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bonecollector
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Location: Southeast Idaho
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///Mink
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Joined: May 03, 2000
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Location: Fair Oaks, CA
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| Amazing. Somebody get me a towel. |
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IN2RUST
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Joined: October 30, 2005
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Location: West Coast
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So Sweet! 
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obus 
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Joined: March 08, 2001
Posts: 11065
Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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roberto
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Joined: December 10, 2002
Posts: 833
Location: West Central Ohio
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| holy crap that bus not only looks solid but straight as well! |
Kind of crazy, You would think it would be a lot rougher after all those years as a gravity wagon. |
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bandet
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Joined: May 21, 2011
Posts: 95
Location: pingree I.D.
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| Good find man. Can't wait to come over and see in person. |
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Braukuche
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| Good find man. Can't wait to come over and see in person. |
Smart man posting up those videos with contact info, looks like you have scored a few doing that.
So are you going to restore it or flip it?
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Retirement is here!
1956 Ghia
1959 SO-23 Westfalia
1960 double cab
1960 Baja Bug
1963 stretched double cab
1962 Golde sunroof Ghia
1963 356 B coupe
1963 Notchback
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bandet
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Joined: May 21, 2011
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Location: pingree I.D.
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bonecollector
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Joined: September 16, 2003
Posts: 311
Location: Southeast Idaho
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| bandet wrote: |
| Good find man. Can't wait to come over and see in person. |
Smart man posting up those videos with contact info, looks like you have scored a few doing that.
So are you going to restore it or flip it? |
Preserve/Restore. The vision I have for it is still unfolding. Below the belt line is going to be 90% original paint. Because of all the welding done above the belt line I will be painting the SWR back and then airbrushing in some Chestnut Brown and buffing back through to make it match the original paint. Stock height with Bias Ply White walls on shiny black wheels. That's the direction I am heading right now. We will see how it goes.
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Braukuche
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Joined: September 03, 2004
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| bonecollector wrote: |
| Braukuche wrote: |
| bandet wrote: |
| Good find man. Can't wait to come over and see in person. |
Smart man posting up those videos with contact info, looks like you have scored a few doing that.
So are you going to restore it or flip it? |
Preserve/Restore. The vision I have for it is still unfolding. Below the belt line is going to be 90% original paint. Because of all the welding done above the belt line I will be painting the SWR back and then airbrushing in some Chestnut Brown and buffing back through to make it match the original paint. Stock height with Bias Ply White walls on shiny black wheels. That's the direction I am heading right now. We will see how it goes. |
They call that a "sympathetic restoration," I've done that on a couple buses that's a great idea. Are you going to chase down the seats, panels, etc etc? Should be a sweet bus when done, congrats on the find and look forward to seeing the progress when you get to it.
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Go Reds! Smash state!
Retirement is here!
1956 Ghia
1959 SO-23 Westfalia
1960 double cab
1960 Baja Bug
1963 stretched double cab
1962 Golde sunroof Ghia
1963 356 B coupe
1963 Notchback
1967 21 window less rusty now |
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dawerks
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Wow!! That's a fantastic find, cool video and it looks about a billion times better with all the windows visible.
Nice Mouse Grey in the back too 
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| You are correct on the mandatory pop out of the sunroof shot. Can't wait to try that screaming down the highway at 55 mph. |
BEST FEELING EVER!! .. the only problem is finding someone to drive me around 
Post up what you're going to do to her, I need motivation to work on mine!! |
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bonecollector
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Location: Southeast Idaho
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Looking for all glass right now. Need a front seat, and all interior panels. I have a middle and back seat that I plan to use. If it's missing in the pics I need it so if you have something you want to sell hit me up and maybe we can make a deal. Thanks Bonecollector. Here is a short motivational vid clip for dawerks. Enjoy!!!
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zozo
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Joined: October 15, 2005
Posts: 5217
Location: South of Ol' San Antonio
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| Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Great vid! Thanks for sharing. |
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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very nice, love it when they are just brought back, rather than "restored"
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dawerks
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Dude, that vid made my day.
I like your window removal method! And the mandatory, 'hey, will this buff out'?? |
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bandet
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Joined: May 21, 2011
Posts: 95
Location: pingree I.D.
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| That's is going to be a sweet bus. |
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61TXghia
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Joined: July 17, 2009
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Location: El Paso, TX
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RHD Notch
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Location: Joshua Tree, CA
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Great vid bonecollector...just the kind of thing to inspire me to go turn some wrenches on my beater single...thanks
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| very nice, love it when they are just brought back, rather than "restored" |
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| I am at the point where I hardly want to own anything that isn't original paint. |
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| I have some other projects I'd like to finish first and I want to drive this bus while I'm working on those to help stay motivated. |
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jeffreyned
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Joined: June 23, 2012
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Location: Eugene, OR
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Sweet find and great work! However, I can clearly see you have too many VW's. Pushing them in and out and trading things around like that... Whew! Must be terrible going through all that every time you wanna work on one... 
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CaLiBus
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| Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 10:47 pm Post subject: 57 nm bus |
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^^^ the only way to resolve that issue would be to donate your 57 23w bus to me..  |
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