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The Rascals Cats Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 63 Location: France
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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amazing rescue and really good job by Jeff .. again ... Crazy home made parts for BDs .... _________________ Building my automotive dreams ....
Also i'm proud to be a " Rascal cat"...
www.therascalscats.com Follow us daily on IG @therascalscats |
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Aspro Samba Member
Joined: September 01, 2012 Posts: 70 Location: Australia & UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:16 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Great story Ben I don't know how you keep doing it.
You could find a steamy dog turd with a VIN tag sticking out of it and somehow transform it into an amazing bus. Hats off to you mate.
By the way, 4 Barndoors is just plain greedy.
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Huetti_1989 Samba Member
Joined: February 13, 2011 Posts: 1135 Location: Austria
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ian macdowall Samba Member
Joined: September 02, 2007 Posts: 114 Location: Devon, England
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:31 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Thanks for sharing Ben, some great fabrication skills and work too !
I still think you guys are crazy though _________________ '51 Beetle Deluxe
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Touch Nicks Thing Samba Member
Joined: May 21, 2003 Posts: 2029 Location: Alexandria, VA
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:55 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Wicked save, can't wait to see the outcome. |
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RHD Notch Samba Member
Joined: April 06, 2007 Posts: 1412 Location: Joshua Tree, CA
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Damn...Shaking my head the entire read. Would've killed a group of average guys. Congrats. Keep the pics coming! _________________
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I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
campingbox wrote: |
I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Thanks a lot guys
So last week we had to try and work out what to do with the front end, because what's left is a bit of a mess!!!
Still some major parts that we hope to use and so the front lump was dragged into the shop for the strip down to begin
This bus really does need breaking down into its component parts in order to repair them and reassemble them, there's just no way to try and repair these panels in situ. Off with the front then ..... for now
and then tear this apart ...... carefully! ...... to see what else we can salvage
and finally a pile of vaguely useful stuff to start working on!
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nize Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2004 Posts: 531 Location: Sweden - Cheesy town
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome!
So cool that you went to save this bus. As you said above, it has been laying around for long and whithout no one collecting it among us barndoor crazy swedes. Now it will finally get some love and care
I´ll definitely subscribe to this thread _________________ ----------(VW)----------
1954 Kombi
1957 lowlight ghia coupe
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Demian_S Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2008 Posts: 82 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:07 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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busben wrote: |
I think he soon realised the calibre of idiot he was dealing with and was soon telling me that he knew of a very bad Barndoor in Sweden that might be available.
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Spot on!
Thanks for sharing the restoration of this bus. |
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bigbulli Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2000 Posts: 575 Location: ENGLAND
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:16 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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I've always said, if you've got something to weld to you can save any bus! But this is nuts!!! Great work, looking forward to following the Resto. _________________ 1954 Barndoor
1955 Oval |
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2009 Posts: 2171 Location: Graz, Austria, Europe
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:53 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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So first up for some work was the tool box section. The top and bottom of the toolbox had survived ....... just! ..... as had the strengthening piece that runs underneath with all the cut-outs in for the steering gear, etc. This lump was pretty solid for the main part, but all the edges had been eaten away
So we started starting fabricating and letting in new metal
Not the most fun job in the world
Anyway, we persevered and eventually the section was back where it should be. It would have been way easier to just use new panels but it's great to actually see some original metal going back onto this thing .......
........ although sometimes there is just nothing left to use but new metal!
At the rear of the bus the chassis was still missing its cradle, which was lying, half rusted away on the floor.......
and because it was decided it wasn't really fixable, a new cradle was bent up to match the original
and then welded into position
with everything finished neatly with the usual attention to detail
With a few other bits and pieces taken care of and finished,
the chassis is starting to look pretty good!!
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:58 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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spit nolan Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: redditch, united kingdom
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:06 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome Ben and JC of course! Badass! _________________ 1963 Squareback
1967 Porsche 912
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The Rascals Cats Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 63 Location: France
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:12 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Amazing Job on the chassis ... stunning ... cant wait to see how jeff goes to the next step _________________ Building my automotive dreams ....
Also i'm proud to be a " Rascal cat"...
www.therascalscats.com Follow us daily on IG @therascalscats |
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:45 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Cheers chaps. Well chuffed with it
Well once the chassis is complete it's time to start building upwards......
Because the front end is ever so slightly rusty we decided to use new Gerson a-posts and screen surround to give us something strong to build from.
Whilst many buses of this age only have one mirror arm, it was possible to order a second from the factory, and this bus did appear to have mirror arm fittings on both a-posts. (After driving my lhd panel about with only one mirror it will be a great luxury to have two!!). Only one KF a-post had the internal screws so this was quickly dealt with.
but they were still not ready, they needed more work yet
A few years back, the most famous Barndoor owner on the planet was fitting his new safaris when he spotted that early and late Barndoor a-posts differ slightly in profile and the positioning of the door channel. This is a nice detail to get right on an early bus, and although no-one sells these 50-52 a-posts, later posts can be modified. Scottys thread is here for further detail:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=428324&highlight=
Well we read and re-read all this, looked at a lot of photos, studied my other buses a-posts, and spent a long time talking about it, but to be honest we ended up confusing each other quite a lot. The Welsh Wonder came up trumps by posting us a section of (Rather ) early a-post to use as a guide. Here you can see what I'm talking about .......... the Gerson a-post is 52+ Barndoor, and the blue is early:
So new, "wider" sections were fabricated
and then with the door seal channel removed
so that the a-posts could be modified
before the channel was spot welded back on. Here's the modified "early" post compared to the normal, later one........
........ and side by side with the section of original early style post
and an early style a-post ready to use
with all the little details looking nice and original. This is how my Jan '51 looks, a handy reference to have in the garage
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome Ben. I love the details and explanations in your posts 😃
A great start to the weekend!! |
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Rich's 50 Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2004 Posts: 10781 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Amazing |
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Lowdown Dirty Rat Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2005 Posts: 878 Location: Cornwall, UK
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Great promotional skills as ever rob I did read your thread ages ago before you took your bus to Paul Wisks but I wanted a stronger a post and also for all the little details to be right. Pretty happy with the way we did them tbh. Jeff's pretty handy at all this! |
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