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Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:15 pm

After sitting stagnant for 2 years while I finished up other projects, The time has come to start on the sunroof Kombi.

Some of the rust/damage highlights

Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:26 pm

Bringing her in the shop

Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:42 pm

awesome project!!

Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:51 pm

Cool, I look forward to updates.

Is that the center seat? That looks totally weird.

Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:07 pm

It's the rear seat... It looks like someone took the upholstery off the original frame and remade the frame out of square tube and wire. The bus has some weird brackets in it, that seems like it would allow all of the seat frames to lay flat, even through the cut out bulk head.

Does anyone have any detailed pictures of a BD Kombi with the rear hard-board panels option? I think the ones in this bus are original, but they are not the same material as the door and kick panels.

Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:43 pm

You allready have done two outstanding restorations so I'm sure
you can handle this beast too!
Your latest 23 is beautifull!

I'm gonna be following this one for sure.

Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:46 am

Awesome bus. Look forward to seeing it progress

Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:58 pm

W T F :?: :?: :?:
:shock:

What's the straw doing in there and why are there roof window openings in the inner panels ???

Concept1 wrote:

Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:19 pm

djfordmanjack wrote:

What's the straw doing in there and why are there roof window openings in the inner panels ???

i don't know about barndoor but later sunroof buses all have the inner pressings for skylight windows it's part of the sunroof stenthen supports

Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:41 am

The inner panel is the reinforcement for the sunroof, the same panel as used on a deluxe.

The hay was a previous owners attempt at insulating the bus as part of a really sweet camper conversion. This conversion also included wrecking the rear seat frames, cutting out the bulkhead, and attaching all kinds of wooden strips inside the bus, holding in moisture and causing it to rust even more than a standard bus. :roll:

Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:31 am

Can't wait to see this one when it's finished. Rosie and Heidi were both very good practise for this one!
Bring on the green panels! :lol:

Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:55 pm

25A is a rare ass bus!!!! Only 4 left on the barndoor.dk reg!

Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:20 pm

bubba wrote: 25A is a rare ass bus!!!! Only 4 left on the barndoor.dk reg!

6 right now.
20-055386
20-086592
20-086697
20-087514
20-091050
20-114487

-Tonny

Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:49 pm

I counted 4 as well, but that is only on the picture page... if you take the time to look through the registry, there does seem to be 6. I guess they are played out. :lol:
I imagine the cost of the sunroof option would have been huge in comparison to the base cost of the Kombi.

Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:44 pm

Hey Kenny, Nice to see you starting on this one. Keep all the pic's and updates coming!

Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:59 pm

bubba wrote: 25A is a rare ass bus!!!! Only 4 left on the barndoor.dk reg!
This one being the 2nd oldest is pretty awesome too! 8)

Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:32 pm

Some new pics, mostly just cutting out the rotted areas.

There are two of these in the remaining bulkhead section.. what could they have been for?

And these?

Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:50 pm

Concept1 wrote:
And these?

The hole in the bottom center is stock. I think it was a hole for washing out the area behind the front seat. There is a metal "slide" which plugs it normally.

I don't recognize the other holes or the bracket.

Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:03 pm

Damn I want this bus. Treat her nice

Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:20 am

Awesome bus! 8) no messing around with you boys is there!? :lol:

damn-another thread im gonna be glued to!