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Throw some paddle tires on it and hit the desert! |
That almost looks aerodynamic. |
100mph standing still.
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Rob Keith
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Location: Salem, NY
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| Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 9:27 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Mine, to be fixed at a later date.
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ChrisMac
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Location: Waterville, Maine
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Bitchin'!!!
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BarryL 
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Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Exactly what I was thinking when your post popped on. |
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Das67bus
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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This is what I did to deal with rusted areas on the back wheel wells. Not to everyone's liking, but it worked.
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Manfred58sc
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:52 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Careful with that saw-zaw Eugene..I like and it works.
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ChrisMac
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Just spotted on the "abortion" thread
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:26 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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| This is what I did to deal with rusted areas on the back wheel wells. Not to everyone's liking, but it worked. |
Ever since I saw the first one of those big-n-little rim-tire customs I kinda secretly liked the look. I knew it was making the gear ratio high, canting out the stub axle bearings, tipping the driver forward, worked better on a Detroit Van, but they still look badass and seemed like a babe magnet. You had to have the torn off shorts to go with it, though, or you were just a poser. |
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Das67bus
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Location: Prescott, AZ
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 11:29 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Ever since I saw the first one of those big-n-little rim-tire customs I kinda secretly liked the look. I knew it was making the gear ratio high, canting out the stub axle bearings, tipping the driver forward, worked better on a Detroit Van, but they still look badass and seemed like a babe magnet. You had to have the torn off shorts to go with it, though, or you were just a poser. |
True all that!
I still have some ragged, cutoff Levi shorts somewhere....but probably wouldn't get the same reaction!! 
You just have to watch the weight you run with the wider rims/tires. Other than that, it doesn't seem to bother it. Just couldn't afford the cost of restoring the body/wheel wells to stock. I should have been a welder!! 
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oldthingguy
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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My old 23 window.
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Das67bus
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| Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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My old 23 window.
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Nice!! Very clean and neat. Good job!
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BarryL
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:37 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Got this '67 Kombi from the original owner. It is finally freed from its tarp-wraps after 20 years. The original owner said he had the dealer's body shop cut the wheelwells "tastefully" and add scoops. I think I even have a receipt in the pile of provenance.
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AS350driver
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| Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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| So are we going to see it on the classifieds soon? |
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sanchius
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Got this '67 Kombi from the original owner. The original owner said he had the dealer's body shop cut the wheelwells "tastefully" and add scoops. I think I even have a receipt in the pile of provenance.
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Found it; he actually waited two years before adding the scoops.
Eleven years 100,000 miles later he had the bus painted but loved the scoops so much he refused having the scoops' holes filled. The scoops went back on.
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| So are we going to see it on the classifieds soon? |
That's a YeeHaw question! |
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Skim
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Fell victim. Stripping off four layers of paint then will proceed to weld in the lower rockers and wheel wells. I swear man.... 
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oakman
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| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 2:12 pm Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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Fell victim. Stripping off four layers of paint then will proceed to weld in the lower rockers and wheel wells. I swear man....
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Damn that's a sweet bus! I don't know, the Centerlines with slicks are kind of dope.  Looks like they used a P-38 (can opener) to cut the wheel wells though.. 
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 6:24 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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I've always said that cut wheel wells are to be fixed or "filled" with big phat tires! 
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busmike
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| Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:56 am Post subject: Re: The photos of cut wells thread, YeeHaw! |
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My before and after pics
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