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Daddybus
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Added some gussets to the tow hitch
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RHD Notch
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Location: Joshua Tree, CA
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| casey & the cricketes wrote: |
i built a couple repair panels yesterday
the outrigger took me a few tries to get right. i made it from 18 gage steel
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That's some nice fab work casey & the crickets...you should also post your handiwork here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=534933&highlight=metal
I liked that fab thread a lot, but it seemed to lose steam quickly...
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| I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
| campingbox wrote: |
| I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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norcalmike
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Joined: May 14, 2005
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Location: Marina, CA
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On all 4s for the first time in decades
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'64cal lookdub
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Location: TX
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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| That bus is badass. |
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| '64cal lookdub wrote: |
| That bus is badass. |
Thanks! It's a work in progress but I'm pretty stoked to have it |
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srfndoc
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Location: SoCal
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Looks good Mike, what tires did you go with?
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norcalmike
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Location: Marina, CA
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| srfndoc wrote: |
| Looks good Mike, what tires did you go with? |
General grabber A/T 205 75 15 |
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glifahrenheitcameron
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Location: United States
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Bought a narrowed/adjustable beam  |
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BlastMasterMannyFresh
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On all 4s for the first time in decades
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BRAVO!! |
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norcalmike
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Manny! its no Coram Rug Works but it will do |
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Daddybus
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| Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:36 pm Post subject: Westy trim |
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Finally installed the westy door trim in OG L87 Pearl White. Used my hole locator to drill the holes in the wod panels.
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Stocknazi
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 7:59 am Post subject: Re: Westy trim |
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| Daddybus wrote: |
Finally installed the westy door trim in OG L87 Pearl White. Used my hole locator to drill the holes in the wod panels.
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Can you elaborate on the hole locator? How does it work?
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Daddybus
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: Westy trim |
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| Daddybus wrote: |
Finally installed the westy door trim in OG L87 Pearl White. Used my hole locator to drill the holes in the wod panels.
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It is used in the aircraft industry to locate holes for patch panels in aircraft. It is like a set of flat tweezers. One side has a male tip that goes into the hole. That male tip has a female hole on the back. The other side of the tweezers had a hole for a drill bit. The two sides align, so you locate the tip into your pre-existing hole, the panel in sandwiched between it and then you drill through the locator's drill bit hole and the bit contacts the female notch on the back of the tip for a perfectly aligned hole.
Clear as mud I'm sure. |
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thom
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Spent some time getting the corner and quarter panel sorted out with new AutoCraft panels. I had originally started trimming the corner for the KF replacement, which is why there's an extra cut. Long story, don't want to incite another KF debate.
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dawerks
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Nice job!
I tried to look up a bus on your Vintage Bus Registry but it gives a '500 Internal Server Error' when I hit submit.
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thom
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Nice job!
I tried to look up a bus on your Vintage Bus Registry but it gives a '500 Internal Server Error' when I hit submit. |
Looks like they've buggered up the server again.
bash: symbol lookup error: /XxJynx/jynx2.so: undefined symbol: DH_free
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Who.Me? 
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Westy trim |
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| Daddybus wrote: |
| StockNazi wrote: |
| Daddybus wrote: |
Finally installed the westy door trim in OG L87 Pearl White. Used my hole locator to drill the holes in the wod panels.
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Can you elaborate on the hole locator? How does it work? |
It is used in the aircraft industry to locate holes for patch panels in aircraft. It is like a set of flat tweezers. One side has a male tip that goes into the hole. That male tip has a female hole on the back. The other side of the tweezers had a hole for a drill bit. The two sides align, so you locate the tip into your pre-existing hole, the panel in sandwiched between it and then you drill through the locator's drill bit hole and the bit contacts the female notch on the back of the tip for a perfectly aligned hole.
Clear as mud I'm sure. |
Nifty gadget. The description was fine, but Googling 'hole locator tool' brings up ebay links for the tool (which was a relief - that search could have gone very wrong).
Could come in very handy for locating cab trim panels too. |
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crofty
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A little premature but I had the seats redone for my 62 and did a little mock up.
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thom
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Got the passenger-side corner and quarter tacked in last night
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crofty
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Nice!
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