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hitest
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 Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 2:55 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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My kinda guy- working on finding original paint before the bed full of crap is even cleaned out! 
A caveat: Looking at early original dove blue buses, it is super rare to find one with good paint around the window frames. They all seem faded and rusty in contrast to the health of the rest of the paint. Be careful removing your green on those. By biggest regret is not buying a great set of OG dove blue window frames when I had them in my hands at BBB. Some of you know the pair I'm talking about... 
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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so after needing a break from working on the 72 bug I decided to try and get rid of the green that I am a fan of but not my wife. Tested an area on the gate then proceeded to the roof. She wanted to see if it had logos as we have found out that it was on old gas station truck. So to appease my wife I took some goof off to the green paint to uncover the dove blue.
I must say I am loving the blue. Don't know what to do with some of the bondo that is in the truck as it is very fragile and falls out with ease. My thinking is knock it all out?
Planning on running the truck as is (while taking the green off) as I don't have the funds for a respray right now and I almost think that would be a sin and want to drive this thing asap.
I am happy that I have good neighbors...
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 11:43 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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Yeah I am still up in the air. My thinking is that the lid possibly was made due to the original being torn off/banged up.... The way the metal work was done on the body itself at the opening leads me to believe it came from the factory with one on the left side.
Nothing on the edge of the treasure chest opening looks aftermarket except for the lid. I need to take more pics and that will probably help decipher. |
That would be my guess too, if the aperture looks stock. I damaged my treasure chest door pulling in to the garage that you can see in my pic above. The repair bill was just under £900. Probably a lot cheaper back in the day, but single cabs were just cheap trucks, so I can see someone making a door instead, if they couldn't find a cheap donor.
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:08 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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sweet rig by the way.
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 8:07 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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Yeah I am still up in the air. My thinking is that the lid possibly was made due to the original being torn off/banged up.... The way the metal work was done on the body itself at the opening leads me to believe it came from the factory with one on the left side.
Nothing on the edge of the treasure chest opening looks aftermarket except for the lid. I need to take more pics and that will probably help decipher.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:02 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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| You know I first thought it was homemade as well. I then started looking at the metal work around the opening and it definitely looks factory. Our guess is that the lid was damaged somehow and then they repaired/fabbed. The lid has all of the inner bracing one should have. |
I think it might be home made, or at least made from a donor section of skin from another truck?
The bracing that you can see here through the treasure chest...
Looks like the horizontal and vertical bracing on the inside skin on my truck (single treasure chest door)...
The bracing on the door itself is a rectangular pressing, like on the inside of the engine lid, but with a sort of triangluar section connecting to mid-rib half way up the door...
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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You know I first thought it was homemade as well. I then started looking at the metal work around the opening and it definitely looks factory. Our guess is that the lid was damaged somehow and then they repaired/fabbed. The lid has all of the inner bracing one should have.
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That's the first time we've seen the drivers side of your Single Cab.
Has someone cut it and made a DIY dual treasure chest door truck? I can see a rectangle where the second treasure chest door would be, but no vents or handle.
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KombiMadness
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:10 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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That is a great swap..... a two for one deal!
Cool video of extraction in the snow. Don't get too much of that where I live 
Is the truck an early '59 model?
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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so this short video was made and sent to me by a good vw guy who helped me yank these things out. I am grateful as I did not get very many pictures of the rescue. Check out the video at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BYhJAQZMGA
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:38 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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For those who may be watching this thread from somewhere other than the Rocky Mountain West, I need to point out something interesting. Today, here in Sandpoint, ID, 60 miles from the Canadian border and much, much farther North than Idaho Falls, it was 50+ degrees and sunny. Had I been on my game, I would have taken the Moto Guzzi for a spin.
Weather, climate, latitude, and Mother nature are a wonder.
Glad to see those buses pulled from their 40 year slumber. Good work! |
No matter what, Mother Nature will keep us guessing. Also about 60 miles from Canada (unorganized territory in Maine), yesterday it was 55F.
Snow and 14F this morning.
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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| Congratulations sir! And dangit!, I just drove from SLC to my home near Boise. If I had no kiddo with me and knew you were excavating- I would have found a reason to swing north from Tremonton on 15! |
Thanks! Man that would have been a fun detour for you. I will be in your neck of the woods next weekend.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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For those who may be watching this thread from somewhere other than the Rocky Mountain West, I need to point out something interesting. Today, here in Sandpoint, ID, 60 miles from the Canadian border and much, much farther North than Idaho Falls, it was 50+ degrees and sunny. Had I been on my game, I would have taken the Moto Guzzi for a spin.
Weather, climate, latitude, and Mother nature are a wonder.
Glad to see those buses pulled from their 40 year slumber. Good work!
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hitest
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Congratulations sir! And dangit!, I just drove from SLC to my home near Boise. If I had no kiddo with me and knew you were excavating- I would have found a reason to swing north from Tremonton on 15!
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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Man what a day. Drove an hour to get these and ran into snow, icy roads and 11 degree weather. Gotta love Idaho. Anyway between a child that decided she needed to become sick in the back of my truck while we were pulling the SC onto the trailer and the weather it was a great day. Here are a few pics. My wife was occupied with the sickly kid so she couldn't take to many pictures.
Had some great help from some vw enthusiasts and they took quite a few pics which I hope to get my hands on sometime.
Here you can barely see where they have sat for the last 40 years.
Helpers
Single starting to climb onto the trailer
64 on the trailer
just before pulling them out
Saying goodbye to one of my latest projects. We will miss the vert but they are still easy enough to find if we want another. Plus here in E. Idaho we might get 3 months of vert weather.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:16 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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Cool barn swap,you get to take two for one .
Your going to enjoy working on them both .
Keep the camera rolling you never know what's living under them . |
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:39 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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Rescue day is tomorrow. taking 2 trailers, winches and gear also taking some vdubbers from here to help me pick them up. Titles came last weekend and that was pretty much a painless process even though i thought it might be a nightmare. Will update when i get them home.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:46 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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You are going to love the singlecab. My '67 is my first truck and I more than love it. It's my around town vehicle and always stops people to look and ask about it.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:53 am Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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More Idaho buses. I love it. Congrats on a successful hunt.
I am envious of the single cab.
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IFVandal
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| Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Behind the barn find |
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| not a kombi. It is supposed to have a short middle seat. Pretty interesting that it was imported to Pennsylvania and ended up in Idaho. |
Not surprising at all. Two of my buses are from New Jersey, one from Long Beach. They all came from someplace coastal |
True. I guess they all did come into the coast somewhere. Would definitely be cool if these old vw's could talk.
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