My 63 Kombi L87 White

[GERMANAIRE]

Well picked up a 1963 Kombi White L87 manufactured September 1962.. Needs some rust repair which has been started and needs a few more repairs that I will take care of. The Bus is pretty straight and is pretty solid compared to other busses I have seen lately. So I am gonna hit this one hard to get it on the road and enjoy. Starting off with a good cleaning and degreasing.
Here are some pics of when I stopped for breakfast after picking it up

[vwuberalles]

Congrats, looks like a good starting point! Are you going to try to strip that black away back to factory paint?
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[mandraks]

nice talking to you day Peter. Very solid bus. Really like your plans for it.
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regards

Uli

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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel

[totemwesty]

Looks like a nice bus and a nice day.
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[GERMANAIRE]

Thanks for the comments guys. Yes I will be stripping the black off to see what's under there. Hopefully some nice og pearl white with some patina. Yes it is a good start being that it's pretty solid Thank God! Uli it was a pleasure meeting you today bud. Hopefully we can cruise our rides to upcoming shows
Here are a few more pics I took today of cleaning, and getting luggage area stripped and prepped for paint. Wire wheel, degreasing, metal ready and por15.

[EmpiGT]

deluxe coat hook?? looks pretty solid. Good luck on the paint striping. It looks like some surface rust is showing thru the black, so it may not have a lot of white left.

[GERMANAIRE]

Thanks EmpiGT, Coat hook may be coming out , going full commercial on this guy with CLARA grey panels and no piping on grey seat covers. Yeah there is surface rust showing in some places more than others. May have to take down some areas and etch prime then epoxy coat then paint. May have to work each panel to see what I got. Will try tomorrow have a big day cant wait

[LAGrunthaner]

Nice and straight looking forward to your updates.
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[EmpiGT]

I just noticed something else about your bus I don't think I've ever seen before. The forward 2 windows in cargo area on both sides are popouts and the rear window on both sides are stationary. Usually the just the opposite of that or all 6 are popouts. Interesting to see if the hinges are removed and stationary windows put in or came that way

[GERMANAIRE]

EmpiGT not sure bud, rear stationary seals seem og and crusty. I will take some close pics and have a better look at hinge mounts for all of them. I have to get those channels cleaned and prepped anyway good eye. I am just happy its an early 63 with narrow hatch, outy vents and decently solid for the year. Was hyped up today to get some work done, so put on the ear buds, music and got some wire wheeling with the grinder done today with the Por15 3 step process for the luggage area. Had only 5 spot welds to my surprise and 2 hole were drilled holes. Some pitting but held up well to the wire wheel and with this treatment and Por15 top coating, then topped with some rustoleum white then edged out with L87 should hold up for many more years. I left the metal ready on for 20 minutes and kept wet the whole 20 minutes. I then got a scuff pad and scuffed the whole area then wiped clean with rag. Then finished wiping down with cleaner and then por15. Should come out nice, looked like the metal was nicely etched and prepped for paint. This Por15 is Awesome stuff.

[mandraks]

looking much better already. Once that is painted primer grey it will be perfect. M502 panels will look awesome with your commercial seats.

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Uli

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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel

[GERMANAIRE]

Oh yes Uli, did some research on the panels yesterday from Clara and already have it in my watched ads
Thinking of throwing a little twist on a he whole interior deal. Still going to look all stock but a little surprise at the end

[GERMANAIRE]

Hopefully someone can chime in. While working on my cargo floors I noticed it is set up for a full middle seat. I am not sure if this is normal for a walk thru Kombi and would like to see if anyone has a pic or thread that shows this. I went through the middle seat thread and searched through Kombi's in forums but was not lucky. Here is a pic of my floor, any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Peter

Update: Found this not sure if correct and later model as well.

[GERMANAIRE]

Well kept on searching and found the answer in the Dictionary under the Technical tab. It says that not all Kombi walk through are guaranteed to come with a short middle seat. Thanks again to EverettB and its members for this Great Site.

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/w.php

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Im a 1963 Kombi and Im smiling because someone loves me and has just given me life....


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[GERMANAIRE]

I am trying to give it back some life, It will take some time but I truly love building these buses. Never owned a walk through Kombi so finding out info on them little by little. So many details in these different model buses to learn about.

[zuggbug]

I wish I had your energy...great looking bus. Best of luck and I will be watching
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[GERMANAIRE]

Thanks Paul, I need to finally build one for me. I am getting a little tired as I get older but truly Love these buses. I am hoping to stick with this one for a while and enjoy. Good to hear from you Bud. Talk soon and good luck with your build as well, I know it will be nice with your attention to detail.

[GERMANAIRE]

Got some work done today but the cargo floor paint is no joke. It seems at some point they used a fiber glass resin then paint and it's a mission to get off.
I was able to detail the edges today and hopefully finishing the rest of the paint removal in the center tomorrow. I will cut out the rusted sections make repairs and patch. Trying to hustle on this Bus

[56reddy]

Damn Pete! I know you, you’ll have this thing whipped into shape in no time. Can’t wait to see it finished. Gotta keep one sooner or later, probably later though. keep the fever
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