my 68 westy restore ~ Desdemona

ccederholm · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:21 pm Post subject: my 68 westy restore ~ Desdemona

hey there! im a long time vw lover since i watched herbie movies when i was a kid. which wasnt too long ago i guess. but i wanted to start this for mostly photos or if i'm doing something wrong or you guys saw something that i could be doing better. a little back story. i bought this 68 camper in san diego when i was 16 as my first car and shipped home to just south of boston (thanks mom and dad!). i only kept up with the routine maintenance back then and i was lucky to do that. young and dumb you know. unfortunately the past years she has just sat waiting. i'm 27 now and i've held onto her for all these years and have zero plans to ever get rid of her. finally it seems life has given me time and the needed skills to do a full restore. her name is desdemona after the allman brothers song. thanks for looking!

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i have many more she's ready for media blast now but i didnt want to put too many in one post.

rustbus · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:35 pm Post subject:

nice, my bus was my first vehicle at 17 and i never throught of selling it either.

mom would always say, " pote tha to poulisis to folksvagen" which is greek for "when are you going to sell the bus" she would also call it a "pat pat" cause thats the noise it made. i would never really answer that question...

anyhow, im like you , never sold, and brought it out of storage 10 yrs later!

so how far are you taking this thing? full ground up?

if i ever get my own garage i will tear mine down like you're doing there

please keep posting loads of pics!
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ccederholm · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:43 am Post subject:

thanks! yah its been a long time coming. when i bought my house the only thing i really wanted was a garage for this purpose.

the PO turned this thing into a bondo baby and alot of hack jobs. so im going for it. back to bare steel!

im ready for media blast. just waiting for the cash for a rotisserie and the blasting it self.

ned · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

I sure do admire you east coast guys. Bringing that thing back is great to see. You do know that you are ahead of the curve by putting that much time into a Bay window. Looks Good.

aeromech · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 11:36 am Post subject:

Power brakes, nice. Did the previous owner do that?
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ccederholm · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:07 pm Post subject:

yah somewhere along the line someone put disks up front. defiantly happy it happened!

every time i turn i turn around it seems i find another section of rust! but i guess thats what happens with our northeast winters.

Mountain Minstrel · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject:

I just love California Cool

Even after 20 years sitting on a mountain side my bus had very little rust I needed to deal with.
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AB westy nut · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject:

This would make a great Halloween costume!

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78Kombi · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject:

ahh nothing like sunning yer buns eh?
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ccederholm · Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject:

Yah I thought buying it from san diego would have saved me from some rust. Turns out after checking the m-code it originally was destained for New York. So who knows where its been.

That would be an amazing costume! Especially if you wired working lights!!

cool karmann collected · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:54 am Post subject:

Damn! I wish I was allowed to curl up on the rug by the fire whilst doing my beam R n R Wink

ccederholm · Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:44 pm Post subject:

i wish i was sunning my buns instead of shoveling all this white stuff with more to come. Boo hoo!

hahahaaa.

good thing i can curl up w/ my front end by the wood stove Razz

!!

ccederholm · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:38 am Post subject:

thought id add some new pics. we all love pics!! Very Happy

sorry about the out of focus ones my camera was acting up

sgarvin · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject:

thewalrus · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:42 am Post subject:

Good to see another fellow Mass resident fixing up a Vdub. I was 17 when I bought my bus too. Small world Cool

Make sure you make it over to Stans TransporterFest in Brookline in October and the 2 CT shows in June and August. Always a good time
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ccederholm · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:47 am Post subject:

ha thats great garvin!

i know walrus we're far and few it seems now adays. ive tried to make it to brookline the past couple yrs and something has always come up. ill do my best to get down to CT. im sure its a blast!!

thewalrus · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:02 am Post subject:

TransporterFest is ALWAYS worth it but, it packs in quickly so get there early if you're showing. I always miss Litchfield because of family stuff but Terryville makes up for it in August. Lots of good parts and it's nice to see the New England VW community
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ccederholm · Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject:

got some more things accomplished. made a bracket for the motor to fit on the harbor freight engine stand.

i also decieded to work on the underside of the pop-top. started by filling in the gap that sbetween the wood and the side of the top with insta-foam and then fiberglassed over it.

also filled in the vent hole. it didnt come with the outside cover and also no stove. so no need for the vent.

repaired a corner too!

then after some sanding and cleaning a coat of white primer.

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jumbovalu · Samba Member Joined: August 05, 2005 Posts: 1

Chris it was nice meeting you at the Vibes. can't wait to see the rotisserie in action!!!

Craig

ccederholm · Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:09 pm Post subject: rotisserie

Craig great to meet you as well!! hope to see ya next summer with my own bus!! some photos sorry to those whom it takes forever to load up.
fresh klassic fab parts!!

some of the rotisserie build photos!!

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