Just shoot me.... 70 deluxe project

SixStringMadMan · Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 12:43 pm Post subject:

Wow!!!

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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:19 pm Post subject:

Krautski · Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:34 pm Post subject:

Now this is a respectable build thread.

wcfvw69 · Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject:

That's BEAUTIFUL!

I have to be honest.. Looking at all that beautiful paint work, I'm nervous about it being put back together and it's not even MINE! Smile

Seriously though, take your time in reassembling it. When I got my freshly painted convertible shell back, I rushed a bit and that's when I'd chip something. Thank goodness for touch up paint!
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 5:49 am Post subject:

I hear you. Its bound to happen, but I will just have to go slow.

I had Tim respray the front cab. When I did it, it came out pretty good, but I had some dry spots here and there.

Spraying the inside of a bus without a booth is just out of control

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I have to say this by far will be the nicest bus I have ever owned
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curtis4085 · Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 5:59 am Post subject:

I'm so jealous. Gonna be a show stopper.
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 7:13 am Post subject:

Hey Matt! Thanks. I could put it on a trailer and send it your way if you want Laughing

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curtis4085 · Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 9:57 am Post subject:

sirswank · Samba Member Joined: September 15, 2008 Posts: 50

Don.... dude.....

when i saw the pics pop up from tim on the book of faces, i thought maybe he was redoing your two-tone camper (not that it needed it).

then i was tossing around the idea of a scooby swap for my POS Thing so i wouldn't be scared to drive it to those CT shows.

and i found this thread. my mind is BLOWN!

man, i knew you did great work, but this is amazing. your attention to all the details is on another level. you don't have to say it again, everyone else will be. best bay on the east coast, hands down.

i've been meaning to shoot you a text and see if you were out of hibernation, but i should have known the beast never rests.

i'm going to keep an eye on this thread and let it inspire me to do more than just fiddly bits on mine.

skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 2:24 pm Post subject:

Hey Kedrick!

Yea...I never stop, that's for sure. Give me a shout next time you are is the area. I think it will be pretty nice when its done.

It should be able to pull hills pretty good Laughing

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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 3:54 pm Post subject:

ohhh yeaaaa

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busdaddy · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 5:54 pm Post subject:

Ahhhh... the shiny glow of new paint and the smell. Very Happy

....(unless it's that's water base stuff that smells like toilet mints Mad

), I envy you and can't wait for the dashcam video of you blasting past other cars on the highway, get that thing put together so we can see if the hype is really all that Very Happy

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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 7:57 pm Post subject:

busdaddy · Posted: Tue May 20, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject:

Hey!

, I wouldn't exactly call myself a stock nazi, but I am guilty of being a badly done hack hater and think that if you can't do it properly don't try and second guess one of the most sucessful vehicle companies in the world and thier engineers, they must have gotten it almost right for the era or is there another reason to explain thier sucess?. I'm sure you have given this mucho thought and I'm looking forward to a tasteful and well executed conversion that taps into the 21'st century technology available today, from the rest of your work I expect little else Smile

As for the envy you've got it whether you want it or not, I spend many of my days completeing other peoples high dollar restos yet my own bus waits for simple maintenance like oil changes far too long, I'm far past beginning to realize that someday may never come unless I get the finger out and you can't take it with you so do it now! I envy your drive and determination to make it happen while you can still enjoy it, many of my customers are at the age when they should be in a care home by the time they finally are living thier dream (not my fault, it was thier heel dragging to start the job), they should have started 20+ years earlier.
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 9:14 am Post subject:

Thanks

I grew up with a father that was non existant and a grandfather that (for reasons of his own) couldn't finish a project.

I NEVER wanted to be 'that guy'

I work far too hard making other peoples shit run/look right. It was time to put my skillset to work for me.

I am not kidding when I tell you my day starts at 5:30am and at about 11:50pm, I sit down and "unwind" to do it all over....

The one thing I can never buy is time. I love seeing people travel about in these old rigs. The thing to think about is can you mentally handle a project like this. For every hour Tim and Matt have into this bus, I have 6 into making all the sub-systems right. No one in their right mind would assemble somthing like this with crusty parts.

Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it!
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:15 pm Post subject:

well, a bit of an update

short block complete

ain't aluminum pretty when it's new Razz

also decided to go with a shortened oil pan as well.

cams waiting to go in

and Tim being a dick, decided to do a quick cut and buff....as if I wasn't going to wear a foam suit building this thing as it was... Laughing

s.o.p. is to build the car then go back and buff after it has been leaned all over etc. now I will have to bring my A game to a whole new level.

so, I could have it dropped off to me this weekend, but I will let it sit at his place. I have to do some welding on another bus so having this around isn't going to help with all the cutting and welding going on.

besides, if this was here, it would be a huge distraction to me, as I have other work I need to get done for people. so close, yet so far away Laughing

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airschooled · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 12:38 pm Post subject:

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Skills that's crazy, never seen a bus like that. Now I gotta wipe up the drool.

skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 4:37 pm Post subject:


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