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PostPosted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1960 kombi originally delivered to boston bought from Missouri
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 5:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

finally got the 1959 DD walk thru down to all original paint:

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! Applause amazing SWR and dbl door to boot!.. Again wow!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 8:25 am    Post subject: dd Reply with quote

Love that DD !!
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

wow, just wow.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I finally got the drivers side buffed out (as promised back on page eight) and got the rear bumper blade end straightened out too!

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Hey Bill,thats an absolute beauty!you should post some more pics of it.

I really miss my old swr 60'dd, im building a 54'dd now,it was delivered in primer so kind of free-ish on paint choice so wondered what everyone else would think of painting a barndoor panel in swr?would it look out of place? it will be a stock build.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LJay wrote:
BulliBill wrote:
I finally got the drivers side buffed out (as promised back on page eight) and got the rear bumper blade end straightened out too!

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Bill


Hey Bill,thats an absolute beauty!you should post some more pics of it.

I really miss my old swr 60'dd, im building a 54'dd now,it was delivered in primer so kind of free-ish on paint choice so wondered what everyone else would think of painting a barndoor panel in swr?would it look out of place? it will be a stock build.


I say go for it. You know it's going to look tits!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a before and after shot of my original SWR 1961 single cab.

As found:
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Now buffed, and cleaned up:
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice!
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My OG paint August of 61 Single cab showed up today and I assumed it was ruby red due to being a 62 model year. I waxed the original paint dash and it does not look like ruby red (My dads double cab is OG Ruby Red so I compared the two). The dash looks a lot lighter. Is it possible to have an OG SWR paint bus with fried eggs the bigger tail lights?
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AJBLAIR wrote:
My OG paint August of 61 Single cab showed up today and I assumed it was ruby red due to being a 62 model year. I waxed the original paint dash and it does not look like ruby red (My dads double cab is OG Ruby Red so I compared the two). The dash looks a lot lighter. Is it possible to have an OG SWR paint bus with fried eggs the bigger tail lights?


It is possible. Let's see some pictures. Check the headlight buckets for paint codes too.

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I just used water and a rag on the dash.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks SWR to me!
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My '60 panel w/ og engine
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I thinks its gonna buff out nice, just need to blend the new replacement doglegs, rocker, and nose.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a really cool transition bus! I hope you start a thread on it so we can see more.

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tahlequah wrote:
My '60 panel w/ og engine
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I thinks its gonna buff out nice, just need to blend the new replacement doglegs, rocker, and nose.


Are you running a "Bastard" 40hp motor?

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Missed bastard by a few months.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LJay wrote:
BulliBill wrote:
I finally got the drivers side buffed out (as promised back on page eight) and got the rear bumper blade end straightened out too!

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Bill


Hey Bill,thats an absolute beauty!you should post some more pics of it.

I really miss my old swr 60'dd, im building a 54'dd now,it was delivered in primer so kind of free-ish on paint choice so wondered what everyone else would think of painting a barndoor panel in swr?would it look out of place? it will be a stock build.


Ask and ye shall receive... before the sides were fully buffed out...

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Alongside my '67 Westy...

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Back in 2008 when the Panel was hired for the evening as a back-drop prop for an outside bar at a huge "Woodstock-themed" party...

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This '59 DD Panel was is the recipient of the first ever Matt Miller grey upholstery kit, installed in my driveway by Matt himself (I also have kit #2 and #3 in my '59 Double-Cab too)!

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An experiment in buffing vs. not-buffed. I taped off an area and went to town buffing the formerly chalky original paint . Quite a difference!

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Me in the cab inside my garage...

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In the garage with my Panel Bus and my '56 Ziegler-built fire department water pump powered by a VW 36hp industrial engine and my rather cool Ziegler German fire helmet with face shield ...

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After I finally got the drivers side buffed out, my '87 Westfalia Camper GL in the background...

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is one of my favorite threads, every time it pops up I find myself scanning back thru the whole 14 pages. The only way to make a SWR panel any better looking (IMHO) is if it has a White roof. Shocked
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's my '60 W/T...Not much SWR clinging to it, but it does have a white roof. Spent its entire life in the California high desert community of Yucca Valley.

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