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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:45 pm Post subject: Green apple monster rebuild thread |
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Instead of doing numerous posts or adding to congested posts I'll slap my pics and progress on my 73 here. It's a green apple/lime green color combo that's pretty rare as far as I know. If you or any one else you know has a simular painted bus please post it!! I think that these busses are rediculously ugly to the point that they just need to be saved to prove that, yes they were built (kinda like the golf harlequins? wtf were they thinking?) Progress is going to be slow due to 2 kids, a wife, a mortgage- yada yada....broke as hell....etc. I do hope to have it pretty this year and cross country ready by 2010. Right now I have the engine pulled to put a new set of mounts in and repair 30+ years worth of cooling tin butchery. I got the 1700 running pretty well before pulling so I'm not going to dig into that just yet when there's bigger problems ahead. The doors, glass and seals are all out in prep for sheet metal repair, starting with doglegs.
_________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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Yondermtn Samba Member
Joined: November 21, 2007 Posts: 609 Location: Illinois
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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Nice. Love that color combo |
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onion456 Samba Member
Joined: September 09, 2006 Posts: 674 Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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ive found that green apple air freshener works quite well in my green bus =D _________________ '76 Sage Green Westy 2.0 FI
'76 Creamsicle 7-passenger 2.0 CS FI
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Very cool. I too like the paint color. Keep us posted. _________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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Desertbusman Samba Member
Joined: June 03, 2005 Posts: 14655 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Green apple monster rebuild thread |
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chazz79 wrote: |
I think that these busses are rediculously ugly to the point that they just need to be saved to prove that, yes they were built (kinda like the golf harlequins? wtf were they thinking?) |
I think they are some of the best looking vehicles on the road. They look practical and usable. Not like about everything else. Nothing these days looks bigger on the inside than on the outside. _________________ 71 Superbug
71 Westy |
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gmag69 Type2 Nutcase
Joined: January 13, 2006 Posts: 1941 Location: northwest PA
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:56 am Post subject: |
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I like that color combo as much as I like the Champagne Edition combo colors and I like Champagne Editions They just scream 70's.
_________________ Check out my Westy resto. thread.
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Djembejim Samba Member
Joined: April 20, 2008 Posts: 282 Location: Memphis, TN
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Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:03 am Post subject: |
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I love the colours!
Wasn't it called like shamrock shake special edition though? Or something similar? _________________ 1973 Bay Window - Maggie the Magical Mystery Bus
"If you find yourself lost in the woods--F it--Build a house. You will improve your predicament significantly." |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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I have to wait until spring before I can get into the ford 2.3 swap so I thought I'd get down to the menial things that most bay'ers do like-
Por15'in the floor (along with welding in a floor patch)
Then putting some fat mat all over the place
This is roughly 50 square feet of the 100 square kit they sell on ebay for 100.00 I'm pretty happy with the difference in tone so far but I'll probobly buy another kit to make it as quiet as possible. I've got the other 50 sqare roll set aside and I'll wait until I get my engine positioned and radiator situated before I install anything in the back package area. Fat mat isn't nearly as thick as some of the dynamat scraps I've got laying around, but is sure beats nothing (vw's stock sound dampening method).
I pulled the trans to size up the adaptor for hardware because I'd like to still be able to remove the starter when it's installed (the supplied bolts won't allow that). The three rib is fine by me as with a 29 inch tire 4th gear should give me 65mph at 3400rpm. I'd like a better cruising rpm but I'll make do.
_________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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Riguy718 Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2008 Posts: 370 Location: Nampa, ID
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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I cant get enough of that Green. I think i might paint my bus that color this summer...
Good luck on the build! _________________ First Vehicle:
Bil(bo) 1970 Westy Stock [1600DP]
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Buscuss Samba Member
Joined: January 09, 2007 Posts: 282 Location: in the waiting room, Central Coast
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:30 am Post subject: green apple monster.... |
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Anyone have the paint L codes for that '73? _________________ WTB swivel table hdwr.
'73 Safare poptop
A society is as lax as its language. |
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panic_fan Samba Member
Joined: April 21, 2008 Posts: 711 Location: Mcdonough GA
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gmag69 Type2 Nutcase
Joined: January 13, 2006 Posts: 1941 Location: northwest PA
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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panic_fan wrote: |
So is that really a factory color option? |
That was a 1 year only option.
I'd say the top is Bali Yellow/L62H
The bottom looks like a custom color of a lighter sage green maybe? Don't know just my $.02 _________________ Check out my Westy resto. thread.
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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glen thompson Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2005 Posts: 128 Location: South West Lower Mi.
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Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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I like the front bumper . _________________ 1976 Sage Green Westfalia 2.0 FI , 1979 Transporter
1974 Beetle
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Orangeena Samba Member
Joined: February 06, 2008 Posts: 133 Location: Berkshire - UK
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 3:50 am Post subject: |
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chazz79,
I solved this problem on my bus using some trim for edging steps
and 'L' cross-section aluminium. I wrote this up in a post a few months back.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2...mp;start=0
Here is a photo of the finished job. I am very pleased with it.
Cheers
Max _________________ 1973 Bay in L20B
- Originaly a panel van
- Partial Westy Interior
- Viking Spacemaker roof
- Slider of a donor bus
- Doors imported from Australia
- 22nd Owner ! |
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'm tearing my riviera top off now and thought I'd post more pics and dimension for the others that are converting too.
The hole dimension for a riviera are 8.5 inches up from the drip rail on both sides. Follow both top ribs just aft of the drivers area and just fore of the rear seat and cut along those. The hole is basically the same location as a sunroof, just inside the slider door.
Don't hate on me for trashing this bus. The entire front clip is garbage and I bought it as a rolling shell that someone else had already taken the good parts off of. One must die so that others will live..... _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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chazz79 Samba Member
Joined: August 15, 2008 Posts: 2268 Location: ohio
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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The wheather has been nice so I pulled the bus out to cut up the roof. The good news is that I can clear my garage door opening as long as someones holding the door all the way up and a driver is sitting in it, otherwise clearance is a huge issue. The hole is cut and the bed installed. I have to wait until tommorrow for a few buddies to help lift the top up there.
The box on the floor behind the driver is my water "furnace". It's a self contained heater. The fan will be controlled the rotary knob on the dash and the stock cables are being relocated to cotrol flaps in the box. It'll still backfeed some hot air through the drivers door (my bus has the flow through armrests) so I can have suitable defrost. _________________ One day as a lion, or a lifetime as lamb
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rivifunbus78 Samba Member
Joined: January 27, 2009 Posts: 222 Location: Ashland Oregon
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:18 am Post subject: |
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How hard is this swap to do? I have two of these that I am waiting to do. What is your plan for the headliner? You will love the Rivi it is the best top out there, our last bus had one and I will put one on every bus I own from here on out.
What is it secured to the roof with?
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jttosh Samba Member
Joined: May 16, 2004 Posts: 451 Location: Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 7:34 am Post subject: |
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Where in Ohio are you? _________________ "listening for the secret,searching for the sound" |
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