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BASILE
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Location: Dothan, AL
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 Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:09 pm Post subject: Late 58 walk-thru panel help |
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alright i know you guys have seen this bus before, its been through 2 other people that i can find here on the samba, but i think she is here to stay, if i can afford it=[... well first thing on the agenda is brakes... what do i need what do i look for and where can i find the stuff for cheap!..lol and if ANYONE can help me out with cheap or decent priced parts please let me know i am desperate , even just to stop by for a free PBR and to tell me how in over my head i am is cool too. here are some updated pics.
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GDOG57
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Nice ride.For the front wheel cylinders,the best price i have found are at:
http://www.eisparts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
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Campy
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Location: Chico, CA
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Before you dump a lot of money on running gear, get that sucker media-blasted with something like crushed glass (not sand) so you can see how much of the metal can be saved. The lower nose panel is pretty bad, the front floor is gone, and probably things like the dog legs, rockers, outriggers, and some of the cargo floor halves are in bad shape. Don't forget to check out the bottom of the doors. Then you can decide if you can afford to fix it up, depending on how bad the body is.
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Buckly
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no problem, your obviously an expert welder, metal worker, fabricator, paniter, auto body kind of a guy.
just screw some licence plates down and roll.
Just giving you a hard time, its do able.
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BASILE
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Location: Dothan, AL
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject: was thinking |
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of getting a bug engine and tranny.. running as is once i get the brakes and front floor done.. haha having a running project
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Skim
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You have a PM.
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BASILE
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| Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:35 pm Post subject: engine |
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i have a buddy i am trading some tattoo work for a 1600 dual port engine but it needs tins,exhaust,and a generator ...anyone?
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buck
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| good luck finding parts for cheap, walk thru seats and pressed bumpers are anything but that.. |
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5?split
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| i got you beat when it comes to rust. good luck on the redo. |
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BASILE
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:24 am Post subject: late |
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aparently it didnt have pressed bumpers its a late 58 one of the first models to switch bumpers...we looked up the date and it says august 58 which i guess means its either a 58 1/2 or a 59???..lol only really know what the guy told me
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| Are you sure that brakes are first on the agenda? |
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BASILE
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:44 am Post subject: maybe?! |
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no why you have something else in mind.. haha, what do you think would be a better game plan?
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LJay
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:46 am Post subject: Re: maybe?! |
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| no why you have something else in mind.. haha, what do you think would be a better game plan? |
make the body solid,then go through the rest the way you want to,no matter how fresh your brake components are,they aint stopping shit if the master cylinder breaks off the body!   
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SkooobaSteve
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Hmmm get that front floor in first fool.
brake master cy $29.00
front hoses $10.00 each
front shoes $36.50 set
wheel cy front $26 each there 4 in the front
rear hoses $8.75 each
rear shoes 29 set
rear wheel cy 10 each
There a ruff shot at some of the stuff. Man just start stripping out some of the more important metal. And start saving up for some funky green metal. And invest in some better beer for your helpers lol.
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///Mink
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| Your vin appears to be 386xxx, which would make it September, not August of '58. Does anyone know what vin the pressed bumper cutoff was? I know some very early '59s like this had all-white pressed bumpers. |
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BASILE
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: bumpers |
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they might be square?!?!
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BASILE
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| Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject: not really |
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...haha
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is the other side any better??