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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:54 am    Post subject: Rusty's '63 11 window Reply with quote

Hi everyone, picked up this splitty Monday, 3km from home. Unsure what year it is yet, haven’t been able to find VIN number as yet. Anyone got an idea what year it is? Solid around the roof and gutters. No running gear but good in the floor. This will be my project once the beetle is going.
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Here is a couple of pictures when I got it home…
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And one after a wash to get moss off
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Cheers Rusty.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice ..looks like 59 /60 euro ..slash pumper ,bullits in front ,
the bus has the Vin in the engine room , right ,below the tank
and there must be an M code plate behind the right front seat

looks like a good project

is that the original color ?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 6:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

congrats, keep us posted on the progress
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 7:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Being it's a Euro bus (RHD) it makes dating it a bit more problematic as you've got some cross over pieces between years of about 60-63--thin dog leg (later bus), bullet turn lights (early bus), eight louver slots (early bus), lip on wheel well (later bus.) Looking at the lip on the rear wheel well opening, and the number of louvers in the sheet metal, I'd guess that is a late 62 or early 63.

Because of the lip, I looked through many pictures on this site for the years 61-63 and there are a number of things that cross over during those years: Thin/wide dog legs, lip/no lip on rear wheel well, for example. Euros are different too as some changes in NA buses were not made in Europe. The closest I found to your bus is this one: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1256518. RHD, bullet turn lights, lip on wheel well, and only eight louvers. It is a 63, according to the ad.

Of course, the VIN will tell all.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice bus and good luck. Post lots of pics.. we like to look Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the comments Smile found the ID tag, it's an early 63. I am so stoked!

Cheers Rusty.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ferry wrote:


is that the original color ?


Not original colour but roof and bumper are, origianal colour is pearl white.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not much progress on this lately, rear floor cleaned out, haven't cleaned front floor as I want to get it down onto a frame and make it stable to work in.. Currently being used as a storage shed for beetle parts etc..
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 8:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would not know where to start on that bulkhead. Might be easier to cut it out and start over.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So my bus had sat sideways in the shed for over 2 years while I saved money and collected parts for the front and rear ends. I have put a 4.5" skinned knuckles narrowed beam under and did a straight axle conversion on a type 3 rear end.

With the help of my dad we put the rear end under and the beam under.This was the first time this bus has had a front and rear end under it in 25+ years.


the rear...
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The front...
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up in the air...!
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we slowly brought it down lowering it onto wheels in various stages...
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on the ground Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a short video!
https://youtu.be/2UiHmQtZUbg
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The wiper switch hole in the dash was badly damaged so i cut out the bad section and made a new piece to weld in. Its not completely finished and will need a bit of refining but pretty happy with it.

The bad..
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Repair section I made..
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the start of the year I decided I wanted to make something useful at school in year 12 metal work this year. After some thinking I decided I wanted to build a rotisserie for my bus.

After searching the web at different designs I settled for the two 12 sided hoop design as it would best suit/fit the location I plan to work on the bus in future.

This is the basic idea of what I am aiming for...
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So with some research and a fair bit of thinking and measuring, I had an idea of how I was going to build the two hoops.

I started off by cutting 24 (12 for each hoop) 580mm lengths of 50mm X 50mm X 3.0mm RHS with 15 degree angles on each end. (the 15 degree angles will join to make a 30 degree, 12 x 30 degrees= 360 degrees)

Ground a 45 degree on the end so the welds would penetrate better.

I then cut 4 lengths of 20x20 RHS which would be tacked into place to hold the top, bottom and side pieces square.
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With it all square and tacked I placed the other pieces in place, and when I was happy I tacked each join.
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The steel for the second hoop was laid over the top of this one and when they were exactly the same I tacked all four corners of each join and then fully welded the joins.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On school holidays at the moment and wanted to get something achieved on the bus, so I decided to tackle the broken engine lid hinge mounts. Took a little longer than I had expected but it came up not too bad.

A few shots to show the damage and what needed to be repaired...

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Started by cutting out, repairing and welding the hinge guide/ outside sections
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Then I started to fabricate the sections for the inside. From factory the tapping plates are spot welded to the hatch. For adjustment purposes I decided to create a cavity for a tapping plate. The OG tapping plates were buggered so I made a couple of new ones...

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

These sections proved to be very fiddly but I got there eventually. All welded in and ground back Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some good metal work skills you've got there! Nice work
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mate good work on that lid, if you have some spare time i will send you mine and you can repair it.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:00 pm    Post subject: Re: Rusty's '63 11 window Reply with quote

To make for easy installment and transport I chose to join the hoops with a sleeve style method with plug welds on one side and a bolt through the other side of the join...
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All of the welds/joins/mounting plates etc were cleaned back and painted with a colour matched blue to the existing RHS...
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I separated the rear hoop into a top and bottom half with the sleeve joins to make the installation easy. I have circled the joins...
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The front hoop was joined in 4 locations which will make it possible to disassemble part of the front hoop while attached to the car, to remove the front doors for dogleg repairs etc...
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The main part of the Rotisserie is completed however later on down the track I will add RHS supports which join the two hoops together and also supports to rest underneath the chassis in the centre. Very happy with the outcome of my school project.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:46 am    Post subject: Re: Rusty's '63 11 window Reply with quote

Badass rotisserie. And so clean...
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