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justcruzin Samba Member
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justcruzin Samba Member
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71whitewesty Samba Member
Joined: February 25, 2010 Posts: 1538 Location: oregon
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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WOW! That's a score! Looks like a perfect project. Can't believe they were going to part it out... Nice save. |
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justcruzin Samba Member
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Mountain Minstrel Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2009 Posts: 979 Location: Sonora, CA
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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I hope you find less rat droppings in there than some of the rest of us had. It looks like a decent bus...good score! _________________ Ken
69 Westy
99 S-10
04 Miata (Sold)
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miniman82 wrote: |
Don't listen to him, people from Fresno are retarded. |
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justcruzin Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: United States
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51003 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Anybody have any ideas on taking those wax pen marks off the side?
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Mineral spirits or "paint thinner" from the hardware store.
Nice score! _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
Please don't PM technical questions, ask your problem in public so everyone can play along. If you think it's too stupid post it here
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!
Слава Україні! |
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justcruzin Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: United States
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justcruzin Samba Member
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51003 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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justcruzin wrote: |
busdaddy wrote: |
justcruzin wrote: |
Anybody have any ideas on taking those wax pen marks off the side?
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Mineral spirits or "paint thinner" from the hardware store.
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That won't make a discoloration in the paint? |
Only in the oxide that you have to buff off anyways. _________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
Please don't PM technical questions, ask your problem in public so everyone can play along. If you think it's too stupid post it here
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!
Слава Україні! |
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Zelten Samba Member
Joined: September 16, 2008 Posts: 1335 Location: Issaquah
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Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Nice Score! And a great save of a bay. It's really cleaning up nicely. It's not hard at all to pull the whole interior out and that will make cleaning up super easy. Mine was nowhere near as dirty as that and I still pulled everything out and cleaned. It's worth it.
Keep the pictures coming I for one love Bay porn! _________________ 1978 Delux Campmobile
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15 Q7 TDI |
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Kirk Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2003 Posts: 5487 Location: North Texas
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Wow! Save of the day! Very cool! _________________ MAKE FORUMS GREAT AGAIN
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bigbore Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2003 Posts: 3296 Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:09 am Post subject: |
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What a great find and save painted hub caps and all you my find that the engine has a mouse nest or 2 in it with that hole chewed in the paper hose. It is hard to say if it may overheat if you get it running without pulling the fan housing first. _________________ where its cold and snowy |
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TheBigDoak Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2011 Posts: 25 Location: Orlando, Florida
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 7:40 am Post subject: |
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Great find. Looked super rough at first, but I'm always amazed at what a bit of initial clean up can do. Nice find on the child's cot too, those aren't the easiest things to find from what I understand. Please, keep us posted!
-Doak _________________ 1974 Westy |
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ned Samba Member
Joined: June 28, 2004 Posts: 1574 Location: Arroyo Grande Ca.
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:20 am Post subject: |
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You mean that you haven`t found a rat yet? There are a lot of meals in that bus.
So now that we are all coveting your new find. Spill the beans and tell us what" almost free" is. Its nice to know that there are still deals out there.
That is some nice first paint too.
I sure hope for you that the under side of your bus is not damaged from the fork lift. Some times you don`t see the damage till you are working on some thing else and them there is stuff thats bent and dented under there. I would bet that it was picked up more than once. Nice find and Good Luck |
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justcruzin Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: United States
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bigbore Samba Member
Joined: December 19, 2003 Posts: 3296 Location: Wasilla Alaska
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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What a solid bus !!!!! and that is quite clean for a old aircooled engine. that is a shame about those fork lift dents those area's are most of the time rusted out. _________________ where its cold and snowy
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justcruzin Samba Member
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justcruzin Samba Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, I found a rat finally!!!! It was HUGE!!!!
LOL
Really, this is the only rat I found so far.
Here is my 3 gallon shop vac after doing "most" of the bus.
I took the top off to check on how full it was. I could't get it closed again! LOL That is a lot of shells and poop!
The only other thing I had time for, before getting to dark, was tackling the markings on the sides. I tried WD40, that didn't do a thing. Then I finally found a teeny tiny bit of laquer thinner, that took one letter off with ease. Only thing is, there wasn't enough to do the whole thing. After trying some degreaser/graffiti remover with no avail, I found some acetone. That seemed to get it down pretty faint.
You could still see it though. So I found some Maquiers(sp) Scratch X. That did the final trick. I think! LOL, it got dark!
You can kind of see the shiny part where the Scratch X did the final job. Tomorrow I will TR3 the whole side of the bus. That will hopefully make everything blend in! _________________ Kim
Sacramento, CA
1964 Split Window Bus
1966 Beetle Build Thread= http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=472933
1969 Delivery Van= http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=566282
1970 Westy Build Thread= http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=479538
1971 Squareback Build Thread = http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6652459#6652459
1970 Single Cab, Samson = http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8022609#8022609 |
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