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vwwestland
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 Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:23 am Post subject: Transforming my 1970 bus into a Walk-thru |
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Hello Thought some people might find this interesting...
Have a 1970 Kombi but wanted a Walk-thru in it. Found a donor and made it happen last week!
How it was:
Donor:
Transforming:
More info on this project on my website: http://www.vwwestland.nl
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Miguel Arroyo
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Woh, do you do paint and body work for a living? That came out better than taking it to a shop. Great work  |
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vwwestland
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| Miguel Arroyo wrote: |
| Woh, do you do paint and body work for a living? That came out better than taking it to a shop. Great work |
No Miquel.... I don't do that for a living. Thanx for the compliment!
Dennis
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samannac
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:08 am Post subject: Bench seat |
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You did a great job on those and all of the other metal work you did on your bus. Ive been thinking about making my bench seat into a walk through... At least now I have something to go off of. Great work!!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:04 am Post subject: |
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Killer! Now quit your day job. Keep us posted.
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Bub
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Yeah...that rocks. I was expecting some hackjob, you did excellent.
Can I have your old seats now? 
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Your work looks excellent, but makes me sad. I would have traded two walk-though buses for an OG non-walkthough. 
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vwwestland
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Thanx everyone!! 
and to others.. sorry for the hacking...  we just couldn't find a decent walk-thru bus for a normal price when we were looking to buy a bus.
and.. now I am thinking of quiting my day job... 
Greets Dennis
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Long-roofs
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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Well done! Making what you want (not hacking) works for me. I know of an original paint '70 deluxe that is a non-walk-thru. When I buy it, I have the donor.....
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steponmebbbboom
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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 Well, I came in here all revved up to tear you a new one, but I cant complain about that metalwork. Thanks for nothing!!! 
For the record, the non-walkthrough westies have the most killer combo cabinet Ive ever seen. I would LOVE, to have one. But that is a clean sectioning job you did. Gotta hand it to you, with all the hacked crap out there... |
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Reedm
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Great work.
But, what I want to know is. What happened to the Other bus. It looked clean. Tell me your making it a non-walk-thru.
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steponmebbbboom
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What is going on with this steering column? Is it telescopically adjustable or something? |
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What is going on with this steering column? Is it telescopically adjustable or something? |
It looks like a steering wheel lock that attaches to the column. Interesting....
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samannac
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| Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: Its the Vdub Club |
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It looks like a home made V-Dub Club!
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vwwestland
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This was no Westie bus but it is going to be our steel tent for the next meeting season!
At the steeringwheel there was a lock. That goes from the wheel to one of the pedals. it isn't connected to the column.
Sorry Donor bus is used by 4 people and it is gone now....
Did some other work on the bus yesterday evening.. got to keep on going..:
Home made V-dub club?? yess starting to look like it
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Thanx everyone!!
and to others.. sorry for the hacking... we just couldn't find a decent walk-thru bus for a normal price when we were looking to buy a bus.
and.. now I am thinking of quiting my day job...
Greets Dennis |
wow man! guess i have to jump on the band-wagon too! like most i gotta tell you, that is one of the BEST jobs iv'e seen in some time! but like somebody else said, i would've traded TWO walk throughs for an OG bench anyday! bay bench seats are rather uncommon. either way though, at least it's not a hack, you did a superb job!
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vwwestland
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I think there maybe more walk thru's overseas near you all then overhere in the Netherlands...
anyway thanks folks!
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I think there maybe more walk thru's overseas near you all then overhere in the Netherlands...
anyway thanks folks! |
Exactly. Over here in the states, walk-thru bay window (type 2a) are the norm. It's incredibly rare that we see a bench seat model. Around '68 VW no longer imported the single and double cab truck models due to restrictions imposed by the U.S. government. In fact, the only way that we have Bays here is that VW called them "station wagens"
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