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Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:52 pm

RockStock wrote: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...amp;_rdc=1
axel struwe wrote: I want to ask, is the barndoor maybe for sale?
Please let me know.
don't you want it now, Axel?

No, I think my new toy is enough....;-)

Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:30 pm

Thanks Jan-Peter!
I´ll do my very best and send some pics when I´m ready :wink:
Cheers
Claus

Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:45 am

My warmest congrats, dear Claus,

I am very happy, there couldn´t be a better home for this great bus.
Looking forward to see the resto progress.

Have fun,

JP

Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:49 am

SOLD.........EUR 9,051.33
(approximately £7,787.77)

cheap as chips... :shock:

Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:36 am

maybe not as nice as the pictures suggested?

Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:47 am

sled wrote: maybe not as nice as the pictures suggested?

maybe passed on for reasonable price? :lol:

Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:13 pm

Hi Guys,
restauration has started! Many thanks to Jan-Peter, Arne and Jörg for
your help on Halloween! I hope to finish the bus till next Hessisch
Oldendorf meeting :wink:

Here are some parts I still need for the restauration:
- barndoor steering wheel (teethed version)
- black knob for the vent window
- black hornbutton
- front bumper
- semaphores

Greetings from Germany
Claus

Westfalia camping box prototype :wink:

:twisted: Helldrivers!

Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:15 am

:lol: Ace, Good luck with the work guys, sweet bus at a bargain price! 8)

Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:44 pm

Any updates on the Feuerwehr Barndoor?

Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:10 pm

dc wrote: Any updates on the Feuerwehr Barndoor?

Yep...here´re some new pics from the firebrigade barndoor. Last month the bus was totally stripped in an acid bath here in Germany.
Because of the thick paint, they had to dive it three times :!: Here are some pics of the acid pool:

On wednesday the barndoor goes to the welding job. After the welding, the bus gets it KTL paint. I´ll send pics :wink:

Greetings from Germany
Claus

Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:20 pm

Impressive.

Did they use phosphoric acid?

Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:59 am

Claus, that is a beautiful sight, such a nice bus in clean bare metal !!!
greets Günter

Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:06 am

Impressive.

What you do with the hole in the back?
Do you restore it as like "fire panel" or not?

Tue Jan 04, 2011 10:14 am

Jorge R wrote: Impressive.Did they use phosphoric acid?
Jorge, I don´t know which kind of acid they use. Will check that for you...

guidomeda79 wrote: Impressive. What you do with the hole in the back? Do you restore it as like "fire panel" or not?
We´ll close the small side windows in the back. The rear window is larger than the original size.
I have an original rear window metal part for it. The bus gets the blue color like Axels 50 bus
which you can see here in this forum.

I´m still looking for:
- the original front bumper
- black knob with mechanism small vent window
- steering gearbox for a toothed steering wheel
- semaphores
- new wiring harness (where can I buy it?)

Thanks!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:42 am

WOW acid dipping sure makes short order to paint removal!!

Good and thorough work fellahs!!

Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:25 pm

karmann1952 wrote:
- new wiring harness (where can I buy it?)

Thanks!

Try to aks Mark with the Kempes. Maybe he can help.

http://tinyurl.com/37lpeeb

-Tonny

Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:46 pm

Tonny_Larsen wrote: karmann1952 wrote:
- new wiring harness (where can I buy it?)

Thanks!

Try to aks Mark with the Kempes. Maybe he can help.

http://tinyurl.com/37lpeeb

-Tonny
also
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=272087&highlight=cloth+harness
&
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181866

Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:10 pm

Acid dipping and KTL ?
Wow! :shock:

This Bus gets the best start a car could have for its resto.
Respect!

lg
Alex

Sun Jul 24, 2011 11:54 am

After the acid bath, the barndoor restauration is going on. All new pictures of the welding job you´ll find on www.karmann1952.com

Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:43 pm

Very nice. Lovin it.
Feel a bit bad for the geniuses who run the acid bath place. Full covers on their hands and legs and boots on to protect from harsh chemicals..... and NO respirators. I guess your lungs dont matter right. Jeeeezus.