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pondoras box
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You could always save 50K on his other offering if you cant pony up for a fully restored conversion.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2494670
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Bruce Amacker
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Lind
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| Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2021 6:42 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Bruce Amacker wrote: |
Owner says "very solid bus"! I wonder what he thinks is not a solid bus...…
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Steel melts at 2500 degrees, so technically any bus that is not currently being melted down to a liquid is solid.
But that particular bus, while technically being a solid, is actually a steaming pile of shit. To tell if such is a solid or liquid would require touching it, which I would highly recommend against.
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LAGrunthaner
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Lind
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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That is not just a barndoor emblem, but an early cast aluminum barndoor emblem. There are only about a hundred buses known to exist that take that emblem. If my early bus didn't have one, I would be considering that one.
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BulletBus
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| Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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I'd buy that one just for the wall if I had the spare clinks.
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 2:56 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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Wow Barndoor parts are pricy. Lind how can you identify it is a cast aluminum? Is it somewhere in this image?
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That is not just a barndoor emblem, but an early cast aluminum barndoor emblem. There are only about a hundred buses known to exist that take that emblem. If my early bus didn't have one, I would be considering that one. |
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 5:58 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| LAGrunthaner wrote: |
Wow Barndoor parts are pricy. Lind how can you identify it is a cast aluminum? Is it somewhere in this image?
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look at the material thickness, and the roughness of the surface. I am no expert on cast barndoor emblems, but i do cook in a cast iron pan almost every day 
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Busstom
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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And the two round bosses, adding extra heft where not noticed on the front-side. These may have been additional sprues for the farthest excursions of the mold. It resembles a big VW waffle iron.
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=2494389
if you google where Quebec is you will get a good idea of why it is rusted as much as it is. Aside from some Hollywood hyperbole, I would agree with others that running away as fast as you can would be a very good suggestion. |
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EverettB
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Busstom wrote: |
And the two round bosses, adding extra heft where not noticed on the front-side. These may have been additional sprues for the farthest excursions of the mold. It resembles a big VW waffle iron.
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Also the V and W are not connected - Only the super early Barndoor badges are like this.
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j.pickens
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 9:51 am Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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I'd be hella pissed if I were Hella.
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EmpiGT
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| j.pickens wrote: |
I'd be hella pissed if I were Hella. |
The lens may be an original but everything else is definitely eis copy. |
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| EmpiGT wrote: |
| j.pickens wrote: |
I'd be hella pissed if I were Hella. |
The lens may be an original but everything else is definitely eis copy. |
They look like the ones I bought from vdouglu (ten foot doug) a few years back. Pretty good repros and they weren't cheap new.
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EmpiGT
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| Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:18 pm Post subject: Re: Official whine about Buses and parts for sale |
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| Who.Me? wrote: |
| EmpiGT wrote: |
| j.pickens wrote: |
I'd be hella pissed if I were Hella. |
The lens may be an original but everything else is definitely eis copy. |
They look like the ones I bought from vdouglu (ten foot doug) a few years back. Pretty good repros and they weren't cheap new. |
I think Doug's were eis with his recast of original lenses. |
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