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RAMZROD
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Hell Yeah, your bus looks sweet!! Congrats bro! Major transformation from when I first laid eyes on your bus. Sick, sick, sick!!! See you at the Piquete this Saturday?? 
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Sidbus
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billybob57
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Love your Panel!!!!! great that its back on the road...mine will be that way one day too!!! very nice Mate!!
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EverettB 
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| Were there two sizes for rearview mirror mounts? My bus's threaded holes are wider apart than the holes in the mirror. I haven't found any on classifieds or repros w/wider holes so trying to figure out if a previous owner did a modification at some point or if there's a different mirror the early 57 takes. |
Panels didn't come with mirrors so it was probably some random mirror a previous owner installed.
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Sidbus
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| Were there two sizes for rearview mirror mounts? My bus's threaded holes are wider apart than the holes in the mirror. I haven't found any on classifieds or repros w/wider holes so trying to figure out if a previous owner did a modification at some point or if there's a different mirror the early 57 takes. |
Panels didn't come with mirrors so it was probably some random mirror a previous owner installed. |
Ok so looks like I'm drilling or maybe I'll copy a mount that goes under fresh air vent panel that I recently saw on an so34 which apparently also lacked a rearview mirror. thanks.
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Sidbus
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Sidbus
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Two nights work:
Repaced all missing/loose hubcap clips
Redid front wire harness. Discovered the ground screw was touching running light bulb holder and causing short which also burned up my running light wire so had to replace.
Installed new decklid brakelight w/new reproduction lens and housing from samba classifieds. way way way better than the one I originally bought which turned out to be a painted clear lense that shined a pinkish-clear hue and the housing turned out to be a few running light bulb holders soldered together. Now I understand the sarcastic comments I received when I posted pics of my "original" decklid. Live and learn.
Marked/drilled my door panels and then found out a PO must have widened the screw holes in the doors so I was not able to install. Also I cracked (beyond repair) the driver's side headliner so hopefully I can get a replacement from Clara. Now I need to figure out a way to attach using bigger screws...hopefully the nice polished bezels will still fit.
I put the bulkhead divder in so it's a lot quieter in the cabin now. Not sure I'll be able to put my son in the back for any long trips...It is loud :2gunfire:
Having a blast driving it around Miami!
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ccb_dan
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| That little video made me smile! Bus is DOPE! Congrats! |
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dmuis
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| Nice video! Looks super! |
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ricekooker
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| When is the subhatch getting some love? Oh BTW, put the seat down before your Wife yells at you. |
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| Loved the A1A video! |
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Sidbus
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Finally got the interior door panels on. Thank you Clara, they look amazing!
Somewhere along the line someone enlarged the screw holes  but I was able to find a wider screw with a flat head that sat flush with the little bezel. Store only had philips head but I like the way they look. Still have some work to do w/fresh air vent and under dash and then I'll install the other panels. Clara does really nice work.
Also, started having a problem with the front brakes not releasing. Ronnie (Splitpile) informed me that the 67 master cylinder comes with a residual valve that can cause this problem. I removed the valve and Miguel (aircooledhead.com) bled the brakes and viola, problem solved.
Met my wife and son at the neighborhood park later in the evening.
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...luckily it happend at Starbucks across the street from my house....limped back home in first gear and will deal with it tomorrow. All I want to do is drive. Feel like I'm 16 again, until I fill the tank that is!
. Not so surprisingly, the 6v wipers were of no help at all when we got a summer T-storm on my drive home.
