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mfemenel Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2014 Posts: 273 Location: Matthews, NC
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 3:00 pm Post subject: New 78 Tin Top |
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"I did a thing!"
Picked up today, 1978 tin top. It's got rust, it's got a questionable paint job probably hiding more bondo & rust and for now the brakes are only good for the driveway/dead end road. She drove around no problem and was fine on our road (low traffic/dead end). I don't think she would have been good for someone as a first bus, but as a 2nd bus, with a 79 FI for point of reference I like it. For now enjoy the use of flex tape to cover the holes to keep bugs & water out. The driver side rocker will be the big winter project. I also need to sort out the shift linkage. Keeps popping out of reverse and it's loud. My 79 is an automatic so I haven't had to dig into a manual yet. Good times ahead! Run/Stop & safe first.. the body work can wait until I sell my Ghia project and reclaim a garage spot this fall/winter. I like that there's very little original left because it's a blank slate. My 79 is too close to original to mess with. The best part is how excited my wife is and she's adopted it already. This is good for parts ordering as well as keeping her from wanting to drive my 79.
_________________ '79 Westy FI/AC/Auto
'78 Tin Top FI/Manual
'71 Ghia Coupe Project - FOR SALE! |
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50352
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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The hole in the front looks like a bullet hole. Does it go through? |
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mfemenel Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2014 Posts: 273 Location: Matthews, NC
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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Wildthings wrote: |
The hole in the front looks like a bullet hole. Does it go through? |
I agree, I think it is too. You can see right through it. I should look to see if I can find a matching hole somewhere in the back. _________________ '79 Westy FI/AC/Auto
'78 Tin Top FI/Manual
'71 Ghia Coupe Project - FOR SALE! |
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EZ Gruv King of Plaid
Joined: December 10, 2002 Posts: 8544 Location: Las Vegas
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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The white looks like it was painted on with a brush, and the blue/green with a nappy roller. Have fun. _________________ Eric
1977 Deluxe Westfalia - 2.0L FI Type IV, Completely Original
Photographer for HotVWs, VolksWorld, AirMighty, VW Camper & Commercial, Hayburner, and more.
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mfemenel Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2014 Posts: 273 Location: Matthews, NC
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:14 am Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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EZ Gruv wrote: |
The white looks like it was painted on with a brush, and the blue/green with a nappy roller. Have fun. |
The white and the 'aqua?teal?' were definitely hand painted.. and THICK too. I was out cleaning the tetanus off last night with a green scotch brite pad. The positive is that paint is so think it's well protected for a while until I get the mechanical stuff handled. I also noticed last night the front bumper is on upside down too. _________________ '79 Westy FI/AC/Auto
'78 Tin Top FI/Manual
'71 Ghia Coupe Project - FOR SALE! |
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Jetfxr69 Samba Member
Joined: December 28, 2018 Posts: 1293 Location: White mtns nh
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 1:19 am Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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Well I give you credit for going ahead with that one. Youve got some stones to take that on. Even after most of us poo-poo’d your original ask about it. _________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Zappa
‘77 westy Seamus
‘76 tintop Crusher
‘77 westy The Judge
‘72 tintop bastard westy Hudson |
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mfemenel Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2014 Posts: 273 Location: Matthews, NC
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:50 am Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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Jetfxr69 wrote: |
Well I give you credit for going ahead with that one. Youve got some stones to take that on. Even after most of us poo-poo’d your original ask about it. |
Thanks. It actually wasn't as bad as I was anticipating but it certainly has some "quirks". You all did exactly what I wanted you to, tell me all the reasons not to, so it's all good. I don't post here for sunshine & roses. It's more of a tough love, drunk uncle speaking his mind kind of forum Most of what it needs I'm comfortable with handling. _________________ '79 Westy FI/AC/Auto
'78 Tin Top FI/Manual
'71 Ghia Coupe Project - FOR SALE! |
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ImAddicted Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2012 Posts: 1195 Location: Unorganized Territory, Maine
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:32 am Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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mfemenel wrote: |
Jetfxr69 wrote: |
Well I give you credit for going ahead with that one. Youve got some stones to take that on. Even after most of us poo-poo’d your original ask about it. |
Thanks. It actually wasn't as bad as I was anticipating but it certainly has some "quirks". You all did exactly what I wanted you to, tell me all the reasons not to, so it's all good. I don't post here for sunshine & roses. It's more of a tough love, drunk uncle speaking his mind kind of forum Most of what it needs I'm comfortable with handling. |
Look forward to your progress _________________ 1979 Transporter (sold)
KC1MUR
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Original condition, which means something different on this forum than anywhere else! |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12858 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:20 pm Post subject: Re: New 78 Tin Top |
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In this area, everyone is apparently watching Barrett Jackson reruns every week & they all “…know what these are going for on The Samba”. And with 12 colleges & universities and another 8 community colleges, there is no shortage of doe eyed dreamers looking for a VW “van”. Unlike the West coast, there weren’t as many VWs & of those, most have rotted away or been crushed decades ago.
Hopefully, that hole was put there by a frustrated PO & not someone still looking for a very obvious target. _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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