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pawesty
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Location: Northern Vermont
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Finally delivered the bus to the body/paint shop yesterday. glass,door tri,handles,lights,lenses,interior out of the bus. fou8nd some nasty looking stuff under a few of the windows,namely the windshield. gonna be gettin a new battery tray as well. staying with the Sage Green,pinstripes being reproduced as well. here's a couple pics.......i'll keep you all posted on the progress.
sandblasting in order here...
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DurocShark
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Location: Crappy town in a crappy state. But the beach is nearby, so I have that going for me.
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How much is it going to set you back?
Did you strip the interior?
EDIT: Nevermind. It looks like you did...
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1979westie
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I'm so glad you are sticking with the sage green. Keep the 70's alive, baby!
Best of luck, Dave 
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ratwell
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Your bus looks better than average in all the channels from the little I can see. The body repair work should be minimized along with the costs.
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pawesty
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| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| Your bus looks better than average in all the channels. The body repair work should be minimized along with the costs. |
thanks Richard, i don't expect that work to be a great expense. fortunately the person doing the work is also a close friend with several acvw restos under his belt. this will be a refurb not a full resto. Richard, i have a question for you. my replacement window rubber arrived from BD a few days ago. windshield seal is from mexico(not too thrilled with that) louvered window seals arrived from just kampers, they are black and appear to have 2 seals in each bag. you have any experience with these or know what the deal is? i expected 1 grey seal in each bag. thanks in advance,
dave
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ratwell
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| thanks Richard, i don't expect that work to be a great expense. fortunately the person doing the work is also a close friend with several acvw restos under his belt. this will be a refurb not a full resto. |
How many hours is he quoting you?
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my replacement window rubber arrived from BD a few days ago. windshield seal is from mexico(not too thrilled with that) louvered window seals arrived from just kampers, they are black and appear to have 2 seals in each bag. you have any experience with these or know what the deal is? i expected 1 grey seal in each bag. thanks in advance,
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I bought my windshield seal from OEVeedub and and my Jalousie seals from WolfsburgWest (via GoWesty).
I'm not sure what seal you have. All I can tell you about the windshield shield is be very careful installing it. Go slow and make sure you don't crack the glass.
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pawesty
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| ratwell wrote: |
| pawesty wrote: |
| thanks Richard, i don't expect that work to be a great expense. fortunately the person doing the work is also a close friend with several acvw restos under his belt. this will be a refurb not a full resto. |
How many hours is he quoting you?
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my replacement window rubber arrived from BD a few days ago. windshield seal is from mexico(not too thrilled with that) louvered window seals arrived from just kampers, they are black and appear to have 2 seals in each bag. you have any experience with these or know what the deal is? i expected 1 grey seal in each bag. thanks in advance,
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I bought my windshield seal from OEVeedub and and my Jalousie seals from WolfsburgWest (via GoWesty).
hours are still to be determined. he anticipates the bus being finished on his end in 2-3 weeks. he's a;ready received a sizeable deposit at my insistance. not sure if i should order another windshield seal. gonna have to look into the jalousie seals. i'll keep you all posted. thanks again Richard!
dave
I'm not sure what seal you have. All I can tell you about the windshield shield is be very careful installing it. Go slow and make sure you don't crack the glass. |
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1979westie
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Dave...get your money back for that windshield seal and buy one from OEveedub. Don't learn the hard way like i did, two windshields later. 
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