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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:49 am    Post subject: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

Has anyone heard of a company making a Samba 23 window Bus conversion kit? If so, any feedback on it?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:17 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

This guy does it and sells tons of conversion parts:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2103839
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:24 am    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

Do the math........You have to buy the window seals and all the roof a$$y., Redo the headliner. They do good work, but it is not cheap
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 5:39 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

Hey Anthony,

we do that work day in and day out--

WE STAMP YOUR ROOF .. so it's your hardtop and we stamp the windows into the existing roof.

here is a video

https://grumpysmetal.com/what-we-do#convert-your-bus

let me know if you have any questions

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

John,

I've been curious about what tooling you've developed to stamp the windows into the roof. I've been messing around with this myself for my own bus. I imagine you have a form, brace and die with some sort of pressing method. Any information you're willing to share would be much appreciated.

I also tried hammer forming these sections with some degree of success but yours look way too clean to have been done that way.


And to contribute to this thread, I've bought several parts from grumpys metal and they are all top quality. Better than factory in all cases.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 5:57 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

I wonder if they add the belly pans too???
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

Loren wrote:
I wonder if they add the belly pans too???


They sell the belly pans if that’s what you’re asking.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 6:59 pm    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

edgood1 wrote:
John,

I've been curious about what tooling you've developed to stamp the windows into the roof. I've been messing around with this myself for my own bus. I imagine you have a form, brace and die with some sort of pressing method. Any information you're willing to share would be much appreciated.

I also tried hammer forming these sections with some degree of success but yours look way too clean to have been done that way.


And to contribute to this thread, I've bought several parts from grumpys metal and they are all top quality. Better than factory in all cases.


I wish they would have shown them doing the stamping in the video.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: 23-Window conversion kit Reply with quote

I'm guessing a milled billet of aluminum or steel with a portable hydraulic punch to draw them together. That's how I would approach it.

Considering they are the only ones doing it and everyone wants to know how, it's proprietary. KFC isn't letting that chicken recipe out either.
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