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Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:57 pm

easy e wrote: Just found a pic... bug left... bus right (correct?):

Correct

Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:26 am

Thx Ev!.... quite a different profile!

Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:07 am

For a second I thought your bus was for sale today.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1757242

Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:45 am

Very similar looking!
I thought asking 23k seemed cheap for a bus with bodywork done, full paint, rebuilt eng/trans.
Sold quick.... less than 24hrs.

Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:13 am

55samba wrote: For a second I thought your bus was for sale today.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1757242

I thought the same thing, but looked and thought it didn't look as nice as the build........

Glad I was wrong as you is bad a$$!

Thu Feb 26, 2015 12:59 am

I've had my wiper bases & arms mounted for a while & I'd combed my garage three or four times looking for a pair of NOS tri-blade wipers I tucked away. I finally found them hiding in the house & was happy to get them mounted. I don't know why... but I love the little chrome wiper caps. I think it's because they remind me of when I was a kid & chrome or anodized aluminum air valve caps were all the rage on BMX bikes in elementary & middle school.

I've got an NOS -'63 & an NOS '64-'67 one-eyed duck on the way from a friend over the pond ... looking forward to swapping the mounted one out... even though I believe it to be original. I'll do a little comparison & post info to a "one eyed duck thread"... with cut-off chassis #'s for each type.

Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:50 am

easy e wrote: I've had my wiper bases & arms mounted for a while & I'd combed my garage three or four times looking for a pair of NOS tri-blade wipers I tucked away. I finally found them hiding in the house & was happy to get them mounted. I don't know why... but I love the little chrome wiper caps. I think it's because they remind me of when I was a kid & chrome or anodized aluminum air valve caps were all the rage on BMX bikes in elementary & middle school.

I've got an NOS -'63 & an NOS '64-'67 one-eyed duck on the way from a friend over the pond ... looking forward to swapping the mounted one out... even though I believe it to be original. I'll do a little comparison & post info to a "one eyed duck thread"... with cut-off chassis #'s for each type.

just read your thread, nice buss and great color combo. i agree with greg, maybe a black pinstipe on the blue side. :wink:

Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:50 am

easy e wrote:

just read your thread, nice bus and great color combo!! please explain the baby powder usage. i agree with greg, maybe a black pinstripe on the blue side. :wink:

Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:27 pm

I got some more kinks worked out... finally got a pic in the sun.
Heading to Meet in the Middle, near Buellton/Solvang tomorrow... first get together since work started 3 years ago... whew!

Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:37 pm

Good for you! That Solvang area is pretty cool, can you drive there without getting on the freeway?

Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:12 pm

Thx! The park is ~45 mins via fwy... it is doable via HWY / smaller roads.
There's caravans going to the park... from the north & south. I'll jump in the conga line between the stops of San Luis Obispo & Santa Maria.

Sun Mar 22, 2015 4:38 am

Nice bus. I think a white pin stripe in the blue, single line, would look good and tie in the bumpers and emblem. Enjoy cruising!

Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:36 am

buseric wrote: Nice bus. I think a white pin stripe in the blue, single line, would look good and tie in the bumpers and emblem. Enjoy cruising!

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Sweet bus!

Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:09 am

easy e wrote: I don't know why... but I love the little chrome wiper caps. I think it's because they remind me of when I was a kid & chrome or anodized aluminum air valve caps were all the rage on BMX bikes in elementary & middle school.

Wow, that brought up a lot of memories. I used to love the caps too. Nice bus!

Sun May 31, 2015 10:01 pm

There hasn't been tons of progress in the past couple months... wedding stuff. Yep, got hitched!... next project will be a vert ghia for the missus.

I've been working on getting the rear panels installed + bubble wrap.
The forward wood ceiling piece was set back a little too far... because the cab ceiling cards were a fuzz too long. You can see a little bit of the forward wood bow & shouldn't be able to. I had to trim either the rear of the cab cards or the forward part of the wood ceiling panel. When looking at the rear metal ceiling bow & with the wood ceiling panel installed... the panel was sitting a little far back, so I opted to get it to sit in the middle of the bow (trim forward part of ceiling panel). It turned out good. This next pic shows me scoring it in place (will be covered by the aluminum trim strip). Cutting it in place with a razor knife was a little sketchy... one slip & yikes!

Here's a shot of the passenger C pillar. I chamfered the top backside of the panels to let them fit up a little tighter to the ceiling inner drip rail. I just used a file & did it at about a 45 degree angle until the varnished part was getting close to being a knife edge.

I used #4 x 1/2" screws for most of the panels. This one seems like it has a lot of screws... but I was copying a '58 westy screw layout.

Looking back towards passenger rear corner...

I'm going to mount an ambulance nurse's jump seat to the driver's bulkhead. This seat is kinda short... so the table I use will need to be a bit wider than normal. I put in some extra backing for the table, just because I don't know exactly how long I'll make it. Wiring installed for clam shell lights.

I ripped some 1" x 1" wood to have the same profile as the pillars.

As I was going... I realized I didn't need those ripped pieces used as backing... to be pillar to pillar. They could just be long enough to catch the screws on layout.

The 1" x 1" board was the same offset as the tip of the pillar at the inner drip rail.

I used it as a guide when figuring out where to put the ripped backer.

The wall panels were an inch short of wall height. I didn't know this would be the case when I ordered them. Instead of having an ugly gap at the bottom... or ordering longer panels & varnishing again.... I decided to buy a 4' long piece of stainless J-Channel. I had some ambulance step rubber mat / split beetle running board mat (also available at OSH). I'll just use the mat at the bottom of the long wall to cover the gap... having it tucked into the upside down mounted J-Channel that I'll mount at the bottom of the long wall.... and just have a few inches run wild under the cargo mat. It'll look ok & provide a lateral toe kick when seated at the table.

Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:48 am

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Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:19 am

Beautiful work on the Panel Evan! Nice craftsmanship! I hope to get a closer look at it, and a ride someday.

Bill

Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:55 am

Nice work Evan! If you're going to run a cargo door escutcheon you might try finding the early type. The early Westies didn't use those, maybe run w/o it?

Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:18 am

Thx guys!

I did a little more poking around the Gallery, looking at the '56-'58 westys & didn't see any escutcheons on the cargo doors. I'll remove them. Thx Greg!

Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:13 am

The nurse seat idea sounds cool and making the table longer is something I plan also for my bus. I want to swivel around the drivers seat and have a table that meets up at the right distance when it faces backwards. Your wood paneling is awesome, hope to do the same!