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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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Slowly running out of metal to toss on the green monster!
This valance is the best fitting part bar none. Slight grinding to make it work but other than that it was perfect as is. Any Klockerholm part that doesn't require severe hammer and dolly work is great in my book.
I even found time to get the rest of the passenger side done
One more dogleg, two cab corners, and one more battery tray. Then it's mud slinging time. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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aliennetwork Samba Member
Joined: May 27, 2009 Posts: 458 Location: Aiken, SC
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Great bus!
Can you show what you did for this part (wheel well section)
Thanks _________________ M-Plate
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So if you carry a spare starter it will be some other part you don't carry that will fail. Just tow a spare bus. |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: |
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This is the stuff I've been using
http://www.magnetpaints.com/underbody.asp
ucp 970 matched the same color of the por 15 that I'd already been using. This stuff is almost half the cost of por15 and it goes on identically.
I'll have to take pics of the wheel well area. They do make a patch panel that fits in there but I just cut a peice to fit out of the big chunk of roof steel I had left over from putting the riviera hole in. It looks decent enugh but I do intend on having the outriggers and wheel wells smooth coated in rhino lining. The 1/4 build up of material should hide my booger welds and keep the area nice for decades to come. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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I tried taking pics of the passenger side dogleg inner but nothing shows up on camera. I'm in the middle of doing the drivers dogleg and I'll take a few more pics of it before I paint it with anything. This side's just as nasty as the other so you'll see what I went through.
I cut the dog leg off today but it'll be awhile before I put one on. I have to return this skin to bus depot and buy the complete dogleg. Imho if you have enough rust repair to do a skin you might as well buy the whole thing and save the headache.
Everything's done in the back. All in and ready for mud.
_________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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2VWs1BMW Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2004 Posts: 346 Location: Newark, DE
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Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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Looks good. Did you not replace the rear inner valence? I replaced mine since it was marginal.. _________________ - Brian -
'17 Alltrack
'99 ///M Coupe w/48k mi - Bimmerforums
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:29 am Post subject: |
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It was pretty pitted and the outer structures that head down to the bumper mounts were gone. I added 1X1/8 strapping inside the tubes that run beside the engine lid. This gives some support back to the bumper. I sandblasted the whole works then sprayed it down with some chassis black (por 15). It's not pretty but it gave the added structure needed and it'll never be seen again. This is definitely being put together to presentable and driven. It'll be solid and safe, just probobly not as correct as some would like. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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Heres some detail of the inner fender repair that I didn't show on the passenger side.
I cut the bad stuff out (yup that's the interior you're seeing there)
I cut another patch out of my roof clipping, there's still tons left as it started out 3ftx 4ft.
I made a separate square to fill the rocker tube just for the simplicity of fitment. I felt a bit better about using the thicker steel here than the klockerholm patches because the doglegs will weld to this later.
This is about a stock repair and covers what they sell a patch for. This will be covered up by a spat I'm making that'll smooth this area out and eliminate all these visible edges that catch salt. I intend on fashioning something that looks like the "mudflaps" that VW welded into the rear wheel arch area. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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Daverham Samba Member
Joined: August 27, 2009 Posts: 1397 Location: USA
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:45 am Post subject: |
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This is a hell of a lot of work... some folks might say not worth it, but I am always glad to see a bus revived instead of scrapped. Sometimes I feel like a sort of urchin... slowly crawling the world, finding old VWs and bringing them back to life, one at a time, maybe doing the universe some good. Maybe not. |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a closet purist. I figured that If I'd convert something over then it might as well be something that would've been scrapped had I not come along.
Like experimental surguries performed on death row inmates... _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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Well, here it is... The ford 2.3l. I'll only post the vw relevent parts of my conversion here because most of it will be pretty off topic. This lump runs as is and sounded healthy enough for an engine that sat for 15 years. It looks rough but that's how it'll stay until I have all the engine supports welded up. Then it'll get yanked back out broken down, rebuilt etc. etc...
