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babysnakes
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 Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:34 pm Post subject: I got a single cab! |
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Hello, my name is babysnakes and I'm a Baywindowholic.  I just bought a '69 single cab. She is rather crusty, but the frame and undercarriage look solid. The PO was going to hack it into an electric vehicle and lost interest. It came with new rear wheel arches and rear corners. It was taken apart for resto. and should have all the parts. It was delivered from San Diego today. Within the next week or so she will be going down to Miami for body soda blasting and underside sand blasting. I already have a body man set up for the task ( he does alot of VDubs for the local clubs). I will need to be contacting Gerson for more panels. This will be a lengthy project. I was going to resto. the '72 but it became my DD. So here she is.
I will post more pics later.
Thanks Busdaddy for the consultation.  |
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skid
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Nice, I hope you update this regularly!
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bigfoot51102
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^^^^^^x2.
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aeromech
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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Better you than me brother. That looks like a labor of love and a whole lot of it. Good luck. Seems like shipping was pretty fast. How did the title thing work out for you?
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Shipping was 4 days.  The title was covered, all fees were paid in advance a couple of years ago. Joe submitted the paper work gratis and it should arrive any day now. I'm going through boxes of parts. Man you can fit a ton of stuff in the treasure box. |
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chabanais
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Kudos for saving one! I look forward to seeing your progress.
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Zelten
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a project. Can one ever have too many? I look forward to following the rebuild.
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skills@eurocarsplus
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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sweet  i had to retire my 70, it was like shooting your dog 
poor old girl
this is what did her in
yours looks super solid, and i would have saved the white one if it was practical. still working on that tank for you
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
sweet i had to retire my 70, it was like shooting your dog
poor old girl
this is what did her in
yours looks super solid, and i would have saved the white one if it was practical. still working on that tank for you |
Thanks, might be hitting you up for a few more parts. I hear the big greyhound works for some stuff. More pics tonight. |
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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Pics at home. Lots of parts.
All this fit in the treasure box.
3 of these books I've never seen.
Looks like I need the turn signal switch and a few other bits. |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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what was the original color? it looks like it could have been white with a tan repaint
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
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| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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secretsubmariner
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Desertbusman
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hey bud, you unnecessarily wasted a lot of money on shipping. You could have dropped it off here in AZ and saved a couple thousand miles of transport . Let me know what the girls are now thinking of their obsessed dad.
Have you zeroed in on all the plans for the finished build? Hope you bring lots of pics this fall.
Obviously that first picture wasn't at your house. There is one tall giveaway. 
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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I decoded the M-Plate today. The 2nd line down was blank.  Produced on Nov.12 1968. Delivered to Honolulu out of Jacksonville. That's Germany to Florida to Hawaii by VW, then some PO shipped it to California then I shipped it to Florida. The interior was dark beige leatherette. Here is a tell tale sign of the OG color.
It looks to be Lotus White. A pic from The Samba.
Hope to get there in a year. |
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Well here are some more pics. I got the tranny out yesterday.
She was rearended at one time, you can see the apron ears don't align properly and the corners are full of bondo.
Looks like a small plate is missing below the fuel tank. What is this missing part?
One of the PO's was lock hasp happy.
PO used self tapping screws on all four corners of both treasure chest doors to secure them for shipping. 
Does anyone know what this hole is? It does not look like a hacked hole, but it does not make sense to me.
The flatbed picking her up today to bring to the body shop.
The body guy gave her a good look over.
He said we will probably sand blast the bed and treasure chest floors and under carriage. And chemically strip the rest. He is going to strip the bondo the PO did, check the welds and Duraglass the areas.I'll be going there once a week to check progress and take pics. The body guy I'm using specializes in ACVW's so I think I'm in good hands. |
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skills@eurocarsplus
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Looks like a small plate is missing below the fuel tank. What is this missing part?
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no plate that i can tell. the fuel tank hangs down there a bit. there was suppose to be a foam seal on the bottom of the tank where it passed thru the floor. i can't wait to see the progress
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my reason for switching to subaru is my german car was turning chinese so i said fuck it and went japanese....... |
| Jake Raby wrote: |
| Thanks for the correction. I used to be a nice guy, then I ruined it by exposing myself to the public. |
| Brian wrote: |
| Also the fact that people are agreeing with Skills, it's a turn of events for samba history |
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, go look at the floor of a bus under tha back seat then under the tank, that flat spot to the right of center is cutout on a truck like the hole surrounding the tank outlet on a bus. Your's doesn't look terrible under there compared to many The hole in the back of the cab may have been for a dome light or CB antenna in the canopy/topper that the hasp on the rear gate likely was used to latch., VW didn't put it there.
Looking good so far.
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Well I went against my better judgment and bought the SC with out a title. The PO provided mucho paper work and it seemed not to be an issue, but it was. After posting in General Chat a knowledgeable and helpful Sambanista (Joe) stepped up to the plate and my title from California arrived today. The Samba never ceases to amaze me. |
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aeromech
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulations. Now, get off the computer and get back to work.
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babysnakes
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| aeromech wrote: |
| Congratulations. Now, get off the computer and get back to work. |
No need to use four letter words. |
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