TheSamba.com :: View topic - 1963 Panelvan build "Tyvanosaurus Wrecks"

Fri Feb 17, 2017 6:15 pm

I have to install that railing before I paint the gates on Funky Truck. The shoemaker's children have no shoes.

Front beam and transaxle numbers are February 1963. The engine is 1963 too. If this is a numbers matching bus maybe I should restore it.

Got a little creative to pull out the axle bearings.

Cleaning and arranging parts to go back in this order. Amazing that such beautiful parts are hidden in such an ugly bus.

No wonder all these internal parts are so good. It has only 24 thousand miles on it. :lol:

I'll bet the engine runs too.
Kurt

Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:00 pm

EverettB wrote:
Looks like the staircase has no railing?
Sorry, that's not up to code. :)

I've got a call into the city code enforcement office to report it.

Kurt, you're welcome.. :lol:

Joking..

Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:53 pm

glideking wrote: I have to install that railing before I paint the gates on Funky Truck. The shoemaker's children have no shoes.
Kurt

As a fellow nail bender, I can commiserate with this statement. The to-do list at my house is long.

glideking wrote: You guys crack me up. Keep the comments coming. I love this!
Kurt

If you promise to keep building buses and posting it in here, we promise to keep coming back for more.

Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:54 pm

mandraks wrote:

:shock:

Must know more.

Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:07 pm

^^^Something John Jones at KCW is working on with a former employee now working in Denver. An Idea for some lift through a triple RGB. One plus would be getting rid of the stink bug lift when starting in 1st.
I don't know what the current status is. I talked with John at BBB. He seemed uninterested in the project at that time. Time will tell.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 10:26 am

glideking wrote: ...transaxle numbers are February 1963.
When you get a chance, could you post a macro of the bellhousing build date casting?

plane_ben wrote: One plus would be getting rid of the stink bug lift when starting in 1st.
Ironically you would roll your diff as a Beetle though.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:46 pm

Transaxle is still in the bus and surrounded by flood water. Where do I look for the "build date casting"?

Blasted one RGB clean. Introducing our new mascot "Wrecks".

M code plate for the record.
Kurt

Sat Feb 18, 2017 5:44 pm

glideking wrote:

Front beam and transaxle numbers are February 1963. The engine is 1963 too. If this is a numbers matching bus maybe I should restore it.

No wonder all these internal parts are so good. It has only 24 thousand miles on it. :lol:
I'll bet the engine runs too.

M code plate for the record.

Kurt

green, there you have it! original paint ;)

Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:27 pm

glideking wrote: Where do I look for the "build date casting"?
Bellhousing inner face below the input seal.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:01 pm

glideking wrote:

Blasted one RGB clean. Introducing our new mascot "Wrecks".

Kurt

Wrecks ain't gonna be much help with the sanding with those short little arms.

Sat Feb 18, 2017 8:50 pm

cdennisg wrote:
Wrecks ain't gonna be much help with the sanding with those short little arms.

maybe he can help picking up the bill

Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:36 pm

Hey Kurt!

Nice Splitwindow again!

Why do you don`t restore the Samba? to easy? to mainstream?

Anyway i like this Thread and your work on a crusty Splitwindow again.

I buy a new Semaphore Projekt Bus too some Days ago, thinking to start a Tread about maybe...

-Christian

Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:23 am

Huetti_1989 wrote: Hey Kurt!
Why do you don`t restore the Samba? to easy? to mainstream?

Got that right. Go to a show, one would think that sambas were common. I restored that one almost 24 years ago. It did not need much metalwork. This panelvan is a challenge. Swapping a roof, how hard can it be? Truth be told I will probably be driving the samba before the panelvan. No shortage of hobbies. Handrail on steps... Funky Truck gates... Hang gliding... Editing videos... Photography... woodworking... Lemons racing... Scale model building...

Life is too short. Wake up in the morning and do what moves you.
Kurt

Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:51 am

mandraks wrote: cdennisg wrote:
Wrecks ain't gonna be much help with the sanding with those short little arms.

maybe he can help picking up the bill

I get it! :lol:

Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:18 am

His arms are not too short! He is helping cut the pop top off today.
Kurt

Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:53 pm

The fact that you had... readily available... tin snips small enough to fit a miniature T. rex hand is mild boggling.

Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:10 pm

Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:13 pm

Malokin Martin wrote: The fact that you had... readily available... tin snips small enough to fit a miniature T. rex hand is mind boggling.

Indeed!

Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:31 pm

glideking wrote:
Blasted one RGB clean.

Blasting already! Must have been in the mood! Before you know it, you'll be in the mood for grinding!

Have fun and do what moves you!
Bill

Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:37 am

BarryL wrote: When you get a chance, could you post a macro of the bellhousing build date casting?

18 1 23
If I read this right it says 18th, January, second shift, 1963
Kurt