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volkswouter
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 Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:46 am Post subject: 54 BD Barnfind.. |
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After 40 years ,tis 54 was towed out of his garage. The car is complete ,all the parts are there! Tis all hapened about 5 weeks ago!
The past owner gave the car away ,under 1 condition it had to be restored properly.
This is how the car was found ,after cleaning it`s garage.
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thebucket
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volkswouter
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| thebucket wrote: |
Nice, so what are the plans? Looks a little rough, but do-able.  |
The new owner is going to restore it back to original ,with the sign writing and all.
All the correct and original parts are there : engine , bumpers , taillights ,reflectors and so on.
It`s in a rough shape ,but the new owner got all the tools in his own company to reproduce sheet metal. It`s a big chalenge for him ,but with some time it will be done the wright way. |
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Area51
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| It was impressive to see what kind of machines he has in his workshop. |
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RockStock
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cool, great to see. cheap!
portugese?
much cooler to keep the og signwriting? rather that redo? flakey white paint tho?
what was it used for? 'Indian and Chinese' food ingredients? 
more pinstriping for scotty...
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Love the pic of it when found gets the heart beating faster 
Cool storey easy project but would try and keep some of the og-ness about it |
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Area51
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| No, it's an orginal dutch barndoor with handpainted signwritting. The shape of the body is to far gone to save the side panels, so the owner has two options .. do it properly, or don't do it at all. The bus will be restored in original condition, and the handpainted panels will be safely stored, and will be used in the future as 'templates' to put the signwritting back on. |
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49barndoor
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Not that much to do on those sides your mate must be crazy  |
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Area51
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| No, he's not crazy, just realistic |
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surfindo
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HMMMMM theres good sign, somewhere here in holland theres BD or split in a barn waiting, but where  |
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49barndoor
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| Area51 wrote: |
| No, he's not crazy, just realistic |
Standing at the side of that bus with a Stihl saw ready to cut the whole sides out looks crazy to me.
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Area51
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| 49barndoor wrote: |
| Standing at the side of that bus with a Stihl saw ready to cut the whole sides out looks crazy to me. |
True .. why use a saw if you have a plasma cutter in you're shop  |
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49barndoor
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| Area51 wrote: |
| 49barndoor wrote: |
| Standing at the side of that bus with a Stihl saw ready to cut the whole sides out looks crazy to me. |
True .. why use a saw if you have a plasma cutter in you're shop |
 Your avin me on  |
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Skim
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niiiice
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musclebus
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I can't see much wrong with those og sides  .....maybe its just me?
I sure would have liked to have been given this baby
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Scotty
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 10:46 am Post subject: |
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Really cool find!
For me, localised repairs to the sills etc and keeping the og sign writing would be much cooler than a full on resto, but then it's not my bus.
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Leica356
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Why do the side panels on this bus need to be replaced??????? |
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RockStock
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| Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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top example of a signwritten bus with localised repairs
would it be as cool if the signwriting had all been redone 
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Sweet Rides
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I can honestly see no reason at all why the whole sides have to be replaced. I`ve repaired much worse than this on newer, not anywhere near as rare - or signwritten!, buses.
Am I missing something? Apart from the usual rust in the bottoms the sides look fine to me |
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Leica356
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| What a buzz kill, for a bus like that to be unearthed only to suffer a fate such as that. This is how a good thing turns bad. |
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