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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 8:41 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

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Clean looking work on the rocker.


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You have to HATE road salt..!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 10:02 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Nice work. I really look forward to cutting out all my bondo.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 6:19 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

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Nice work. I really look forward to cutting out all my bondo.


Thanks fellas! Yes salt sucks and Yes its incredibly satisfying removing bondo and riveted in panels. Bondo is like make-up, it fools the eye from the ugly truth lol.

Salt would have destroyed this bus since it lived its life in NY, but thanks to some ambitious soul "restoring" this bus in the 90s I think that extended its lease on life.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:12 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Good looking bus. Your project is moving along nicely. Mine is a little more slow going, but I appreciate all the work that goes into it. Putting these old campers together for our families to enjoy is a great motivator. Stay with it!
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 11:36 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Thanks killerbee, I checked out your build and man you have done a lot of work!

So I went to the machine shop yesterday and yeehaw my heads look really great. I dropped off the last of the bits he needed - cam, springs, bearings, etc and he said he needs another week or so to wrap it up. As an added bonus he is going to clean up my engine case in their huge parts washer.

The plan right now is to finish all of the welding and paint everything next fri/sat. I will just paint whatever is done and put this beast back together.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:01 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Cool bus and nice work! Looking forward to more updates on your progress.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 6:00 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Thanks busboyjake.
Next up was to patch up the inner wheel well and close off the inner rocker. I still need to dress welds, and apply seam sealer.
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Couple of spots on the dogleg, after patching decided to strip the entire thing.
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Next up I noticed some rust bubbling at the bottom 1" of the nose, plus the bumper is pushed so I wanted to replace the brackets so it sits properly.
Well it was worse than I thought, tons of filler. This quick body repair job is domino'ing, but it needs to be done before I mix up the yellow paint.
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I wanted some time to think about how to tackle the nose so I thought I would quickly prep the driver rear corner which I assumed was solid. Well 2 hours later it was. Ugh, check out the riveted panel patch, actually well done.

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It was applied right over rust, oddly enough not at the seam, weird.
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This is where it sits now. I have an extremely aggressive timeline to finish all welding before this Saturday so I can lay down some yellow and blend in my repairs. I might be pushing it a bit. I made a list of about 12 areas that still need welding and its about 22-24 hours worth of welding. Might need to take off work.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Patched up the rear corner. This was actually fun and took a lot less time then I thought last night. I used my extra time last night to drink beer, listen to music and organize my shop.

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Oh and I replaced this engine lid hinge which seized and broke from no lube over the years. The burn marks are from my torch since the screws were very rusty. I will paint the whole hinge carrier now.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 5:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Love the vintage speed exhaust. Great pics too.

What was the reason for dropping the heater boxes? I often wondered about doing that...good and bad..
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:28 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

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Love the vintage speed exhaust. Great pics too.

What was the reason for dropping the heater boxes? I often wondered about doing that...good and bad..


I'm considering a thermostatically controlled propane furnace to replace the stock heater. My friend has this furnace in his 68 weekender (link below) and it works really well, shutting on and off through the night. It's not cheap but the endgame here is to keep my family warm.
http://www.propexheatsource.com/heaters/hs2000-furnace/

As for the VS exhaust and headers it was a personal choice as I really like the sound and according to John at aircooled.net these headers allow better airflow. I'm running 914 heads which I believe have larger intake and exhaust ports. I have read that some folks do not like the noise these put out. We shall see.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 8:43 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Are you going to winter camp? 6000 BTU is a huge heater for a bus and that will keep you warm at the Arctic Circle.

Above freezing, its warm sleeping bags and body heat for us.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 9:19 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

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Above freezing, its warm sleeping bags and body heat for us.


Yup for this season that's exactly our setup Laughing . Honestly need to think about it some more when the time comes. I'm open to any and all suggestions. Right now my priorities are finishing up metal work, paint blend, reassemble interior, engine build and brakes.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Its been a busy 6 weeks since I last updated. More and more surprises along the way, but I am finally turning that corner.

Front brakes done. I usually lay out all of the parts and clean any hardware that may be re-used. I had issues with receiving wrong parts, etc, but worked through that.
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Zimmerman rotors and NOS pads
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New rear drums
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Rear laid out
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Before I could put it all together it was time to clean and paint. Tons of sand and mud everywhere.
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Painted with my favorite, Eastwood chassis black. Super gummy tough stuff. Yeah I know it should be yellow but I prefer the black.
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The 72 has a 1 year only rear brake setup. The albatross! I finally got all the right parts and put it together.
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Next I thought, hey you need some new shocks since there was NO SHOCK on the passenger side, what the hell. So I started on what I thought would be a simple job and quickly learned the upper captive nut was spinning free. Oh fantastic, lets pull the tank to get to that. Well, I had to anyway, so now its clean and ready for re-install.
Forgot to mention got my Hankook LT tires mounted and wheels painted.
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Once the tank was out, I could cut very small access holes and re-weld the captive nut. I decided to do this on both sides because the time is now.

