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Tue Dec 24, 2013 11:15 pm

Nice save!

Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:06 am

Great work on this rescued bus!
Is that vw pearl white you used for the white?

Wed Dec 25, 2013 6:40 am

Peter T. wrote: Great work on this rescued bus!
Is that vw pearl white you used for the white?

Merry Christmas and thank you for the props (and thanks to everyone else for the positive feedback). No the color scheme is one I dreamed up myself, it is Wimbledon White and Swift Red. I used to have a 66 Standard with the same color combo and I love it.

Wed Dec 25, 2013 8:43 am

I like the colors
Nice to see a bus painted the way the owner wants
That was the idea of them from the beginning
Merry Christmas
Let's see some more
Thanks
Brian

Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:03 pm

Wow nice!
Personalized paint schemes are way cool for campers and you nailed it!

Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:54 pm

turbo_g wrote: ...Wimbledon White and Swift Red...used to have a 66 with the same...

If I didn't ask before, what did you name this one? Flip-Shizz, SO-Shizzty, Strictly Shizz 2, come to mind.

Badass. So Pyro helped dial it all in?

Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:45 am

BarryL wrote: turbo_g wrote: ...Wimbledon White and Swift Red...used to have a 66 with the same...

If I didn't ask before, what did you name this one? Flip-Shizz, SO-Shizzty, Strictly Shizz 2, come to mind.

Badass. So Pyro helped dial it all in?

Barry,

Flip-Shizz is DA BOMB name, should have asked you first! No, just the plain old name "The Hatch". Got a personalized plate on order "63 HATCH". Yes Ivan was very instrumental in getting it road worthy. It's pretty awesome right now.

When will you be camping with the club again? BBB?

Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:19 am

turbo_g wrote: BarryL wrote: turbo_g wrote: ...Wimbledon White and Swift Red...used to have a 66 with the same... When will you be camping with the club again? BBB?

I'm camping right now (in my mind) with you. We just cruised out to Mud Cave in the world's most beautiful paint bus on the world's most paint-hateful road. You're leading the hand-crawl through the pitch-black claustrophobic worm-hole-hell.

Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:58 am

BarryL wrote: I'm camping right now (in my mind) with you. We just cruised out to Mud Cave in the world's most beautiful paint bus on the world's most paint-hateful road. You're leading the hand-crawl through the pitch-black claustrophobic worm-hole-hell.

I so remember that trip, I do miss hanging with the San Diego crew, gonna really enjoy ourselves at BBB 2014. Wishing you were going to join us.

Here is The Hatch in full daily driver status...

Thu Dec 26, 2013 11:21 am

Nice work on bringing back the bus from the arms of the crusher. Persistence paid off this time for sure and another Westy was saved.

Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:17 pm

Excellent to see your being used day-to-day ;)

Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:21 pm

this is what i think owning and 'doing up' a bus is all about. Do as much of the work as you can yourself and do it how you want.
This is why i got mine and ive managed to do / make some things that i never thought id be able to.

like a lot of others are saying - theres always going to be haters - let the pricks hate. Its not their bus and you are not building it for them.

Now after my high horse rant i am going to say - i needs a set of wheels! haha

Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:06 pm

just flipped back to page 1 from 2003 when this bus was found
wow, saving this bus would be a no-brainer now

Thu Dec 26, 2013 9:49 pm

StockNazi wrote: just flipped back to page 1 from 2003 when this bus was found
wow, saving this bus would be a no-brainer now

I was thinking the same thing, 10 years ago everybody passed on this one, I'm glad I decided (against the wishes of my better half) to go rescue it. My 14 year old son is so excited to camp in this bus. I'll be at BBB 2014, if anyone wants to look me up (find the SV2S), there should only be one sub hatch westy in this color scheme, come take a look and say hi, (stand back 10 feet, it looks better from there)! :lol:

Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:07 pm

My son and I started on the interior bits, made a subfloor, and now are working on insulation before we button up new wood panels.

Here are a couple pics:

Sat Jan 11, 2014 9:58 pm

Some more pics of The Hatch (saved from the crusher so long ago), riding on EMPI 5 spokes....

Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:13 pm

So not only was this bus worth saving, but it took it's maiden camping voyage to Busses By The Bridge 2014

Ready....Set....CAMP!

Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:31 pm

flipping awesome job! =D>

Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:24 pm

I love that you are enjoying this bus with your family. Ive had my 67 westy since 2002. It was my first car. Now I have a one year old daughter that will get to go camping in it with me. By far my favorite thread on the site. Isnt it incredible the change in buses in ten years? you should see some of the rust buckets out here in the south. :shock:

Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:09 pm

I really like this resuscitated thread. Very cool to see the bus come back to life.

Like the paint.
Like the camping pics.

Beyond just 'cool' in my opinion.