"After 4"; 1958 Pressed Bumper 15 Window

[joshbuchan]

I have a pair of sedan semi posts you could disect and graft in there

[dawerks]

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[dawerks]

Driver side welding almost done? Yeah right, there's always something, but I'm not leaving this side till it's all finished.

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[BulletBus]

Well you got the hardest part done. Getting started! It's all down hill from here.
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[dawerks]

Hard part for me is the filler/getting body straight but I am going to put a small amount and if there's waves, so be it!! Not looking to spend my life sanding, but the welding part is ALOT of fun for me.
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[dawerks]

Step 1 of filler/sanding. Hopefully this goes quickly. This is my most dreaded step and I am going to keep the filler to a minimum and if it's wavey, I will simply wave back!

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[dawerks]

OG Chestnut Brown came out with a bit of sanding. Probably going to leave the top as is and paint the bottom.

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[67ctbug]

This was chestnut over sealing wax right? That is up there in the best bus colors of all time, right next to mango.
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[dawerks]

I like Mango too but Chestnut Brown/SWR instantly says, 'this bus is ooold and a Deluxe'

Considering the difficulty of masking/spraying/masking two tone buses, I think this is a pretty good reason to leave the top alone if it all sands out nicely. It might look odd with old top/new paint at the bottom but we shall see!
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[blacklineracing]

Is it true there are only about 25 pressed bumper 15 window deluxes known to exist? I know they're rare but I didn't realize they were that rare. If that is true reading this just made my day because we just picked up a 1957 15 window deluxe that had been parked since 1981.

[EverettB]

I would say Yes, especially if it is really a '57 model year since most of them seems to be 1958 models.
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[bigdish2]

Wish the 58 was available when I bought the 60 but happy with it too hopefully one day I'll save some pennies and I'll find a 58 earlier 15w. Good work jp

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In the stash

1954 & 63 Vert
1956 Dove blue camper
(2) 1958 23w deluxes
1958 PGSG 11w og paint
1958 logo dd panel
1959 dove blue 11w
(5) 15w deluxes
(2) 1960,63,65 double cabs
1963 swr/bg 11w og paint
1964 limo bus 350 powered
1964 SO36 Dormobile flipseat Westy
1966 (2) so42’s og paint
1969 (2) porsche 912s
1969 dart swinger 340
(3) Porsche 911s sunroof,targa,cab

[dawerks]

Wow!! She looks fantastic! I'm glad you got her
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[deepseeman]

[dawerks]

Full disclosure, the pictures weren't that great, had it stuffed away (back of the shop), listed for 3 weeks for 20K, zero takers. Sold a few other buses in that same time frame so I won't be selling this one (part of the keeper stash).
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[dawerks]

Started removing filler, paint to get to to OG paint.

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[dawerks]

Onto the passenger side, slow and steady...

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[dawerks]

OG Paint! Someone put filler on it and tried to smooth over the deluxe trim holes. This is the best I could do with the time I have.

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[dawerks]

Pushed her to the front, cleaned out the storage items and blew'er out!

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