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peaceful warrior Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:03 pm

This is is the rustiest bus I have ever come across. It was driven from Panama by a 19 year old (I am surprised he made it). It was brought to me to replace the starter, but instead of a pinion gear bushing it had JB Weld in the hole. I could not get another starter in it, and he did not have the money to pay me to R&R the engine to investigate if I could fix it. Instead I bought it off of him for parts.
Anyhow, see if you can show a rustier bus. :D











notchboy Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:12 pm

Where is the bus? All I see is plastic filler :P


The 68 I bought and ditched :cry: And it wasnt that bad to be honest.


Kirk Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:17 pm

That one member in new york or somewhere has that one transporter that's super rusty with the slider on with gate hindges. That's probably the rustiest bus I've seen.

notchboy Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:20 pm

VDubTech. Rollin that rusty bus is I bet whom you are thinking of. :wink:

Kirk Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:23 pm

Yeah that guy.

peaceful warrior Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:27 pm

Kirk wrote: Yeah that guy.
Oh yeah, we love him! :roll:

skills@eurocarsplus Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:36 pm

my now retired 70 single cab










a buddys nose







i could dig up more if you want

peaceful warrior Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:43 pm

Dang Don, those are both nasty! I have never seen so much undercarriage rust! :shock:

I did come across a bus with a lower windshield area like that. The PO had put a formed block of wood underneath layers of bondo to create a support for the windshield.... :lol: :lol: Even made the lower lip for the seal out of bondo. :shock:

skills@eurocarsplus Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:43 pm

couple more


78 westy








Wildthings Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:54 pm

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TequilaSunSet Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:46 pm

Wildthings wrote: .

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HAHAHAHAHA... so classic!

telford dorr Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:19 pm


BusterBrown Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:43 pm

Beat this: :P



Wildthings Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:25 pm

BusterBrown wrote: Beat this

Yep that one is pretty sad.

grandpa pete Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:13 am

thanks for posting that ! I was finally able to prove the wife wrong(after28 yrs).Idon't lug home the worst junk in the world....My bus had 19 hole repairs just in the back floor area

peaceful warrior Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:31 am

BusterBrown wrote: Beat this: :P




It's a split, though that is a shite load of rust. Dang. Did that fall off on the trailer trip or did you load it that way?

BusterBrown Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:31 am

BusterBrown wrote: Beat this: :P




Well I'll be... here's one that's even worse!

ingenbremser wrote: found this last week, and took it home, lots of parts for my projekt :D




BusterBrown Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:34 am

peaceful warrior wrote: BusterBrown wrote: Beat this: :P




It's a split, though that is a shite load of rust. Dang. Did that fall off on the trailer trip or did you load it that way?

Well yes, it was a split... they tend to be the rustiest buses around.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=164642&start=12260

babysnakes Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:15 am

Here's a rusty floor from a '77 I brought home for parts.


peaceful warrior Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:53 am

babysnakes wrote: Here's a rusty floor from a '77 I brought home for parts.



That is a first for me. I have seen the floors rust out towards each door but not in the middle like this. :shock:



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