My First Bus / 1970 / Non Walk Through / Bench Seats

[metz]

Remarkable progress you're making. Most would've given up upon realizing the amount of work ahead of them, but you're pushing through. The result will be amazing seeing how skilled you've become. Keep it up!
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68 panel
64 ghia coupe

[WithTheFlow]

[WithTheFlow]

Winter is here in Wisconsin. Make sure your metal is hot enough before you put on filler or paint. To cold and the solvents won’t come out.

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[Hikelite]

You're doing fantastic work. I love seeing people give a rusty a bay a second chance at life.

Thanks for sharing the details on your nose/valence repair. My nose is not as rusty as yours, but I know my inner valence already has some holes in it. I'm getting setup to begin a similar repair and appreciate all the detail you shared. I'm sure I'll be referencing your thread a lot when I am working on mine.
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~Kevin

My 1968 Campmobile

[WithTheFlow]

[orwell84]

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the inner valence available in the UK at VW heritage or Scofields. I was looking for one for a late bay and it was out of stock. Mine isn’t that bad but looked it up just to understand how it all went together. Sometimes it’s worth getting a part overseas

[WithTheFlow]

[Hikelite]

[WithTheFlow]

[WithTheFlow]

The welding of the floor went really well. I’ve been a little too obsessed with trying to keep as much epoxy that my welds has a little bit of spatter in one area. Fabricating the rest of the wheel arch from the dog leg was really difficult. I made it one piece but ended up cutting it in 5 pieces to get all the curves to match up. Tricky patch. Now I have the other side to do
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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[Studiotwosession]

Fabulous thread and great work!

[WithTheFlow]

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[AirKooledGarage]

Love seeing the progress! Thanks again for the back seat!
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1973 Bus
1974 Long Body Buggy (sold)
1965 Manxish buggy (kids car)
1961 Patina Bug

[WithTheFlow]

[WithTheFlow]

[AirKooledGarage]

Not sure progress is good, but it’s getting there. Stoked to have it painted and hope to see you on the road this summer!
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1973 Bus
1974 Long Body Buggy (sold)
1965 Manxish buggy (kids car)
1961 Patina Bug

[WithTheFlow]

The windshield rust didn’t really extend past the windshield seal. There is more to fabricate on the inboard and passenger side. The windshield piece from klassic fab extends past the windshield wiper. I’m torn between using it and cutting in to my original clean metal or selling the piece ($250) and just fabricating the the amount that I need.

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[malcolm2]

As others have said, I add my WOW. great work.
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My Toys: '75 Porsche 914, '92 Ski Nautique and now a 1972 VW Transporter Deluxe (punch list fixing)

[WithTheFlow]

Preserving factory bodylines when ever possible

Only spot where it didn’t line up

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[WithTheFlow]

Welded in the windshield piece. Make sure to use as many of your original body lines as you can.

With that piece in I am fabricating the inner piece up to it. It rotted out on the passenger side where a crappy repair was done and was holding water. Sprayed the back of the piece with zinc weld thru primer

The dash board separates into three pieces. The part wrapped in vinyl that holds your switches and instrument cluster, the metal piece that attaches by the windshield and the trim with the handle on it (taped off with blue in the photo)
I stripped the metal piece to bare metal and welded up a few pinholes. Not sure if i want to fiberglass some of the pitted spots or just leave it with a "worn" look. Its going in SPI black Epoxy.

This Harbor Freight magnetic bowl is awesome

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”