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joe56vw
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 Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:40 pm Post subject: '60 15w walkthru (not suitable for purist ;) ) |
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this bus started it's life as a '60 walkthru panel that had a tree fall on it about 10 years ago
about a year ago another friend of mine picked up this bus and desided it would be the prefect base for a 15w project
so he cut the top off a 15w from the maple valley find which was super rusty and not worth fixing
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'60 15 window walkthrough
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64+65doubledoor
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what colour are you painting it ?
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zozo
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| I'd be happy and proud to drive it. Nice saves. They both live on through one another. |
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slow36hp
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joe56vw
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| 64+65doubledoor wrote: |
| what colour are you painting it ? |
leaving it the color it is for now it just got paint about a year ago
scott- you know i love hacks they are more fun to rail the piss out of 
and i'm just an hour drive away if you want to check it out or wait til vintagemmet
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Stocknazi
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the only thing i would have done differently, if it was going to be that heavily modified, is to raise the taillight holes up to the earlier height
i don't understand why vw decided to lower the tailight position
imo high taillights look so much better; and they are more visable
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mandraks
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| Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:11 am Post subject: |
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i like it. I would sell the deluxe stuff, though, and make it a 15 window standard like they did in brazil. Get a gray panel kit from clara, done. let them scratch their heads at the shows 
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Clara 
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sweet!
Is it camping ready?
FWIW, here is the top half of that bus in 2007:
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mandraks
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| Clara wrote: |
sweet!
Is it camping ready?
FWIW, here is the top half of that bus in 2007:
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Clara, thank you for underscoring my point 15 window standard, no deluxe trim is where it is at
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joe56vw
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the plan so far is to do a mild drop and make it a reilable driver for now
this winter i will turn it into a '56 ish era bus with all the correct part and look
haven't decide on paint or trim yet that part is several months away
inside i already have a cab set from clara and the rest will be the wood panels with a z-bed
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joe56vw
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got a few mor pics of it today
tried to get the motor to run better but then decided it wasn't worth it right now
might just steal the motor from my bug so i can get it to vintagemeet
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joe56vw
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mandraks
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very nice, i'll take one please?
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Muthashabubu
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How is this bus looking these days?
Any other mods? Have you been driving it? |
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joe56vw
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How is this bus looking these days?
Any other mods? Have you been driving it? |
I injured both my knees last june so nothing has really been done to it
I did collect all the pieces I need to build a engine for it and have starting cleaning and mocking it up
but i'm still not 100% and can only work out there about an hour or so a day so it's going very slowing 
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imf222
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:31 am Post subject: Wreck |
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Hi Do you still have the wreck of the oher car. I am looking for some walk thru parts....
Ron |
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joe56vw
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:40 am Post subject: Re: Wreck |
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Hi Do you still have the wreck of the oher car. I am looking for some walk thru parts....
Ron |
I am not the one who did the transplant of these buses the trailer pics are of how I got it and the top was a bench seat bus anyways
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RPGreg2600
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| Clara wrote: |
sweet!
Is it camping ready?
FWIW, here is the top half of that bus in 2007:
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Clara, thank you for underscoring my point 15 window standard, no deluxe trim is where it is at |
Doesn't look that bad? What was so rusty? Still see dog leg and rocker panel intact? |
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