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Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:21 am

Looking good..

Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:29 am

On tuesday started by soaking the hinges on this engine lid , and finding all the hinge parts and screws oiut of the engine lid piece

Thu Mar 11, 2021 6:32 am

wednesday march 10th repaired this left hinge part
before pics

had to design and make this inside part and weld it together

After

Had to make up some pieces to make it fit

I had the hinge carrier measured out gotta try the lid later.

Sat Mar 13, 2021 7:39 am

Fridays work attacthed inner fender well and attached left rear corner.

before there was nothing

after

Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:08 am

Not much to save there by the looks of things. Did you replace the entire rear corner with new metal as one piece. Do you have a picture of after the repair?

Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:05 pm

I think that is after...

Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:15 pm

Original left rear corner is attached as planned .

Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:46 pm

saturdays progress installed left tool tray , it holds drinks sometimes too

Sat Mar 13, 2021 3:49 pm

to those who were worried about the frame chassis . it has a solid chassis it was towed out of 50km.s of trail already it was pretty solid before It had a few pieces of double frame welded in to support the storage items. It is way beyond the strength it should be for the storage items we are using it for.

Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:55 am

any updates? it's been three weeks with no new info or progress pics.

Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:27 pm

nothing new yet out of funds for now..

Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:21 pm

I know you're keen to get this thing back together, I get it, but you're obviously also keen to have it somewhat proper, else you wouldn't be buying repair panels where you could just lay in a bit of sheet steel.

Your welds are noticeably better now than they were at the start of the build, so while you're waiting for funds for the next load of panels why not see if you can just get a load of scrap panels for free and practise cutting them in half and welding them back together again? Maybe get a selection of stuff ie some that body panel thickness, some that's chassis thickness?

I'm about to embark on learning to weld too, so I'm in the same boat, and in my mind, I've laid down a bead with my mate's supervision, I've watched a fair few youtube vids and read a few resto threads - how hard can it be? Well, I'm going to find out how hard it can be on a few bits of metal that a) I don't mind trashing and b) aren't attached to anything so I can look at both sides to see how well my welds have penetrated and give it a good old whack with a BFH so see if it's actually got any strength.

Short version - with the amount of welding that needs doing on this bus you're going to get good at it, but by then you might wish you'd got a little better before attempting some of the earlier repairs.

Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:24 pm

https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/cambridge/196...ios_social
:roll:

Tue Apr 13, 2021 4:51 pm

Birdmanhere wrote: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-classic-cars/cambridge/1962-volkswagen-splitwindow-kombi/1560993288

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1962 volkswagen splitwindow kombi
$25,000.00

Description
1962 vw splitwindow bus youtube movie prop and storage unit. Great patina ready for restoration or use asis for youtube movie prop.

It could become a 23 window with a little work if you wanted.

its a restoration project..

open to reasonable offers $25,000 or best offer asis or $125,000 restored to new

includes:
-set of better shape front doors
-rebuilt 40hp 1962 engine
-has ownership
-new outer rocker panels
-frame mostly restored better than most
-has new battery trays
-all glass there
-mostly complete
-includes westy rear seat
-other feature no bondo on car to hide anything.
-will need front fenders, lower front nose , front floor, rear floors, and outer rockers installed also needs brakes and engine installed
-has great patina if you washed it the outside would be a nice swr red color as its painted in a water based paint to protect it from the elements
-will give a huge discount to the person who installs brakes in it and the engine and drives it out of the back.
-includes all new metal with it at $25,000 asking price and new brakes and new gas tank, and other parts to complete

make a great farm vehicle or offroader. Currently makes a great storage shed. sadly need to sell or i'd keep it..

Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:16 pm

Unbelievable Erwin.

Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:45 pm

i knew this thread would eventually have a punchline... his bay window threads usually do

now all he needs is someone to give him 25k for it....or someone dumb enough to drop 125 for him to finish the 'resto'

oh, my fuckin head :lol:

Fri Apr 16, 2021 2:02 am

Wow...

Fri Apr 16, 2021 8:32 am

what a clown. How has this guy made it this far in life with any measure of success?

Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:02 pm

that is current samba pricing not overpriced in cad dollars. in this condition
Have a few ppl interested in the bus.

better act fast if you want to grab it..

Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:29 pm

sled wrote: what a clown. How has this guy made it this far in life with any measure of success?

Agree, but he’s no different than most of the other bus flippers that inhabit this site. With the possible exception that he actually unloaded it off his trailer and touched a welder to it before trying to sell it for 10x what he paid. The question is, what’s worse.....to do nothing to improve a rusty, structurally compromised bus before flipping it, or weld it up just barely enough to give some future buyer a false sense that it’s safe to drive around ?