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Random fun thing. Restored my power since I had to remove it to fix the long panel/rocker. I found a sticker that was as close looking as the original, but a little different.
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Back to metal work. Finished the lower nose which was worse than I thought.
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Welded the floor, b pillars, rear wheel wells, it just felt never-ending once I dug in. But its all done and seam sealed.
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Next up was the inner rocker on the sliding door side.
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Then the sliding door track. Here is a tricky one. I had to slightly alter the track so it wouldn't bind towards the a-pillar. I came up with an idea. I decided to leave a chunk of the track on the left and right of the opening to define my height. It ended up working great. The door opens and shuts great, but could use a door "tune-up", go through the cam, rollers, etc.
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Also patched the drain hole that one of the previous owners hacked, and patched with a piece of gutter and loads of filler. I won't be using the stock fridge/sink combo, but rather a period correct coleman refrigerator.
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Started getting my engine parts. My carbs turned out really nice.
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And last, but definitely not least, I have all of the parts back from the machine shop and various vendors to do my build. I will not build my engine until I am 100% done metal work, paint touch up, interior and roof assembly so I can have a nice clean organized garage and the right focus. Its just how I need to think or I get overwhelmed and make mistakes.
This was very expensive for me. I changed my strategy and consulted with Greg at Fat Performance who I think is a hell of a guy and set me straight. I will run his cam, lifters, and type 1 HD springs with stock keepers, along with the rest of my setup. Heads have new valves, guides, seats and look amazing too. Case is so clean I have to keep it covered in plastic.

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More on that later. But I will stay at it and try to update more regularly.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Nice. Love the color.
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 8:27 pm    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

really enjoying your thread. good luck
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 3:14 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Thanks mark_d and chabanais, appreciate you guys checking it out.

Next up is the cab floor. Which actually isn't all that bad for a Northeast bus.

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Cut out the rust and made a patch.

I was going to take a short cut and just do a section of flat steel, but then I remembered, I had a chunk of floor pan laying around from welding a floor into a dune buggy from a side job. So I grafted in the pressed section I needed into my patch to match the contour of the original floor.

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Laid it in place
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Welded it in
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Here is a shot of the main cabin after I "schmootzed" the seam sealer. I may have gotten carried away but hey it won't leak. This all gets covered up with my wood floor which comes later after prime and paint. Take note of the random b-pillar repairs, they were both rusted out there because they were PACKED with mouse nonsense. I had to hose, scrape, etc to get them clean.
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Last here is a shot of my vintage coleman icebox I picked up from a good friend this weekend. I prefer the icebox because its actually smaller and yet it has more storage for food. Plus you can easily pick it up and move it outside if you have a large group hanging at your bus.
Period correct hah, coleman = July 71, bus = June 72

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Couple closer shots.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:36 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Next up was to patch an area on the drivers side floor. Again I decided to graft in the pressing section of the beetle floor I had as a scrap.

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The battery tray was too far gone to do a patch, so I bought this tray from Klokkerholm. I had to strip the paint and reshape the corners because it was made so poorly.
Now its autokraft! Laughing

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And my 6 year old daughter helped make this puzzle, comparing old to new.
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Here she is keeping busy on a wood track I built racing the Beetle Tonkas. Had to share how I keep them busy and not catch heat from the wife Very Happy My son is causing trouble somewhere in the yard too.
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Ok back to the battery tray...
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:49 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Next up was the b-pillars and the seat belt mounts.
Driver side:
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Always save your Gerson scraps. They are gold.
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Took a break from welding to put on my Westfalia decal. I don't think its correct for 72 but I really like it and don't care. Very Happy
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Also bought a bug screen at the last show for $20 and it had one bad snap, and my bus was missing about 5 upper buttons. Bought a kit on just kampers and now back in business.
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Wheel well patch, unavoidable if you replace your inner rocker.
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Dogleg
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Amazing how bad the rust is once you wire wheel it:
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No filler, but needs a skim
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Primed the cabin and front floor. Later realized it was a stupid move to use Rustoleum Primer, so thats now stripped off. Embarassed

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And last a quick sneak peak of the vinyl floor I picked up yesterday. My wife and I weren't trying to match the wood panels, just a contrast in the same family. Whatcha think? (This will go on the new plywood subfloor I need to cut, thanks to the mice destroying the other one).

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 2:23 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Nice work! I'm enjoying the updates. The flooring looks pretty good from here.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 4:16 am    Post subject: Re: 72 Westy - first bus Reply with quote

Great job on your bus. I have one that is identical and just got through doing all the metal work in exactly the same spots as yours.

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