| zuggbug |
Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:36 pm |
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A shout out to a couple of samba member (I will let them chime in) one member for sending me an original early sub hatch bumper and another for reproducing me a perfect set.
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| zuggbug |
Sun Sep 06, 2015 5:24 am |
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Have been busy trying to get the bus ready for bulli, here are some updates on the cabinets
We ended up cleaning and repairing the original cabinets and reveneering them.
It would have been easier to just build new, but I wanted to keep as much of the original as possible
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| earlywesty |
Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:26 pm |
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| Looking great Paul, can't wait to see it all in the bus! |
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| brettsvw |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:15 am |
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| The bus keeps getting better and better with every pic posted. |
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| bialzi |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:20 pm |
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Hi Great Work.
What clear coat are you using? |
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| cjsmitty |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:56 pm |
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| Awesome work!!! =D> =D> |
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| zuggbug |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:49 pm |
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bialzi wrote: Hi Great Work.
What clear coat are you using?
clear fast drying lacquer. |
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| zuggbug |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:30 pm |
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Labored on my westy today
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| otahuhu |
Mon Sep 07, 2015 7:34 pm |
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| Awesome.... serious commitment there. Are you keeping the og veneer on the bulkhead cabinet? |
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| zuggbug |
Tue Sep 08, 2015 4:40 am |
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otahuhu wrote: Awesome.... serious commitment there. Are you keeping the og veneer on the bulkhead cabinet?
we have repaired the original veneer and we will laminate new veneer over the top of the original.
I just had the stove cabinet in there to fit the seat base. |
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| sled |
Tue Sep 08, 2015 7:09 am |
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work looks awesome!
I cant help but feel like I'm inside a bus full of zebra skins though. some 70's psychedelic trip.
were you looking for highly figured veneer? or is that all you could find? |
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| zuggbug |
Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:41 am |
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sled wrote: work looks awesome!
I cant help but feel like I'm inside a bus full of zebra skins though. some 70's psychedelic trip.
were you looking for highly figured veneer? or is that all you could find?
Jake, thanks for the compliment (I think), I spent 8 months searching for someone in the USA to lay up limba veneer. Based on the samples and the first test sheet I purchased. I thought the company nailed the pattern. Now that you have pointed it out, I see what you are talking about. Fortunately it does not stand out that much when looking at with the naked eye.
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| kevm |
Tue Sep 08, 2015 12:51 pm |
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| Awesome work, beautiful westy, I love it. |
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| zuggbug |
Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:44 am |
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kevm wrote: Awesome work, beautiful westy, I love it.
thank you
A big shout out to metalmanJeff for hooking me up with the stove shields.
also started putting my table together. I really dislike rivets.
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| zuggbug |
Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:12 pm |
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Getting closer
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| Jerry |
Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:59 pm |
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| Unreal |
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| jjjjack |
Wed Sep 23, 2015 3:43 am |
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| Almost there and looking great. Sounds less like a tin can when you drive it around now :-) |
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| crofty |
Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:14 am |
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zuggbug wrote:
A big shout out to metalmanJeff for hooking me up with the stove shields.
Is there anyway to do this at home? My subhatch trim needed to be cleaned and in doing so removed a lot of that texture. |
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| Erik G |
Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:37 am |
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crofty wrote: zuggbug wrote:
A big shout out to metalmanJeff for hooking me up with the stove shields.
Is there anyway to do this at home? My subhatch trim needed to be cleaned and in doing so removed a lot of that texture.
yep, it's called engine turning. I'd bet Gibbs can show you how to do it, it's done in sign painting (and lowrider striping) all the time
eastwood used to sell a kit, but I don't see it now |
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| VWsArent4Hippies |
Wed Sep 23, 2015 10:39 am |
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| Just chuck up an arbor with a scotch brite roloc into a drill press and away you go |
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