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Isaacbmxer
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Location: Roseville California
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 Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:14 pm Post subject: 1974 westfalia first car rebuild |
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hi im isaac. Im from roseville california im 15.
This is my first car and it is a 1974 orange westfalia
It is from the california gold country and sat there since 1992. It was brought in as scrap to my dads scrap yard. After 15 min of work and new spark plugs we drove it around. It has no rust except for the battery tray.
The inside was striped of the camping gear but had all the seats. There was a full carpet set for the front and back too. After we cleaning it and puting 17 inch eclipse wheels on (i kept the originals) it looked brand new
I wraped the complete panel set from bus depot and used air duct arm rests from scrap part busses at the yard.I put wood on the floor for vinyl flooring
after i put the floor in
Then we took it to kombi haus in sac they went throough it and fixed a lot of the more complicated electrical stuff
and here is where i am now
ill keep updating to show my progress |
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Wildthings
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Cool to see another bus saved.  |
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MalibuLX3
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I'll be the first to say it. Check your tires, if they came on the Eclipse wheels, they are passenger tires and not suitable for your bus. Also, change your fuel lines before anything else. You can buy a complete fuel line kit from German Supply that includes everything you need, from the correct diameter and pressure rated fuel line, to the correct style clamps, to the fuel filter, and everything is pre-cut and the correct length to make it very simply.
Now that I've got that out of the way...how did you get those wheels to fit? Adapters?
Great looking bus, I know it would buff out and shine like new! Check out VDubTech's posts for what he uses to buff out his buses to make them shine!
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Isaacbmxer
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| I have changed all of that out already and the tires have held up fine for the past two or three months I've had them on and the wheels fit on no adapter just had to make room for the skrews on the rear drums |
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Westfabulous
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Spectacular! You are one lucky 15 year old. So, am I safe to assume that the bus was free? Very nice indeed. You gotta LOVE that orange.
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BUSBOSS
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Very nice find! I like that you've kept what you found as original intact. Rare for a 15 year old!
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bugger101
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| Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| Isaacbmxer wrote: |
| I have changed all of that out already and the tires have held up fine for the past two or three months I've had them on and the wheels fit on no adapter just had to make room for the skrews on the rear drums |
those tires are not meant for the weight of the bus they are fine now. But the sidewalls cannot take that much abuse and will blow out around a corner or possibly on the highway.
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Wildthings
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| Since he hasn't given spec on the tires, how do you guys know they aren't rated properly? From the survey of Vanagons and Bays I did, it appears that over half of them run on passenger tires just fine. Mostly its only in the netherworld of the internet that passenger tires seem to give problems. |
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Westfabulous
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| Since he hasn't given spec on the tires, how do you guys know they aren't rated properly? From the survey of Vanagons and Bays I did, it appears that over half of them run on passenger tires just fine. Mostly its only in the netherworld of the internet that passenger tires seem to give problems. |
X2. Truer words were never spoken.
Same with AMC heads. They certainly aren't the best, but they don't perform nearly as poorly as all the rumor and innuendo would suggest. Maintenance is everything, and these are a viable option for those who can't afford better.
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Mr. Unpopular
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It sucks that every thread is a broken record here. It's always "you have the wrong tires, change your fuel lines, buy a Bentley".
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Zelten
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| It sucks that every thread is a broken record here. It's always "you have the wrong tires, change your fuel lines, buy a Bentley". |
Did you search? That has been said before.
Nice bus!
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notchboy
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| Since he hasn't given spec on the tires, how do you guys know they aren't rated properly? From the survey of Vanagons and Bays I did, it appears that over half of them run on passenger tires just fine. Mostly its only in the netherworld of the internet that passenger tires seem to give problems. |
X2. Truer words were never spoken.
Same with AMC heads. They certainly aren't the best, but they don't perform nearly as poorly as all the rumor and innuendo would suggest. Maintenance is everything, and these are a viable option for those who can't afford better. |
I just put a repop new Chinese oil cooler on my 1800. I cant wait for it to fail 
Come on the raggin aint that bad. For the ammount of repetitive traffic this forum sees, just be thankful people do repeat some of the basics over and over. Otherwise no one would know better 
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MalibuLX3
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| Mr. Unpopular wrote: |
| It sucks that every thread is a broken record here. It's always "you have the wrong tires, change your fuel lines, buy a Bentley". |
Would you rather it not be said and instead read about a beautiful bus burning to the ground because someone didn't think fuel lines needed to be changed every 5 years...
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Isaacbmxer
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| The tires are rated up to 1 ton |
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Isaacbmxer
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| The tires are rated up to 1 ton |
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Desertbusman
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| The tires are rated up to 1 ton |
Wow, that's wonderful.
So just for fun, give us the details in case we want to get some for ourselves. Tell us, brand, model, size, load range, max. pressure, max. load, ply ratings, and anything else of interest.
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Isaacbmxer
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Westfabulous
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You are doing a great job, and should be very proud of your bus, and your work. Keep it up young fellar.
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guanella74
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Gotta say, I'm a bit jealous! I've got an identical bus, but yours is looking wayyyyy better than mine! What a score.
ROLL that thang!!!
Can't beat the orange plaid - it's a source of secret power, which I'm sure you'll discover soon.
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secretsubmariner
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| It sucks that every thread is a broken record here. It's always "you have the wrong tires, change your fuel lines, buy a Bentley". |
Did you search? That has been said before.
Nice bus! |
Quite an impressive thread here, dude. Great job!
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