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Hebster52
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 Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject: The 1966 Geländewagen type-51 |
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The wife bought this the past weekend. Maybe she got tired over my never ending projects... 
The car is kind of a "barnfind" as it have been sitting the past 27 years unregistered in a heated garage. The seller decided to register it this spring without any problem. All he did was replace the front brakehoses, buy new 6V battery and new tires.
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Derek Cobb
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Very clean.
Will you marry me? (only if you buy me a nice car like that  ).
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54ovsemi
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I Likes it...  And your Avatar too.. |
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FRK
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Island_Girl
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She's a beaut! Where can I find a heated barn?
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iaccy
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Hebster52
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This winter I will have to pull the engine and do an overhaul as it started to smoke blue smoke. I hope it is just the sealrings on the pistons as the engine had been sitting in the warm garage for so long.. Also the heads will be redone at the same time.
I will also replace the rest of the brakelines that the previous owner didn't replace.
And the body will most likely be repainted in Seesand L568...
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The Hebster52
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The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
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Hebster52
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Hebster52
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Pulled the engine in January as it needed an overhaul. Turned out to need a major one... Pulled the pulley and it had 1,6mm of endplay... 
Decided to use my spare 1680cc type-3 engine for it instead.
Here all finished and waiting for some kind of carburation, yet not decided...
The leftside frontfender had bumped into something during the cars life and had a major bend on the top from the turnsignal and down to the wheel arch. Needed to be hammered out.
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This weekend I decided to test out the new colour. Seesand on the front fender.
The brakehoses did fail (42 years old hoses...) last summer I had to crawl under this car for the first time and was able to check the pan closer the past weekend..
Not much done here and even less do do there...
Just replaced the brakehoses and pipes. Still need to replace the fuel hoses too.
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The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD |
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Hebster52
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AJ Quick
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Hebster52
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Awesome car! One of the nicest condition cars I have seen... not bad for sitting around for 27 years.
I would have kept it all original paint, but its your car.. so go nuts! |
Thanks! So would I but the PO had repainted it because "the paint looked so scratched..." 
He did re repaint himself and didn't spray enough on it so when we bought it last year I spent 3 days on sanding the paint and rubbing it up to some kind of gloss... 
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The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD |
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AJ Quick
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LosCreepers
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nice car!
I always wonder where you guys find cars like these, sitting in barns/garages for most of their lifes.
Did you pull out those hideous seatcovers (post #1, last pic) or what?
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Hebster52
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This one happened to pop up in the for sale ads in the local newpaper. I just was fast enough to react on it this time..
Yes, those seatcovers were the first thing to come out. Unfortunately the passangerside seat had a minor blemish in the cloth..
Also had to replace one hingepin on the driverside. Just needed to make a tool for that. Thanks to photos found here in the gallery it was easy to make.
Here's an other photo of the engine with the aircleaners mocked up on the carbs.
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The Hebster52
The 912ST
The KidVRod project
The 356 Pre-A replica,SOLD
The 1966 Kommanderwagen, SOLD
The Doppel -67, SOLD
The Singlecab -72, SOLD |
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66busman
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I'm curious to see what type of linkage setup you use with those carbs. I have a nearly identical setup to put in my bus (sp rather than dp), so I'm watching. Hurray for 1966's!
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^RAGE^
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very nice  very nice indeed . good work
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estofer
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Nice bug!!
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