Bringing back to life my1960 swr kombi

[73sparks]

This door problem has guys giving me alot of advice and I appreciate it
but having a problem knowing what works.
shims on bottom hinge and a little force on top hinge
have helped but I am not really happy with progress.
will keep trying to understand how doors work.

[brettsvw]

[73sparks]

made some progress on door,( western auto )recomends heating body side hinge upper and lower then hitting them to move door back for better fit.
I am going to try that method see what happens🤞.
also found base coat swr color sample that I think will work well.

[73sparks]

its been awhile since I posted any pics of my project, here goes.
Finishing the wiring and putting bus back together, I have really lost interest in the project due to a bad knee .
Will be selling the bus on samba soon , need to focus on my business
and spend time doing things besides pulling my hair out over a VW project.
It has been fun working on different busses but it takes alot of money and time.This is a very cool bus and I am glad I took it on as a project.
will need the front lower A pillars and inner and outer lower nose finished, just do not have the time or patience.
Thanks for looking.

[73sparks]

more pics of my bus.

[Skim]

Great job on that blend. That SWR will fight you tooth and nail but that matched up great!
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Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint

[73sparks]

Thanks, I really have tried to make it look like the outside of bus was all old paint.
After I polish it up it will blend even better, 60 year old paint is hard to blend exactly. And I am working in a garage .
It does make me smile to see her starting to look like a sweet SWR
OG paint bus, you just dont see many around.

[western auto]

bus is looking great! definitely fell into the right hands

[73sparks]

yep, thanks .
Considering what it looked like when I got it, I am really happy with progress.

[western auto]

the guy that bought the other swr 60 kombi chopped it into little pieces , ive seen the chassis twice at prado

[73sparks]

Bummer, it needed alot of work.
hopefully some good pieces were saved.

[73sparks]

N.O.S. STICKERS


S.O.T.O. so cool save for the special busses..
and this one deserves it.

[73sparks]

And by the way, I will never use creative engineering safaris again...
pain in my ass.. so much tweaking b sh t.
All the bad ass metal work the guys on Samba are knocking out
someone must be able to build stuff that fits? Skim,grumpys and all the others .


wolfgang so much easier to install.only bad thing you cannot paint wolfgang.

[73sparks]

[atech]

Awesome job!
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[ryans65]

I love this kombi, nice job on the blend

[Major Woody]

You can order Wolfgang safaris in bare metal directly from them, then paint the frames and send them back for assembly. They will mail you back the completed frames. No extra charge.

[73sparks]

That would be alot of effort, just to get a painted safari.
But thanks for info.

[sled]

I painted my old Wolfgang safaris and it worked perfectly. SWR even.

prep them correctly and it should work
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[73sparks]

The safaris do look good on the bus.