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staceyz
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 Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Nice Work, did that vintage speed muffler fit with the pressed bumper, or did you cut the tip?
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BarryL 
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:26 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| That thing belongs in The Smithsonian. |
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Don66bus
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Cleaned the roof. Usually when I wash the bus, I ignore the roof. Being short, it takes a ladder for me to do a proper job. My mechanic shamed me into it when he was talking about repainting the roof of his Vanagon, so it would look shinier. I guess that all this time tall people, those with second stories, and ferry pilots have been all been noticing the nice bus with a dirty roof. I do get scratches now and then when sliding the canoe on top (with foam pads). |
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thom
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Joined: October 12, 2000
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| staceyz wrote: |
| Nice Work, did that vintage speed muffler fit with the pressed bumper, or did you cut the tip? |
I punted and installed a repro stock muffler for now
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Actually drove it to the local cars-and-coffee last weekend
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70bus
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Joined: July 15, 2004
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Location: P.O.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Did you at least clean the one 'complying-with-the-law!' safari you had installed?
I am curious, as i considered buying a stainless exhaust from those folks - is it something about your bus that made getting the thing to fit properly impossible, or did they just screw up? Lot of money for a part that doesn't fit w/out modification$.
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70 Neunsitzer
65 Pritschenwagen
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| 70bus wrote: |
| I am curious, as i considered buying a stainless exhaust from those folks - is it something about your bus that made getting the thing to fit properly impossible, or did they just screw up? Lot of money for a part that doesn't fit w/out modification$. |
I'm not sure. I think it might be the part itself, since it's a very significant dimensional issue. I've emailed them and sent pix, but haven't heard back yet. If you look closely at one of the pix of the other guy who used one of these mufflers on a bus, you can see the support is interfering with the apron.
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thom
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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People bash on California all the time for various reasons, but it's probably the easiest state in the Union to register an old car
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pondoras box
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Location: Eerie PA
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2025 8:45 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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South Carolina will pretty much let you register anything no questions asked and gas is like 2.50 a gallon. I miss the dirty south.
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1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
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1957 Oval ragtop
1960 hardtop
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1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion
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thom
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:12 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Spent the entire day sanding and polishing the nose trim, then installed it, and added the insert. My fingers are literally bleeding.
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panel
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Location: Victoria B.C. Canada
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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thom , what grit of paper ? Wet sand ?
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BarryL
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| thom wrote: |
| My fingers are literally bleeding. |
Work your fingers to the bone...what d'ya get? Boney Fingers. |
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pondoras box
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 4:49 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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They’re not my fingers so I can’t say for sure, but it looks like it was worth the effort.
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Looking for anything from Hal Casey Motors out of Hamburg New York, from license plate surrounds to matchbooks.
1961 23 Window (Bobo)
1965 11 Window (Zelda). https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=563183
1965 13 Window (Lucas)
1957 Oval ragtop
1960 hardtop
1964 hardtop
1965 hardtop
1988 Cabriolet VR6 conversion
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thom
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Location: Sacramento
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 12:08 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| panel wrote: |
| thom , what grit of paper ? Wet sand ? |
First I used a small file to clean up any really rough spots, particularly on the back side where it would contact the paint. Then I used a scotch-brite and degreaser to clean everything. For sanding, I used 600, 800, 1000, and 1500 - all wet. Then I buffed it with Enkay White Diamond, and finished it with Enkay Blue. I could have sanded some more and removed more imperfections, but that would also mean sacrificing more of the original metal. The are the original trim strips for this bus, so I leaned to the conservative side.
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1956 Single Cab
1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
1957 23-Window Deluxe
1957 Mercedes Westfalia single cab
1963 Unimog 404
1965 E-Type
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thom
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 12:10 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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I installed a ]Butty's Bits accelerator pedal linkage, and it made a huge difference. I might retrofit one to my single cab, too.
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1957 Porsche 356A Sunroof
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peecee69
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thom
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 6:43 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| I'm interested to hear how the pedal linkage works. |
The fundamental principle and geometry is the same, but instead of the pivot points being holes in the pedal and the frame that have been there for 50+ years, it incorporates ball ends and bearings for the pivots, which takes out all of the slop. The icing on the cake is the add-on spring, which takes over some of the effort from the spring on the carb. A common problem I've had is the carb spring didn't always close the throttle, so you'd have to do a quick blip to get it to close.
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Murt
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 6:46 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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I fitted the Butty’s Bits throttle linkage to my Bus a couple of weeks back, and it is Night and Day better, would recommend 
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BarryL
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Is the force your foot has to press down and vary the hold-down increased? |
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Who.Me?
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Location: UK (South)
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2025 2:05 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| BarryL wrote: |
| Is the force your foot has to press down and vary the hold-down increased? |
I didn't notice any extra force being necessary when I fitted one. I think the bulk of the improvement is the return spring that holds to the cross member. Maybe try fitting a spring first. If it works for you, but the kit and get the excuse improvement of the joints.
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