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67ctbug
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Location: CT
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 Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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Ah, so you want it to look like the "Basic Campmobile"
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Minus the jalousie windows, yes👍 |
Nice! What are you going to do about the hole in the roof?
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type2rescuemaine
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Location: Maine
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:36 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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| 67ctbug wrote: |
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Ah, so you want it to look like the "Basic Campmobile"
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Minus the jalousie windows, yes👍 |
Nice! What are you going to do about the hole in the roof? |
67ctbug,
I plan on filling the hole with a sunroof. I've heard that the standard bay window sunroof if what the westfalias were made from, so hopefully if I can find one, it will work out.
If this doesn't work, I plan on selling the bus and finding another project. Tbis won't be too awful, though, because there is only $200 invested into this bus at the moment. |
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Tcash
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Burlyhammer
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Location: Great north woods Maine
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:58 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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Tcash,
I measured the openings of a 69 sunroof bus and this Westy, and examined the pressings and they appear to be exactly the same. I guess we will see what can be found for sunroof components. We have a few leads to follow up on. We already have the bus. Might as well go for it. |
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Tcash
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Burlyhammer
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Location: Great north woods Maine
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 10:13 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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| Woah. Looks like we need to do some studying up. Thanks for the link Tcash. |
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Colonel Mosby
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Location: Warrenton, VA
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| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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| Enroll in the school shop class and bug the teacher to show the ways of welding to you. You will probably start out as a "grinder" but your bus will give you lots of practice material and soon you will be a welding god. And you will have many new friends. Great skill to pick up at your age. |
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Pinetops
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| Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:17 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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| Enroll in the school shop class and bug the teacher to show the ways of welding to you. You will probably start out as a "grinder" but your bus will give you lots of practice material and soon you will be a welding god. And you will have many new friends. Great skill to pick up at your age. |
They have their own VW shop class at home!
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type2rescuemaine
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Location: Maine
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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Hi all,
I've decided to let this bus go. I was going to restore it and make it a driver, but the tables have turned and I've decided I want to make my dad's 1962 Lotus White Kombi my driver instead. So, the 72 is for sale for $500. Check it out if you get a chance! Thanks
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2098591 |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 8:27 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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Well the decision was made and the bus has a new home now. I hope the new owner will put the bus to good use. It was my sons first vehicle, and he picked it out. He still has a year and a half until he is old enough to get his license. He now has his sights on our forlorn 62 Kombi. We will see.
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KentABQ 
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Location: Albuquerque NM
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:48 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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Hi all,
I've decided to let this bus go. I was going to restore it and make it a driver, but the tables have turned and I've decided I want to make my dad's 1962 Lotus White Kombi my driver instead. |
I'm just curious... What attracted you to the splitty?
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type2rescuemaine
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:58 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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| KentPS wrote: |
| type2rescuemaine wrote: |
Hi all,
I've decided to let this bus go. I was going to restore it and make it a driver, but the tables have turned and I've decided I want to make my dad's 1962 Lotus White Kombi my driver instead. |
I'm just curious... What attracted you to the splitty? |
There were a couple factors. First, the 62 Kombi that I'll be building is much more complete than the 72 was. But the main reason was that I can imagine that building and then driving the 62 will be much more enjoyable than doing so with the 72 would've been. |
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KentABQ
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:20 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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It will definitely turn heads in high school.
Will you be creating a thread on the splitty rebuild? I rarely (never!) go into that forum, but I'd like to follow your progress. Good luck with it!
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1976 Riviera, 1.8l FI chrome yellow VAN - "Chloe"
"I must say, how can you be in a bad mood driving this vehicle full of vibrant color.
Cars of today are so bland in comparison. It's like driving a celebration!" ---WildIdea
Bus ownership via emoticons:
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Abscate
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 7:37 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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It will definitely turn heads in high school.
Will you be creating a thread on the splitty rebuild? I rarely (never!) go into that forum, but I'd like to follow your progress. Good luck with it! |
Kent - whats the matter with the Split minivan Forum? Am I missing something?
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TomWesty
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 8:46 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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It will definitely turn heads in high school.
Will you be creating a thread on the splitty rebuild? I rarely (never!) go into that forum, but I'd like to follow your progress. Good luck with it! |
You won't be disappointed. Burlyhammer and son do some killer work!
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:29 am Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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It will definitely turn heads in high school.
Will you be creating a thread on the splitty rebuild? I rarely (never!) go into that forum, but I'd like to follow your progress. Good luck with it! |
You won't be disappointed. Burlyhammer and son do some killer work! |
That's a lot of pressure. |
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KentABQ
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Location: Albuquerque NM
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| Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: 1972 Bay Window Revival |
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It will definitely turn heads in high school.
Will you be creating a thread on the splitty rebuild? I rarely (never!) go into that forum, but I'd like to follow your progress. Good luck with it! |
Kent - whats the matter with the Split minivan Forum? Am I missing something? |
I'm sure there's nothing wrong with any of the other VW forums in The Samba. But my absolute favorite vehicle ever built is the Bay Window. So this is where I spend my sittin' and readin' time. I imagine that, in the past 13 months since I joined The Samba, I've spent over 1,000 hours reading and learning about my new favorite hobby (and money pit. Lol!)
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1976 Riviera, 1.8l FI chrome yellow VAN - "Chloe"
"I must say, how can you be in a bad mood driving this vehicle full of vibrant color.
Cars of today are so bland in comparison. It's like driving a celebration!" ---WildIdea
Bus ownership via emoticons:
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