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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:35 pm    Post subject: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Rescued this bus from my Dad's place where it had been sitting for the past 20+years. He purchased it long ago and just parked it. Never drove it or made any attempts to repair it.

Here is how I found it

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Loading it for the 2500 mile journey home

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Sitting outside it's new home

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M-Plate still intact

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Testing a section - used EZ Off Oven Cleaner

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Work continued

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Side Finished!

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Rear Finished!

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1/2 Front Finished

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Front Finished

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Took me a day and a half to complete this. I still have the passenger side and roof left. Bus is in very good shape. Some rust issues in floor, roof and dog legs. I'll post more pics as we go. My son and are working on this together. We also have a 1961 Double Cab that we are working on. Any words of wisdom are always welcome!


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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:53 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titan Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Excellent job getting that OG paint back!
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titan Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Nicely done!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:43 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Nice job, that looks incredible!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Awesome job on bringing that paint back out! looks a lot like my 67 TR/BG 13 window did when we got it.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:04 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Stupendous achievement. I would have never believed that could have ever come out that nice.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:07 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Nice work. I was thinking that bus looked really dry for sitting in wet Washington for that long. The OG paint is looking good as well.

Keeping posting updates!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:27 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I'm excited to get the passenger side finished this weekend. I hope it turns out as nice as the drivers side.

I hauled the bus to Washington from a small town in Missouri. It's going to be a fun project for me and my son who just turned 16.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 11:06 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Great job on the paint removal!! Mine took much longer than a day and a half lol... Nice rescue! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:14 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Cool, how does the interior look?
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 1:35 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

The reveal is cool, it should look sweet buffed out.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

That paint came back well. Nice work!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 8:44 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

superjet437 wrote:

Here is how I found it
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Took me a day and a half to complete this.
What took you so long?! Wink Cripes - impressive, speedy work you two did. Well done!
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:10 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

I finished up the passenger side and the roof last weekend. Looks pretty good. Some bondo on the cargo doors and rear corner. I'm going to try to tackle that next. Then on to the rusted areas.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:56 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Started on the rust repair. Trying to save as much of the OG metal and paint as possible.

Going to start in the front and work my way towards the rear.


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Drivers side before

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Tried my best to keep the outer original dogleg intact. Had to replace most of the inner dogleg.
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Turned out pretty good.
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Passenger side before - Fortunately only the lower dogleg was toast.

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Passenger side repairs - A - Pillar was bad - had to replace the lower portion.


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Completed passenger side - minus the drain hole.

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 5:13 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Heck yeah this is the fun stuff!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:00 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Wow 2500 mile trip, This bus was lucky to be found you. Your on a roll keep up the momentum.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:32 pm    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Great work
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 5:00 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Having a good time fixing the rust issues.

Moved on to cargo doors - the lower section on both doors was rusted out. Fortunately it was just the inside portion and I was able to save the outer doorskin.


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Finished!

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Going to tackle the rocker area this weekend. It's in bad shape.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 6:16 am    Post subject: Re: 1966 11 Window OG Titian Red & Beige Grey Reply with quote

Did you do anything with the crusty looking area on the backside of the cargo door skin before you put in the new inner piece? It looks like some kind of treatment on it?
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