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PostPosted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:29 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

How well does that vinyl paint hold up? Does it scratch easy? Did you only paint the vinyl or did you paint the plastic too?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:46 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Starter fixed

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:47 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

A Porsche starter will not make it any faster.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:40 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

wihr wrote:
A Porsche starter will not make it any faster.


True. But it will make it start faster. Cool
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 3:44 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

BUSBOSS wrote:
wihr wrote:
A Porsche starter will not make it any faster.


True. But it will make it start faster. Cool
Cool

This starter was already on the wan, maybe because it was automatic transmission originally
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

BUSBOSS wrote:
wihr wrote:
A Porsche starter will not make it any faster.


True. But it will make it start faster. Cool


Not as fast as a 12v bug with a 6v starter! lol
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:11 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Uhh remember the paint that flaked off on me and was repaired in a rainstorm at secretsebmariner's house in Oklahoma, circa 2016?

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It's back… Probably should have waited until it stopped raining to treat and paint, oh well.

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Ground off the bubbles at 10am, treated with formic acid spray, painted at 4pm, and called it quits to give the paint time to cure overnight.

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Should get me another five years, which is right around when I'll strip the car to paint it a better shade of orange Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:23 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

after sitting too long...new carbs, fuel tank and pump, lines, filter....just for fun new mirrors, turn signals, reflectors and I'm working on all the parts to rebuild the rear brakes. Can't seem to pin down backing plates. I'm sure it's me.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:39 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Installed leather handle my buddy made

and a leather patch I put together for the handle area

aint english confusin sometimes??
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:46 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:16 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Geoff posted this on FB - What you can do for your bay.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:05 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Finally found a decent size/texture/thickness mat at Tractor supply for the rear luggage cargo area.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:12 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Did you notice it quiet down engine noise much?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 15, 2021 9:32 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Unfortunately I have not even had it on the road yet. But I am sure its gotta help a good amount.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:31 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Finally pulled it out of the garage. It's the end of Winter slumber, and Spring has sprung!

Let it warm up, and drove it up and down the street.

I did pull it back in the garage for now but it'll be out full time soon.

It's a good day. Cool


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2021 8:06 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Sold my 77 van today, Brent from Longview Wa. just drove her away. Saw ad in classifieds, test drove her, took her home. Nice surprise !!.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 9:18 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

I spliced a power supply lead to an amplifier, still waiting on RCA's and will run them, the remote and main power, and speakers to the headunit at one time. I've got a switch, thinking of cutting the dash, for the accessory power to the radio, I'll only forget once. Smile. Then on to the koni shocks that have been shelfed for 10+ years.
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PostPosted: Mon May 03, 2021 4:24 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

Showed my 69 at the Good Guys show in Raleigh, NC April 25. Was the only VW bus there lol. I was classing the show up! The bus got a lot of attention. People were talking to me all day. Great time. Of course I didn’t get a picture 😢 was so busy looking at all the other great cars lol.
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PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:55 am    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

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Showed my 69 at the Good Guys show in Raleigh, NC April 25. Was the only VW bus there lol. I was classing the show up! The bus got a lot of attention. People were talking to me all day. Great time. Of course I didn’t get a picture 😢 was so busy looking at all the other great cars lol.


awesome!! reppin the dubs Smile
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PostPosted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:02 pm    Post subject: Re: What did you do for your Bay recently? Reply with quote

I have become obsessed with a stupid, small detail: screws.

The exterior trim screws on my ‘71 are showing their age; the plating is coming off (they are 50 years old now) and some are sort of rusty. Rusty screws make me cranky.

I am replacing all the screws with stainless steel. Sometimes the correct size isn’t obvious, but cross-referencing part numbers (using ETKA) eventually leads me to the spec. Then there is the small matter of ordering them thru AliExpress and successfully operating a Philips screwdriver.

Be gone, rusty screws!
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