Ok, i have seen a lot of stuff .but....

ftp2leta

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Ok... how can i explain myself in Shakespeare beautiful language...

No way i can.

This poor van, yes. poor bast.....

What you are seeing right now is plain ugly. The whole left side of that van is..... a Chevy van skin/metal sheet! yeap, graft to that poor vanagon.

All the picture here:
http://www.benplace.com/trajan.htm

Please comment, i have no words left.

How is that possible? Yes it's a Chevy van, well part of it. LOOK CAREFULLY at each single picture.

It was bastardized (can i say that, please tell me yes!).

What a project, what did i do to end up with such a van... (me crying)

And you guys think you have seen rust... you all make me laugh.
Ben
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snowsyncro · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject:

Yes, I think bastardized is a good word in this case.

Cool, a van within a van. I am thinking they might not fix that in California.

ftp2leta · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:10 pm Post subject:

What is wrong in this picture, look carefully!

Come on, look carefully, look at tht crazy joint.... expanding one inch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Vanagonner · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:13 pm Post subject:

Yikes Ben, in Europe they wouldn't even send something that rusty to India to get melted down for scooters Smile

. I don't know how you even approach a job like that! (not to mention the parisite van hiding in the quarter)
Something in me thinks it'd be easier to find some not-so-rusty non-runners to fix up. I should talk though, I went to Minnesota to get mine! I couldn't afford a western one.
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jacob. · Samba Member Joined: August 10, 2009 Posts: 802

Thats strange. I've never seen somebody just put sheet metal over other sheet metal. Seems like you'd have to be either extremely dumb or etremely lazy, or both.
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SyncroChrick · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:50 pm Post subject:

wow Ben, I think this one is a record. I have also seen quite my share of rust in Quebec...but nothing like this.

SyncroChrick · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject:

How's the other side by the way?

240Gordy · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:48 pm Post subject:

bastardized is perfect. I think it came from the French anyway, like most of our language! 1066 and all that.

Looks like when some guy goes to the doctor complaining of a pain in the gut and they find his twin with the MRI.
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240Gordy · Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:50 pm Post subject:

klucz · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:05 am Post subject:

You know what you did.
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SyncroChrick · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:42 am Post subject:

Ben

here's another one for you...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vana...3efc24c65e

hiram6 · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:47 am Post subject:

ftp2leta · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:52 am Post subject:

Surprisingly, the other side is not bad, rear and front not to bad also.
The first thing i told that customer a few month ago is to.... get a southern van and scrap this one, a month late he came back telling me: No, i want to save it! I said i'm NOT doing this one. He came back again with some offer $$$$, he then drove from Toronto (400 miles) to my shop. I started the van and i said i want more $$$$.

Reason i took the job:
-not much job a month ago, now, i have too many Smile

-My cousin work with me 25 hours a week, he love crazy body work project, so i'm not working alone!
-California solid part van outside with a perfect left side
-New clean way to remove all the old putty, in some spot, this van as 1/2 in of putty.

What you see so far is not the worse, the left rear quarter is... well, i don't know yet, let say completely not a vanagon.

Yesterday night we have applied a powerful paint/putty remover, i mean a STRONG one, so strong that we can't stay in the shop wile it's doing it's job. I will see later today what's under.

Bah, this one was really bad also:

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My site: http://www.benplace.com/vw2.htm
Subi conversion: http://www.benplace.com/vanaru_eng.htm
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tschroeder0 · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:22 am Post subject:

wow! I'm sitting here at work and that just made me laugh out loud, I'm all for saving vans, but geez, he must have more money than sense....but I know it's going to be beautiful when it's done, can't wait to see the end, keep us posted, thanks Ben

GBA 88West LA · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:26 am Post subject:

bless you ben for saving another van, your like a one man vanagon red cross
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Royb · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:44 am Post subject:

That's some kind of....project.

Has Ben met his Waterloo?! Never! At least the plastic hubcaps seem to be in good shape!
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GeeZ12 · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 7:53 am Post subject:

Ben,

You know what is funny - I have a rust free chassis in AZ with a clean title that I have been trying to sell for months at $225 - Nobody wants it so now I have to scrap it.

Good luck with that mess.

ftp2leta · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:14 am Post subject:

jacob. · Samba Member Joined: August 10, 2009 Posts: 802

ajdenette · Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 8:36 am Post subject:

well at least my vans arent that bad but I would and eventually will pay good money to have the body on my 90 syncro done profesionally my parents bought it brand new and it has been through a lot with our family I dont ever want to let it go. but whoever did that body work new what they were doing was wrong and should never be allowed to go near a car and do body work EVER again!![/b]
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