The place is a mess I just finished kicking the mustang II out the door and bad to bolt this together. The esslinger kit is an excellent peice of engineering. The only thing that may be a disadvantage is that it uses a 200mm beetle clutch. That will prove to be a weak link I'm sure. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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4play Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2006 Posts: 178 Location: IDAHO
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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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I would like to know about clerance on this moter, aircleaner to deck lid _________________ Yes I am a redneck
74 baja water cooled 2.2 suby
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:16 am Post subject: |
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I'll need to use the low profile air cleaner that comes with the weber progressive kit. There's only 3 inches from carb to the top of the deck, and @1 inch on top of the valve cover.
see^^^^^^^^^^ snug as it gets
The sides of the engine are wide open and it should make for a maintanence friendly set-up.
I just finished the fuel tank swap to a two tap FI tank because this engine uses a return style mechanical pump. When done there won't be any ghetto hackery visible and my intentions will be to have it look like VW did all this work. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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krautwaggen Samba Member
Joined: August 04, 2005 Posts: 376 Location: Midwest
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 8:10 am Post subject: |
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What are your plans for the radiator? I like extra power as well, but I'm concerned about the looks of the finished product. _________________ Half Bus, Half Truck, What the _______? |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'm using the radiator/evap from a 95 up ranger. This fits in between the frame rails like a glove. The center heater tube is gone to make room and this still has to be laid in at 15 degrees (forward edge up) to catch air. My air dam and scoop will hang @3 inches lower than the frame rails. I'll post pics when I get that far. I've been trying to keep the non vw relevent crap over on the shop talk forums. There's alot of water cooled hate over here. I didn't start with a bus worth the full tilt restore so I didn't think it mattered. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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Chazbot Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2009 Posts: 197 Location: New Jersey
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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Don't be bashful with the photos. Its a revival job on a bus that might have otherwise not survived. I don't think there is any sacrilege happening on this job. Nice metal work. Lots of fun doing that kind of work. I lose completed track of time when I'm into a project like that. Looking forward to seeing that come along. |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I'm waiting on parts right now. Christmas got in the way of any forward progress on the bus. I've aquired some new stuff like a 6 rib trans, westy bed hinges, starter, clutch...etc. I've broken the engine down and taken it to the machine shop. These are relatively cheap to rebuild 350.00 for a rebuild kit 250.00 for the machine work.
You'll see a whirlwind of work soon enough because I'm taking it to disney world in june. As you can see there's lots of crap to do before then.
If I could get some guarantee of not having my thread locked due to going off topic with all of the ford conversion stuff I'd flood the pics in. Unfortunately some folks get their panties in a bunch pretty easily. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'm trying to incorporate some recycled bits into the interior. I found a lot of oak 3"x4"x4' wood that was used to strap tubing to for semi transport. I've ripped them to 1/2x4 inch strips to trim out the bead boards I've made to replace the interior cards. I'll router some detail in there and make a sort of chair rail to tie the thing together. I also came across some copper Bus bars that I'll use as an accent. It'll go with the copper tubing I'm using for curtain rods.
I also got my bench done. You can see how much wood came from ripping down the oak. It's a shame that this stuff gets burned when it's easily re-used.
Lots to do but no time to do it.
Engine kit is here but I'm waiting my stuff to come back from the machine shop. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I've made a headache rack that's pretty easily duplicated.
My leftovers from the bed gave up a 50"x32" section+ a 50"x13" peice. Bevel the sides (50" sides) to 45 and stack it up there on top of the side rails. Slide the big peice in and back against the hatch hinges, then slide the 13" peice against it. It's a tight fit that I'll lock in place with some of the oak strips I noted earlier. I'll be spray glueing felt to the roof to finish out the area inside the rack. I still have some finish work but this was my best idea for getting the wood to a safe place in my garage before it got filthy.
_________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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I still progressing at a snails pace. I'm waiting on the right deal to float by on my seat foam so no progress there (I'm not paying 200.00 for foam, I have principals dammit). The machine shop got my stuff back to me so I've been putting the 2.3l back together.
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check out all that beutiful German engineering!
I'm still hopefull that I'll be driving this by the end of the month. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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EvilWerks Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2007 Posts: 161 Location: Palmyra, PA
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:09 am Post subject: |
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Wow, that is a tight fit for that engine. I think that the air cleaner I described that you asked about in my build thread would suit you well. If you cant find one locally, let me know and I will check around. _________________ Dr Evil, MD (Mike)
74 Bay being converted to 3.1L Corvair power and pop top
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