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wcfvw69
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 Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Wow ^^^
That looks beautiful!
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cdennisg
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Joined: November 02, 2004
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Location: Sandpoint, ID
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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It was fun scrolling through those photos.
white white white white RED!
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74volksrodwv
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Joined: September 02, 2014
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Location: Nitro, WV
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 9:57 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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on your nose trim is the insert one continuous piece or two separate pieces that meet in the middle at the bottom of the V?
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David Raistrick
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Joined: January 26, 2004
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Location: Geneva, Florida
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| EverettB wrote: |
Wow!
Since this Bus is so nice and original, I think it would be good for you to start a new thread for it to show it off. Please.  |
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OK. I will do it in a few weeks then, when I got my bumpers back from painter and the blackwall firestones installed so I can do a proper photoshoot  |
jesus that's a sweet bus - yes, please - start a dedicated thread and any time you take something apart, document the hell out of it for the rest of us!
photoshoots are great, but all those little details are the goldmine! dont forget the overspray. :p
thanks for sharing!
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Skim
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Joined: April 15, 2001
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Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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| Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Spent today cleaning and scrubbing on the 15 window and doing some roof blending with tower paint turkis / Blau weis
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oakman
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Location: Edge of the Desert, Ca
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| Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| Skim wrote: |
Spent today cleaning and scrubbing on the 15 window and doing some roof blending with tower paint turkis / Blau weis
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Killer bus, that was a helluva find. Is that mud on the inside of the windows in the before picture?
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Skim
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Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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| Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 6:34 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| oakman wrote: |
Killer bus, that was a helluva find. Is that mud on the inside of the windows in the before picture? |
It was orange spray paint. He painted all the windows orange from the inside because he stored his Harley parts in it and didn't want anyone to see them. Sucks but it actually helped in keeping all my interior panels from getting sun faded.
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EverettB 
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:14 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Last week but made new wood for my Double Cab hoops.
It's Oak, not Ash like original (the shame!) because I was lazy and hit up Lowe's for whatever they had in stock.
Ends patterned after my OG single cab wood I have from years ago
Super professional work space
Installed and cruising to OCTO
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:33 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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I like the Oak better, super nice job EverettB
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Last week but made new wood for my Double Cab hoops.
It's Oak, not Ash like original (the shame!) because I was lazy and hit up Lowe's for whatever they had in stock.
Ends patterned after my OG single cab wood I have from years ago
Super professional work space
Installed and cruising to OCTO
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:35 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Skim that is a great cleaning job, what did you use a power washer? If so what was the psi? Any solution added?
| Skim wrote: |
Spent today cleaning and scrubbing on the 15 window and doing some roof blending with tower paint turkis / Blau weis
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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EeVeeWee
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Saturday finally my bus got a good red color. 
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Skim
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| Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:17 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
| Skim that is a great cleaning job, what did you use a power washer? If so what was the psi? Any solution added? |
I just ran through the car wash then CLR scrubbed it down with a green scotch brite pad. The top of the roof I repainted and blended some spots with correct color code cans from Tower Paints.
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:20 pm Post subject: Back to black |
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Continued the 'back to black' conversion on my truck. NOS black VW bases and SWF blades, but I recycled the silver arms and just painted those.
Did the window latches last month. Feels a bit more business like now.
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62DoKaGuy
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Location: Surprise, AZ
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:07 am Post subject: Re: Back to black |
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| Who.Me? wrote: |
Continued the 'back to black' conversion on my truck. NOS black VW bases and SWF blades, but I recycled the silver arms and just painted those.
Did the window latches last month. Feels a bit more business like now.
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I did the same to my '62 DC recently, changing out chrome/silver for the proper, commercial specialties. I ended up painting the wiper components, while refurbishing a set of OG black vent wing latches. Oddly, I have a complete set of NOS wiper bases, arms, and blades that I could not get myself to unpackaged, let alone install haha. Looking good, though, man. Love the "back to black."
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:17 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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Already needed to disassemble, clean and re-grease the gears of my bus speedometer, a 4/62 DC with correct 4.62 speedo, so I decided to repaint the inner face disc and partially clean up the rest without damaging the print. Turned out pretty damn good for a daily driver.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:20 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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glideking covered this in the funky truck thread.
you might be able to work the vertical piece of the tube lose from the horizontal piece at the bottom. a couple of welds, and voila! kind of situation
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SamboSamba22
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| Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2017 1:22 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| mandraks wrote: |
glideking covered this in the funky truck thread.
you might be able to work the vertical piece of the tube lose from the horizontal piece at the bottom. a couple of welds, and voila! kind of situation |
I posted and immediately deleted it, in remembrance that I saw the needed information somewhere but could not recall where, until again, I decided “Hey, look in the FAQ’s”, sure enough page 3/4 had my answer on the Floor Pan Replacement tab...
I’ll scurry in shame for my newbie-ness.
Thank you Mandraks.
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 4:34 pm Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| EeVeeWee wrote: |
Saturday finally my bus got a good red color.
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Nice...Dormy?
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EeVeeWee
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| Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 1:18 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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| It was a panel but besides windows it will get a Dormobile roof also. |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:51 am Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bus today? |
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So, not only has my hearing been deteriorating 'cause of the "kool" but LOUD sound of the sidewinder MONDO muffler, but also after 8 years so many miles, the "bling" is long gone. 
Been wanting to replace it with a less noisy one for some time and this past Saturday decided to dive into it so I went looking for a suitable choice. After looking at NAPA, peep boys and O'grylies, walked from O'grylies' parking lot to AutoZone (yes, in Chula Juana they are right next to each other!  ), there not only did I find THE muffler to have but it was sitting right there on the shelf!!! 
This tiny muffler is perfect! About 10" long, 8" or so wide and less than 3" tall, WOW! Check out the YUGE difference! 
Using parts from my other contraption, I came up with this:
Much better tucked in than the MONDO!
But wait! That's not all! Now I don't have to drop the muffler to do the valves! 
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