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sgellis
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zimblewinder
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it was beautifully done though! 
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58Euro 23 343208 The Ultimate Zimblewinder Machine.
59 mango standard
Wanted- splash pan supports, og pressed bumper coach bolts, ivory blaupunkt knobs (early), armrest alloy strips, NOS door mechanism |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:53 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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indented hole in the center is pressed the wrong way. |
Amazing what the brain can ignore sometimes 
I would jam a block of wood in the hole and hole saw out the lip section, flip and weld back. |
Haha. Don’t get me started with my brain...
I was thinking along those lines myself. Can’t leave it. |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:54 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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| zimblewinder wrote: |
| it was beautifully done though! |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I took last week off from work. I planned to go on a road trip with my chums similar to what we did last year. This year I couldn't go, so instead of moping around, I worked on VW stuff. My plan was to sand blast the chassis and inside of the bus. Matt, the owner of the bus came up to lend a hand. We used 800 pounds of sand, and made quite a bit of progress between rain storms:
While I was blasting, Matt got going on the rotisserie we had planned to make. There is still some blasting left, but we did make this:
Now the fun can really begin! |
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boulderz
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| Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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| Great job on the rotisserie, where did you have the hoops made? |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:18 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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| Great job on the rotisserie, where did you have the hoops made? |
We had the hoops bent at a local fabrication shop. Each hoop is made from three separate pieces of 2" stock. One hoop had to be sectioned in several places to make it round and "flat." When we first got the pieces, I did not think they were going to work out, but Matt spent a lot of time configuring, and splicing to get the hoops where we could use them. They aren't perfect, but definately a step in the right direction.
Thanks boulderz! |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:22 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Fixed this:
Working on the back end. I made some progress this morning:
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zimblewinder
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:40 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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again....beautifully done. Your work is very easy on the eye for the (slightly?) obsessive.
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:33 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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| zimblewinder wrote: |
| again....beautifully done. Your work is very easy on the eye for the (slightly?) obsessive. |
Thanks zimblewinder! |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:34 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Finished welding, grinding, and moving over to the drivers side:
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Blue Baron
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| Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Finished welding, grinding, and moving over to the drivers side:
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I'm not seeing the VIN stamping showing clearly here.
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:09 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I'm not seeing the VIN stamping showing clearly here. |
I have the VIN stamping from the original piece. We are either going to cut it out and weld it over where it is supposed to be, reinsert it, or re stamp it. It will be there. |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:22 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Moving on to the drivers side:
I copper welded the repair section for the drivers side fender. well While the paint was drying, I moved back over to the passenger side to start in that rear fender well:
I am going to cut the remaining flange off of the inner fender, I just want to make sure I get my radius right on the replacement panel first. When we were sandblasting, we postponed blasting the inside of the bus, and some of the rear sections to be done a little later. It rained several times while blasting, and the metal was flash rusting. Now all of the bare metal has been treated, there is no rust concern. Hopefully we will finish the sand blasting soon. Can't wait!  |
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LJay
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| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:19 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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This is gonna turn out soooo sweet, You’re making a fantastic job!
I wish I had time to do one this rough!
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Burlyhammer
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This is gonna turn out soooo sweet, You’re making a fantastic job!
I wish I had time to do one this rough! |
I really like this bus. I think it will be a good one. I don’t look for rough buses to work on, but all of the ones that come my way seem to be that way. Haha.
Thanks LJay! |
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kafer60
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| Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I also cut back the walkthru bases where they connect to the top hat to prep for repair. I also cut back the bottom edge of the floor and replaced it. I welded the easy part. I’ll weld the underside once we put the bus on the
BOOKMARK! This has been one of the mystery sections on my 60 walk through. Thanks for always including great detail shots in your builds! |
Is this the samr on a 65 wt?
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:35 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I also cut back the walkthru bases where they connect to the top hat to prep for repair. I also cut back the bottom edge of the floor and replaced it. I welded the easy part. I’ll weld the underside once we put the bus on the
BOOKMARK! This has been one of the mystery sections on my 60 walk through. Thanks for always including great detail shots in your builds! |
Is this the samr on a 65 wt? |
It is. |
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kafer60
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| Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2020 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I also cut back the walkthru bases where they connect to the top hat to prep for repair. I also cut back the bottom edge of the floor and replaced it. I welded the easy part. I’ll weld the underside once we put the bus on the
BOOKMARK! This has been one of the mystery sections on my 60 walk through. Thanks for always including great detail shots in your builds! |
Is this the samr on a 65 wt? |
It is. |
Thanks, i guessing you used 20 ga and bent it up or 18 ga?
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"Midman- Seems to have worked well for Ted Bundy."
"seems like the right front tire is flat at the bottom, rest looks pretty good"
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:40 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I also cut back the walkthru bases where they connect to the top hat to prep for repair. I also cut back the bottom edge of the floor and replaced it. I welded the easy part. I’ll weld the underside once we put the bus on the
BOOKMARK! This has been one of the mystery sections on my 60 walk through. Thanks for always including great detail shots in your builds! |
Is this the samr on a 65 wt? |
It is. |
Thanks, i guessing you used 20 ga and bent it up or 18 ga? |
I think it was 18GA I used the same thickness metal that was there to begin with. I had to replace the same piece on our 15 Window bus. This one was easier to make with the cut in for the shift rod still there. I think I traced that on to the new piece of metal.
God luck with your project, and thanks! |
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