wanted : January '57 Palm Green Sand Green Bus Parts - Middle and Rear Seat Frames - flat back. I have original seat covers but would consider covered frames.
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Jung Restoration - Jung is my last name and restoration is what I do for work. I restore antique windows and doors here in the Northeast. Check out my site www.antiquewindowrestoration.com
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mattcuddy Samba Member
Joined: October 22, 2003 Posts: 2035 Location: Philly, PA
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Hadn't you been looking for bumper trim? No shame in buying a whole bus just for those parts. |
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Jung Restoration Samba Member
Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 592 Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:26 am Post subject: |
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I have been looking, but Jeremy down near you with his velvet green westy needed that rear facing jumpseat last year, so we worked out a deal with cash and rear deluxe spears. Before that I finally came upon front spears.
That '66 also came with an intact deluxe rear bumper, hitch that I'm not well schooled on, and what looks like a VW issued stewart werner gas heater. _________________ Wanted : January '57 Palm Green Sand Green Bus Parts - Middle and Rear Seat Frames - flat back. I have original seat covers but would consider covered frames.
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Jung Restoration - Jung is my last name and restoration is what I do for work. I restore antique windows and doors here in the Northeast. Check out my site www.antiquewindowrestoration.com |
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kombisutra Samba Member
Joined: October 02, 2003 Posts: 4127 Location: San Anselmo, 10 miles North Of San Francisco
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Damn... this thread is like Christmas lately, and Santa apparently got a big-ass raise! |
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UZI Platinum FUBU
Joined: February 08, 2002 Posts: 13335 Location: phila-DELFT-ia
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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:10 am Post subject: |
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i'm off to pick up another one of my score tomorrow. don't expect pictures, this one is a bay window (can't believe i just typed that) _________________ Extravagant Lifestyle
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