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PostPosted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 4:53 pm    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

New camera? If that’s fabri-cobbed, then fabri-cobbing is right on!
Great work!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:48 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

Burlyhammer wrote:
New camera? If that’s fabri-cobbed, then fabri-cobbing is right on!
Great work!


Its a very old digital camera actually Smile. glad i didn't throw it out.

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what else am I missing?


Speaker brackets!!!

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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2018 10:05 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

more fabri-cobbling... I still need to clean it up a bit.

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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2018 10:10 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

this was the reference picture I used to try to copy this part from:

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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2018 10:12 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

edgood1 wrote:
more fabri-cobbling... I still need to clean it up a bit.

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Very nice! Beyond money saved, I enjoy making my own replacement metal too, when feasible. Might not save a lot of time, but it's rewarding all the same...
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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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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2018 10:45 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

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Very nice! Beyond money saved, I enjoy making my own replacement metal too, when feasible. Might not save a lot of time, but it's rewarding all the same...


thanks! me too! I think this is a fairly obscure part that isn't readily purchased. I could be wrong. but its always more fun to make it yourself...even from just pictures!
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2018 10:57 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

edgood1 wrote:
62DoKaGuy wrote:

Very nice! Beyond money saved, I enjoy making my own replacement metal too, when feasible. Might not save a lot of time, but it's rewarding all the same...


thanks! me too! I think this is a fairly obscure part that isn't readily purchased. I could be wrong. but its always more fun to make it yourself...even from just pictures!



I know of at least Jeff who makes them: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2132666

For $75: might have been worth it, or maybe not. It's all a balance between time & money. I would have first tried to make it, and if I f'd it up, well, there's at least a more competent manufacturer to turn to hahaha.
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PostPosted: Fri May 04, 2018 5:11 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

62DoKaGuy wrote:

I know of at least Jeff who makes them: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2132666



nice. thanks for letting me know about that.



The second one always comes out better:

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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2018 4:43 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

This morning I welded in the lower rear hem crimp pieces and finished the speaker brackets. They look much more legit in primer.


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Next up is the crimp piece on the cargo door and I guess after that is the heater log. I'm not looking forward to that.
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:48 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

I had limited time this morning so I planned to do something short and sweet. It wasn't until after I started I (once again) realized that nothing is ever easy. My plan was to weld in the claw-like clip pieces that hold the headliner around the fresh air box.

Well it turns out the panel vans already have a piece there to hold in the cardboard headliner panels... So those had to come out:


here's what I'm referring to:
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As I was drilling/grinding off the spot welds I found out that there was some residual rubber stuck on the other side left from the air flaps. It either caught on fire and/or melted and stunk up the garage.

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that was all the time I had. I'll get the clip pieces welded in next.
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2018 6:05 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

I got the headliner clips around the fresh air box welded in.

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While I was grinding down the welds I set fire to a hidden rodent nest in the void in front of the sun visor. Shocked oops. here's a pic of that area:
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I dug out all the remnants of it and found a pamphlet on the tibet cultural house from the late 80s. interesting.

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I started cleaning up the heater log:



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PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2018 5:09 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

I got sidetracked yesterday when my compressor went out. I was working on the heater log but I didn't take any pics.


I made and welded in the cargo door crimp piece:

test fitting the curves:



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clamping:

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welded:

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This rust hole where the cargo floor meets the seat pedestal had been irking me:

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so I did some micro welding:

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need to clean it up more. getting in there is a bitch

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I also did a hydrostatic test on my compressor while I had it dismantled.

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It held about 292PSI of water for over an hour. I think thats a pass.
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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2018 10:52 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

did some work on the heater log.


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I looked at this laying on my back the other day and decided I need to start building a rotisserie

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PostPosted: Wed May 16, 2018 2:24 pm    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

edgood1 wrote:
did some work on the heater log.


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I looked at this laying on my back the other day and decided I need to start building a rotisserie

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Nice repair on that heater log. Rotisseries make life so much easier. I wish I had one from the start of my project. I looked for an outfit to bend square tubing to make one like Glidekings, but did not find anyone who could do it.
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:18 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

Popcorn I can use those hard board headliner strips if you still have them, thanks!
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 7:45 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

johny__utah wrote:
Popcorn I can use those hard board headliner strips if you still have them, thanks!


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Welded in the passenger side headliner claw strip behind the sunvisor


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I started cutting out the heater pipe that will be replaced by the heater log. Man the VW factory made certain that this pipe will not come loose from the vehicle body under any circumstances, including a nuclear detonation. It is welded not only to the floor all around but the rear firewall below the gas tank as well. Cutting it out is not fun at all....

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...Thus... I started building a tipper. This will take a few working sessions to complete. These are the mounting plates. I'm going to borrow some design ideas from the rotisserie thread.

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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2018 6:13 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

I feel like I'm going way off track in terms of progress but this is a necessary evil. I pulled the transmission last night and wrestled with the passenger side spring plate for way too long. that sucker just wouldn't come out. I'll bring out the big guns today.


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The holes in the small nut reduction gear boxes had been tapped out, literally, by someone in the past. This will be the opportunity to swap them out with some good ones and weld up the massive holes in the spring plates....OR...upgrade to big nut boxes. I guess I have some decisions to make on engine size and gearing.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:32 am    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

building the tipper has been keeping me busy but I'm getting there.


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oh, and the front steering rod is an ugly bitch.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:18 pm    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

a tipper huh? You're going all out *(as if you weren't already!)

Why not go for straight axle? A deluxe doesnt need ground clearance! Razz
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2018 3:47 pm    Post subject: Re: '63 Panel Camper to Deluxe conversion project Reply with quote

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a tipper huh? You're going all out *(as if you weren't already!)

Why not go for straight axle? A deluxe doesnt need ground clearance! Razz


A lowered bus is not for me. If anything I would do a stock height IRS conversion but I think I'll keep the reduction gears.
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