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Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:29 pm

far rider wrote: Fish wrote: cdennisg wrote: This belongs...

EmpiGT wrote:

Throw some paddle tires on it and hit the desert!

That almost looks aerodynamic.

100mph standing still.

Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:27 am

Mine, to be fixed at a later date.

Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:24 pm

Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:25 pm

Bitchin'!!!

Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:30 pm

Manfred58sc wrote: Bitchin'!!!
Exactly what I was thinking when your post popped on.

Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:49 pm

This is what I did to deal with rusted areas on the back wheel wells. Not to everyone's liking, but it worked.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:52 am

Careful with that saw-zaw Eugene..I like and it works.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:51 pm

Just spotted on the "abortion" thread

Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:26 am

Manfred58sc wrote: Bitchin'!!!
Das67bus wrote: This is what I did to deal with rusted areas on the back wheel wells. Not to everyone's liking, but it worked.
Ever since I saw the first one of those big-n-little rim-tire customs I kinda secretly liked the look. I knew it was making the gear ratio high, canting out the stub axle bearings, tipping the driver forward, worked better on a Detroit Van, but they still look badass and seemed like a babe magnet. You had to have the torn off shorts to go with it, though, or you were just a poser.

Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:29 am

BarryL wrote:
Ever since I saw the first one of those big-n-little rim-tire customs I kinda secretly liked the look. I knew it was making the gear ratio high, canting out the stub axle bearings, tipping the driver forward, worked better on a Detroit Van, but they still look badass and seemed like a babe magnet. You had to have the torn off shorts to go with it, though, or you were just a poser.

True all that!

I still have some ragged, cutoff Levi shorts somewhere....but probably wouldn't get the same reaction!! :wink:

You just have to watch the weight you run with the wider rims/tires. Other than that, it doesn't seem to bother it. Just couldn't afford the cost of restoring the body/wheel wells to stock. I should have been a welder!! :?

Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:33 pm

My old 23 window.

Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:42 pm

oldthingguy wrote: My old 23 window.

Nice!! Very clean and neat. Good job!

Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:37 am

Got this '67 Kombi from the original owner. It is finally freed from its tarp-wraps after 20 years. The original owner said he had the dealer's body shop cut the wheelwells "tastefully" and add scoops. I think I even have a receipt in the pile of provenance.

Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:25 pm

So are we going to see it on the classifieds soon?

Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:56 pm

The most excellent Tiki-torch roof-top-deck sideways-couch doubledoor quad-skychair Burner Splitty (previously seen in this thread on March 22 2010)

Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:33 pm

BarryL wrote: Got this '67 Kombi from the original owner. The original owner said he had the dealer's body shop cut the wheelwells "tastefully" and add scoops. I think I even have a receipt in the pile of provenance.

Found it; he actually waited two years before adding the scoops.

Eleven years 100,000 miles later he had the bus painted but loved the scoops so much he refused having the scoops' holes filled. The scoops went back on.

AS350driver wrote: So are we going to see it on the classifieds soon?
That's a YeeHaw question!

Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:58 pm

Fell victim. Stripping off four layers of paint then will proceed to weld in the lower rockers and wheel wells. I swear man.... :lol:

Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:12 pm

Skim wrote: Fell victim. Stripping off four layers of paint then will proceed to weld in the lower rockers and wheel wells. I swear man.... :lol:

Damn that's a sweet bus! I don't know, the Centerlines with slicks are kind of dope. :) Looks like they used a P-38 (can opener) to cut the wheel wells though.. :cry:

Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:24 am

I've always said that cut wheel wells are to be fixed or "filled" with big phat tires! :P

Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:56 am

My before and after pics