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kenshapiro2002
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| Flux core is all in use. Never even tried gas, so crappy looks good to me! Lol |
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BusJunky
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Location: Norwalk, ohio
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I got the lower windshield fixed. I bent all the pieces in my bench top vise and fixed it by hand out of sheet steel.
Then i rebuilt the inner and outer valance by hand. Turned out perfect other then the seam in the middle. Filler primer will hide that. Then i boxed it all in. Also got the driver side lower dogleg rebuilt.
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BusJunky
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Location: Norwalk, ohio
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Then i started in on a narrowed adjustable beam. Got that built painted and installed. All of my heater tubes were removed or rotted away at some point. So i fixed that with a 10' piece of exhaust flex pipe i picked up for $10  not correct, but it gets the job done.
I made some custom door cards while i was it and polished up a pair of 1958 Bug door handles. The 67 only plastic ones were kinda chincy. Ill save em for later tho in case i decide to restore it completely one day. Ya never know with todays bus market...
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BusJunky
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BusJunky
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Got a 68 longaxle bug trans installed. Flushed the fluids and new axle boots. Nothing special. Widefive Aaron is building the spindles and springplates. Great guy and i recommend him if your considering lowering your bus.
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BusJunky
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Got my backing plates and drums all cleaned up and painted. I honed and rebuilt the og german wheel cylinders. New hardware, new pads. Just getting things together. Also got a new master installed. I got to run the new hardlines yet. All new soft lines as well.
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BusJunky
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| Flux core is all in use. Never even tried gas, so crappy looks good to me! Lol |
Thank you, Ken! Btw i seen your add on craigslist looking for more information about your bus i like to do a national search every now and again looking for a bus deal.
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kenshapiro2002
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Location: Bawlmer Hon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Flux core is all in use. Never even tried gas, so crappy looks good to me! Lol |
Thank you, Ken! Btw i seen your add on craigslist looking for more information about your bus i like to do a national search every now and again looking for a bus deal. |
Yeah...already found one PO with that Craig's List ad.
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BusJunky
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| kenshapiro2002 wrote: |
| Flux core is all in use. Never even tried gas, so crappy looks good to me! Lol |
Thank you, Ken! Btw i seen your add on craigslist looking for more information about your bus i like to do a national search every now and again looking for a bus deal. |
Yeah...already found one PO with that Craig's List ad. |
I may have to use that idea lol.
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left_coast*9
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Then i started in on a narrowed adjustable beam. Got that built painted and installed. All of my heater tubes were removed or rotted away at some point. So i fixed that with a 10' piece of exhaust flex pipe i picked up for $10 not correct, but it gets the job done.
I made some custom door cards while i was it and polished up a pair of 1958 Bug door handles. The 67 only plastic ones were kinda chincy. Ill save em for later tho in case i decide to restore it completely one day. Ya never know with todays bus market...
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Love the project man - sweet! A would you mind talking about how you did your beam a bit? Are the cross tubes Og? Who did your side plates? How did you make sure they were welded on squarely?
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BusJunky
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Then i started in on a narrowed adjustable beam. Got that built painted and installed. All of my heater tubes were removed or rotted away at some point. So i fixed that with a 10' piece of exhaust flex pipe i picked up for $10 not correct, but it gets the job done.
I made some custom door cards while i was it and polished up a pair of 1958 Bug door handles. The 67 only plastic ones were kinda chincy. Ill save em for later tho in case i decide to restore it completely one day. Ya never know with todays bus market...
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Love the project man - sweet! A would you mind talking about how you did your beam a bit? Are the cross tubes Og? Who did your side plates? How did you make sure they were welded on squarely? |
thanks man! The tubes are original, narrowed 4" with beam adjusters added. The side plate came from "detroit johnny" here on the samba. Actually widefive Aaron gave them to me, but i think detriot makes them. Nice quality stuff. Anyhow, after i cut the old beam up and got the tubes where they needed to be, i then bolted the end plates back onto my bus and used the bus itself and my jig/fixture. Then i slid the tubes into place and lined everything up nice and square. I gave it a bunch of nice hot tacks then pulled it back off and welded it solid. Easy peasy!
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Started in on the passenger side lower windshield repair. Got it all cut out.
Then using 20g sheet steel and a 12" ruler i cut strips out 12"x1" basically i laid the ruler on the steel and used it as a templet.
Then i took the pieces and clamped them in my vise leaving 3/8" out the top. I used a hammed and smacked them flat creating a 90 degree bend.
Heres what it looked like when i was done.
Then with a cut off wheel i made slices in the leg and formed the radius. I pre-formed it and then welded the slices solid and sanded them off. I ran out of time today to finish it. All of it has new steel now. Ill weld it out and post pics tomorrow.
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BusJunky
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Widefive sent me a text last night and has my springplates done. Spindles were on deck. Nice looking beads there, Aaron! My welds look like shit  of course im using a 110v and flux and half rusted steel is no condition for clean, nice welds.
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aah57
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Nice work! What did you use to buff the OG paint?
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BusJunky
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| Nice work! What did you use to buff the OG paint? |
Thank you! I used 3m rubbing compound and a wool wheel on a low speed buffer/polisher. After i washed the bus i wet sanded the whole thing with 2000grit before i buffed it out.
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BusJunky
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I painted the window frame. After the donor roof was welded in and the and all the welding work up the pillars, i kinda had to. It's a tad to bright, but after i wet sand it and it gets dirty a few times, it'll match up. I used no filler. Just filler primer. Theres dents, dings and scratches all over. Its more suiting to have them in the frame too lol.
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thericklang
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| Yeah! Looks like your going to be ready for CTS this year!! |
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