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Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:04 pm

mightymouse wrote: What i want to know, first and foremost...IS...did PGSG only come on standards?
westies also....

I have had a seven PG/SG buses over the years. I am down to just a couple now. a '58 walkthrough standard and a '58 westfalia. they were produced about a week apart from each other in june '58. both have the lipped decklid. the westy is dry and straight, and the standard isn't.

westfalias didn't have the pinstripe like standards.

my old standard:

Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:05 pm

My 57 standard. I've got a lot of paint removal ahead of me.

Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:53 pm

I wan't a pg/sg bus.They are beautiful. The color combo just looks right!

Thu Jul 10, 2008 11:25 pm

My 57 P/G S/G standard when I picked it up.

A couple of months ago before metal work began.

now.

so far Ive got pass. inner/outter rockers done. cargo floor. outriggers/jackpoints/pass. inner/outterdogleg/both A pillars/from inner lower brace/outter lower skin. pass. front floor. just driver floor/lower nose/driver dogleg. driver outriggers--inner/outter rockers--jackpoints batt. tray and driver side cargo floor to go.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:23 am

cdennisg wrote:

My 57 standard. I've got a lot of paint removal ahead of me.

bottom line, you HAVE the bus, paint removal is easy if you think about it that way. and thats a bad ass bus. what month production?

Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:07 am

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Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:49 am

Clara wrote:

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1/2 off! :wink:

Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:02 am

There appears to be a difference in the interior panel colours between the earlier and later pg/sg's.
Is this just lighting differences, or were there two different colour schemes?
My May 58 panels looks very"green" like Lind's, but beaterBarndoor's 55 looks like a completely different colour scheme.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:12 am

Riff Raff wrote: There appears to be a difference in the interior panel colours between the earlier and later pg/sg's.
Is this just lighting differences, or were there two different colour schemes?
My May 58 panels looks very"green" like Lind's, but beaterBarndoor's 55 looks like a completely different colour scheme.

It has to do with the way it fades in the sun. Lind's interior is very sunfaded.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:40 am

Here is a picture of the famed 57 standard with 5604 original miles on it. This is before the lower 1/2 was repainted. I just found the pictures the other day, so let me know if you want to see any specific details.
Barn fresh - no polishing or cleaning had been done yet.

And another

Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:16 pm

in the middle pic you MIGHT be able to see the "top green" behind the pop-out window. like some others in here i got a lot of paint removal ahead of me. the red was taken off of the bottom last summer.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:32 pm

Pinstriped, fat base mirrors, og block off, and a roof thats hangingin by a thread..

Will also have some pgsg stuff left when done, kick panel, rim etc....

Looking for pop out (1), long panel, rear cargo door panels ...

Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:33 pm

Petey im going to kick you in the throat if you dont start stripping that red off.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:31 pm

i will sled 8) . there aint that many posts in this thread, i guess there arent that many PGSG owners.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:05 pm

Here's my current passion, my '57 Standard, built Dec. '56. A good friend saved it from the crusher for $100, I got it from him on March 3rd, and I've been on it since bringing it back to life. Getting an engine together right now, and should have it running soon. It hasn't been on the road since 1982.

Here's how it looked the first time I saw it.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:45 pm

mabalot5150 wrote:

in the middle pic you MIGHT be able to see the "top green" behind the pop-out window. like some others in here i got a lot of paint removal ahead of me. the red was taken off of the bottom last summer.

you still planning on chopping the top? i thought you was going to be done by now,

Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:46 pm

I used Easy Off to remove the brushed on house paint on my 58. The SG is not as resistant as the thin PG ,and will burn through quick to a white sealer before you know it.

The way it weathered in the house paint made the PG looks brushed on in spots.

I got a lotta rust to fix so I had the inside of the decklid (polished) matched at the local Gladwin and compressed into spray cans. They gave me Nason YS519IE Spectramaster Yellow fast dry AE for the SG. I painted the safaris and some late door frames with Krylon Camo olive with clear, near perfect match.

Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:45 pm

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Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:28 am

Here is my old bus. The day I brought it home. I had a weak moment and sold it to buy another split beetle.