1957 PGSG - "Carpet Bus"

[dawerks]

My friend Richard dropped this off and I've decided to keep it as an ugly driver. Let's have a look shall we?!

Really, it's Palm Green, Sand Green, NOT mango!!

Again, NOT mango

Why 'carpet bus'?

Because!! Ta da!

And..

Bling!

And the original paint peeking out..

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[Braukuche]

Surprised no one bought that bus when you had it for sale, guess they could not see through the ugliness to the beauty within.
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[clnvwe2]

[zuggbug]

you never know what lurking behind ugly carpet and ugly paint

hats off for keeping it.

congrats
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[bigdish2]

Very surprised it didn't sell either. It even has the rear bumper with it. Just strip the paint and see what happens. Good luck with it.
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1954 & 63 Vert
1956 Dove blue camper
(2) 1958 23w deluxes
1958 PGSG 11w og paint
1958 logo dd panel
1959 dove blue 11w
(5) 15w deluxes
(2) 1960,63,65 double cabs
1963 swr/bg 11w og paint
1964 limo bus 350 powered
1964 SO36 Dormobile flipseat Westy
1966 (2) so42’s og paint
1969 (2) porsche 912s
1969 dart swinger 340
(3) Porsche 911s sunroof,targa,cab

[dawerks]

Actually there were a few ready buyers but the deal never 'closed'. So I took it off the market. It's the type of bus that I used to drive the crap out of, but then I took a detour and started painting them. (They get shiny, value goes up, and my desire to drive them goes waayy down).

Now I am inspired by this guy;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...highlight=

I don't have as many cool ideas as him obviously, but I like how he LOVES his bus, and when he has an idea, he just does it. I was handcuffing myself and most of my buses wound up being sterilized (they get like that after you clean, sand, paint).

No plans for it except to get it running/driving/safe and cleaned up! (Inside is disgusting!!).
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[dawerks]

Step 1: Get the doors to close. I wouldn't have kept it if I couldn't figure out the cargo doors. This is the BEST they would close. Huge gap! Is it optimistic to think of a door as half closed?? (I'm thinking no!)

After a bunch of spray, BFG, they shut niiicee!! Got the magic spray all over, but worry not, it is silicone free! Please don't ask how, but it just all worked out. Block of wood, ftw!

She's been around the block.

Front door closes nice but the bottom is scraping the bumper.

NOT MANGO!

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[dawerks]

Had a nice visit from Hank (all the way from Bella Coola!). Very cool to meet someone who is as nuts about VW's as I am.

Couldn't find the holes for the emblem, so I found a VW literature approved method of mounting it.

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[Big Bill]

I don't have as many cool ideas as him obviously, but I like how he LOVES his bus, and when he has an idea, he just does it. I was handcuffing myself and most of my buses wound up being sterilized (they get like that after you clean, sand, paint

So true I have done this to ALL of the VWs I have ever owned. I fix everything wrong with it (in my mind) use it for a year then move it on. Stupid!

[LAGrunthaner]

dawerks I think it is beautiful, had my eye on it for a while but just not ready for the second bus yet ..... hopefully soon, of which will be a non shiny driver

[Riff Raff]

That's the Kjiji bus?

Nice to find salvageable panels in there, hope there are more good surprises.
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[dawerks]

One of them It was on sale in Sask. Kevin in Calgary bought it, then Richard got it in a trade I think and he sold it to me. It was on Kijiji for a long time but I never bothered because I thought it was 'Mango' myself until I saw the interior pics. I think alot of people passed on it thinking the same thing. Lucky me.

Started to strip off some of the paint to see how hard it is and if it's possible. Looks fairly simple.

Took out the trans, did some cleaning up and 'just in case' maint work.

And the fun part! I carefully 'bladed' out the border of the CAA logo and it looks much better now (IMO).

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[dawerks]

[ricekooker]

That section of green looks nice. Keep going!

[LAGrunthaner]

Hard to tell from here, so what is the color
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[dawerks]

[dawerks]

The bus was very filthy! Took off all the panels and my bud helped in cleaning and vacuuming it out. The 'black' stuff is a hard, stubborn surface that kept the evil out. Or 'rust' if you want to be vulgar about it.

Cleaner! Someone pulled a GGERGG!! But it's getting there.

Sweet rear mat. Is this still considered a 'sisal' mat or is that only for SO22's? What are these called? For now, I will hug him and kiss him and call him Mat.

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[sub-hatchtim]

DON'T STOP "believing"
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[Braukuche]

Isn't that the normal hard board that they have in the cargo area on standards? Sisal is a fiberous material, they used it on a bunch of different Westy models.
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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

[EverettB]