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Thomas A Wed May 09, 2012 10:46 am

My project! March 1951 No. 20-011421


Took some time to rescue due to the ice! :)


A lot of work! :)










More pics at: http://boxerville.se/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7189

RockStock Wed May 09, 2012 11:32 am

super cool
can you tell us any background on the bus?

mandraks Wed May 09, 2012 11:58 am

i see some body work for these looooong dark swedish winters :)

low54 Wed May 09, 2012 12:12 pm

What a great first post :-)
Looks like you have some fun ahead

KombiMonster Wed May 09, 2012 12:26 pm

Holy Crap!


Well done man!

RidinRusty Wed May 09, 2012 4:54 pm

WOW Nice find

veedub Wed May 09, 2012 7:29 pm

Awesome! Was the front end frozen into the ice?! I was trippin on how nice the front emblem was, then looking at the other pics realized you staged it on there. Nice find.

Ragtop Wed May 09, 2012 7:50 pm

Sweet find 8) Congrats

61TXghia Wed May 09, 2012 8:01 pm

Wow, who would abandon a beauty like that!! Good luck and keep us posted!!

streetwagens Thu May 10, 2012 2:41 am

Excellent recovery, well done on saving this one out of the ice! Looking forward to seeing the progress on it! 8) :D

49barndoor Thu May 10, 2012 10:52 am

Nice 8)

musclebus Fri May 11, 2012 6:05 am

great find !!!, lovin' those non rear window buses, your as lucky man, looking forward to seeing this bus back on the road 8) 8)

Thomas A Fri May 11, 2012 7:53 am

Did some mockup today!


Capriacci Fri May 11, 2012 8:17 am

"Indiana Jones" rescue.
Incredible!

silvertonguedevil Sat May 12, 2012 7:12 am

Holy crap!!

merz356 Sat May 12, 2012 11:05 am

NICE !

BayPanel'70 Sun May 13, 2012 12:22 am

Wow!!!! Wish i had a back yard like that!
Great found!!
Keep us updated! We really want to see more details!!
Is there any engine?

Thomas A Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:59 am

Not that much to report but a small update.


Before:




After:




Bead-blasted the front emblem to get the aluminium back again:








Lou V. Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:54 am

Looking nice. Good job on the corner!

johnny d Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:09 am

Thomas A wrote:
After:




nice job.. it isn“t easy to get them straight again, well done! 8)



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