Wolfsburg 56 Panel

billybob57 · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:19 pm Post subject:

Looking Good!!!! Applause

Keep it up youll be finished by next December.... Cool

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Split 66' · Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:23 pm Post subject:

phil1957 · Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:11 pm Post subject:

if someone is interested i also worked on the hand crank a while ago, some modifications were made by one of the previous owners but its now back to original specs

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hugheseum · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:09 am Post subject:

nice! its coming along........let me guess,the old owner made the crankstart handle longer? i only say this because im looking for a pooped crankstart handle to lengthen to clear my hurst bumper/exhaust............i would have traded you a nice unmolested handle for your long one,but murphys law in full effect
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Kommercial · Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:40 pm Post subject:

lol Adam you are the first person I thought of when I watched these pics lay out. Bummer

phil1957 · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:16 pm Post subject:

now i need some advise from the pro's. how could i fit the front inner valance without cuting the lower nose section? any tricks, how do you guys usualy do it?

Campy · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:13 pm Post subject:

At the factory, the nose panel was spot welded on last (lucky dogs). I wish that I hadn't done it but I cut off the bottom of the nose panel on my 1957 bus. It had a deep golf ball size dent at the bottom and a section of the crimp had been pushed in or I wouldn't have done it.
The problem that I saw was that that stupid taller outer panel sticks up behind the nose panel and has to be spot welded to the inner panel. All I could think of was that the two should be spot welded together, first, then shoved behind the nose panel and tack welded/spot welded from behind. Ideally, the nose panel should be off of the body in order to put the puzzle together.
I have removed two of those inner panels and, gee, was that fun.
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Slow Steve · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:57 pm Post subject:

Might want to ask this guy.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=445371

phil1957 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:36 am Post subject:

just recieved my last order from klassic fab Smile

now i have have everything to finish welding

thank you gerson

phil1957 · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:20 pm Post subject:

today i spent all day trying to fit the front inner valance, i dont khow why but it just wont align properly with the nose. i installed the pedal pan and it fits great with the valance and frame. the headlight carrier has the same shape as the valance but once on the bus they dont fit together???

anyone have this probleme before?

Terry Gaudet · Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject:

Hey Phil,

Wow, has it been 1 yr already. You sure have done alot of work to that bus.

We are all cheering you on. Go Phil Go !!!
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dawerks · Samba Member Joined: September 15, 2010 Posts: 2349

I think that's how the 3 parts of the Gerson's nose fit. They all need some type of tweaking (ahem) to make them co operate.

I was cruising along with the metal work as well, UNTIL the nose job!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4...p;start=60

There are my trials and tribulations and some hints if I may?

1) Has your bus been in an accident? If it has, then it will need more than minor tweaking to fix.
2) You might have to slice and dice the outter panel/nose or the inner one. More than one person had to do it, so it's not just me.
3) BUMPER BRACKETS!! Trust me, don't bother without them! You will really not be happy if you do all the work and nothing lines up. They help!
4) I can't help much on the ends as I got lucky and mine just lined up perfectly. But I can see that you have some non-perfect/damaged metal. The passenger side 'lip' right above the inner valance looks a bit messed up. That can interfere with how far back it needs to go.

I'm not a metal master so maybe someone else can chime in?

Also, the ends are going to flare out like in your pic. I put clamps on the end and started welding. It worked out good in the end Smile

phil1957 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:44 am Post subject:

sslosbergas · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 7:09 am Post subject:

NICE job looks very nice!

phil1957 · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject:

here are updates on the bus, intsaling the bumper brackets was really helpfull just had to modifie the inner valance a little and every thing lines up good even the pedal pan fits good

i even started instaling the inner doglegs, i only have one small problem, the inner dogleg hides behind the door in one spot. did any of you have the same problem?

phil1957 · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:26 pm Post subject:

so heres what i did this weekend

phil1957 · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:23 pm Post subject:

im curently working on the battery trays and i noticed the original does not have the same bracket for the battery strap than the KF one.... anyone on here have pics of a good original wolfsburg battery tray?

thanks

EverettB · Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject:

It looks like you have a Barndoor battery tray.
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