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babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7109

Trick or Treat... some guys in brown costumes came by the house this afternoon and dropped off some candy. Very Happy

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Still waiting on the cargo floor and the left rear corner.

ccpalmer · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject:

Good things come in green!!!
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jtauxe · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:09 pm Post subject:

Hot damn. This is going to be something.

PS - FWIW, my DC was refitted with a 2.0-L FI GD engine, and it is wonderful.
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Desertbusman · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:22 pm Post subject:

Why would anyone want to paint gold with some old funky green?
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babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7109

babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7109

Update. Not much has happened. After the bed and cargo floor were removed we decided to sandblast what was revealed. It cleaned up very nice. A few of the bed support spars were rusted through in spots, plus a few need to be removed so the body man can access the cargo floor and inner wheel tub more easily. So I had 7 spars made of the guage and size as those removed. I am still waiting on a few pieces from Gerson. Work on it should start picking up soon.

skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject:

dam. thats a lot of work. i think i would have shot myself if i had to drill all the spot welds holding her together. at least you are going about it the right way. looks like it will be a long time before fuel touches that filler neck Razz

hell, i could have walked it down to ya Laughing

have you decided on a color yet?
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:10 pm Post subject:

curtis4085 · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:21 pm Post subject:

wow.. really looking good and doing it right. I vote stick with stock color, just my 2cents.
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TheFonz · Samba Member Joined: July 04, 2009 Posts: 157 Location: NJ

Nice work babysnakes! That metal looks awfully pitted, another couple years and I bet they would have rusted right through Shocked

good job on saving one
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Blaubus · Samba Member Joined: October 25, 2003 Posts: 5153

yes, this resto is a financial disaster(most good ones are), and yet you are still lucky- you have a good body man and a most desirable model of the type 2.

know that we are all quite jealous.

Desertbusman · Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

How about a color mixture somewhere between the funky green and Federal Reserve green? An ugly color but it would be outstanding.
And I vote for leaving the floor and all the panels off of it. Just the rebuilt structure and nicely detailed mechanicals. And then sell viewing tickets at shows to recoup the coin.
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ccpalmer · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:09 am Post subject:

Mr. Unpopular · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:51 am Post subject:

So it's been a couple of days since it was blasted, and you're in Florida, so how rusty is it now? Laughing

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babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7109

Not rusty at all. It was sealed up within an hour. It took a while to get it blasted because we had to wait on the best weather. Laughing

This is not a hurry up and wait project. It takes patience and timing to get things as good as possible. We must have postponed the blasting half a dozen times or more.

As far as the color, no decision yet. I am not a fan of the stock poopy brown.

pearltype2 · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:39 am Post subject:

Another great post on one of my dream VWs. A friend of my parents had two single cabs in a large barn for years. I remember climbing all over them when I was too young to know what they were. After I bought my bus he came by to check it out and told me he sold them five years earlier to someone for 2000 for the pair. He wished he still had them, and so did I. Truly barn find bays!!!
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BO JANGLES · Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 12:40 pm Post subject:

Hopefully I'll be blasting mine soon as well, yours is looking good buddy.

kguarnotta · Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject:

Wow, I wish the PO of mine did what you are doing.

Mine was redone by someone, I think they use a good bit of bondo...it is what it is. The way I look at it-I will enjoy it now-and it looks decent enough that when I show up on a job my clients are generally happy to see it.

I have been redoing/repairing all previous work one bit at a time. SO I know at some point the gates will need work, but they work for now. At some point I'll take them off, blast them, try to straighten them as bet I can, repaint and re-install. But for now...I'm just trying to enjoy it.

I am a stock type of person, although I do like some modern conveniences and maybe some 'hidden' upgrades. Like a bigger engine, or the disc brakes that were put on mine.

Keep up the good work...
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babysnakes · Samba Member Joined: August 19, 2008 Posts: 7109

So, what kind of discs did they use? I would like to go that route when I install a bigger motor.


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