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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:25 pm    Post subject: just rescued this 68 walkthru westfalia is it worth restorin Reply with quote

Hi,
I just bought this 68 vw westfalia that is a walkthru and only has an original 7000miles on it. It looks like it needs some frame work and the lower 6inches. Do you think i should part it out or restore it as i'm unsure.
I priced out fixing it and it seems like a great idea but then again that is a lot of work. looking for input how rare is this bus? Is there other 68 walkthru westfalia busses out there that are solid and don't need all this work? or even a decent solid body shell to transfer all the hard to find parts too. It is one of the first baywindows the door handles are wrong on it..

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:30 pm    Post subject: Re: just rescued this 68 walkthru westfalia is it worth rest Reply with quote

vwuguy wrote:
Hi,
I just bought this 68 vw westfalia that is a walkthru and only has an original 7000miles on it. It looks like it needs some frame work and the lower 6inches. Do you think i should part it out or restore it as i'm unsure.
I priced out fixing it and it seems like a great idea but then again that is a lot of work. looking for input how rare is this bus? Is there other 68 walkthru westfalia busses out there that are solid and don't need all this work? or even a decent solid body shell to transfer all the hard to find parts too.



i fix alot of clapped out shit, but sorry to say, it's a parts bus. there is no way that bus has 7K on it, more like 807,000 Shocked

what's the VIN, it's not a 68 model year either.

sorry if it sounds like i have pee'ed in your cheerio's, but i know what it takes to do a bus right, and there are far better starting points
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the odometer was broken about 250,000 miles ago. Wink

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:36 pm    Post subject: odometer busted Reply with quote

the bus sat in a shop for 10+ years then outside that shop for the other 20
and i have all receipts to prove the mileage
unfortuunately the shop parked it outside
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:43 pm    Post subject: Re: odometer busted Reply with quote

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the bus sat in a shop for 10+ years then outside that shop for the other 20
and i have all receipts to prove the mileage
unfortunately the shop parked it outside


Out side of what? A salt mine Laughing On the beach Confused Next to a a hive of rust beetles Cool

I say source a nice stripped out body and start move the good stuff from this to that.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok, so the bondo in the nose, the bad repaint and the rust happend in 7,000 miles?

i change my original post. go for it. i would totally fix it. then you can say you have a true low mileage bus
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:47 pm    Post subject: parked outside of what a salt mine Reply with quote

well it is an original ontario canada bus they all end up looking like this if you don't park them inside up here. This is the usual rust up here..
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It looks like a late 69 because it has the round brake res., odometer above center, and maybe the rear view mirror is plastic coated hard to tell.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As everyone else mentioned, you can find something in muuuuch better shape to start with, but what is "worth fixing" is entirely up to you!

Although I'm missing how it's a walk through?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Park a bus or any vehicle outside in eastern Canada and it will hardly rust at all compared to a vehicle in the hot humid SE of the US. Canadian rust comes from salt combined with mileage. I would guess the mileage at 107,000, 207,000 or maybe even 307,000 miles.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Although I'm missing how it's a walk through?

It's a walkthrough because it doesn't have a front bench seat. You can "walkthrough" from the front seat to the back without getting out of the Bus. It's also a bucket of shit. Come on dude look at that thing. 7K miles? You're smarter than that. Not a '68, no way is that mileage accurate and yes it's a parts Bus.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hate to be the the guy that says this, but it looks to me by the way the lower side panels are expanded and rotted beyond repair the previous owner followed the kiss of death by following that frickin idiot who posted how to rust proof your bus with foam and tar. Absolutely not. Part it as Skills said earlier.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That seat, floormat and steering wheel are pretty clean but no way it's 7K OG Mi's, I'll hazard a 107K guess. I've owned things that were stored outdoors in that area so the decay isn't really suprising, it's a combination of summer humidity and acid rain from the industry upwind that causes it and sometimes it's horrific even if it's never been on a salty road (like steel airplane parts for example).

Regardless it's a pretty tough looking bus now so low mileage or not even you won't come out ahead restoring it Erb.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Parts. That bus is junk. I'll buy the front seats.to help you get started on parting.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have two 68 walkthrough (not rare) westys in my yard, both of them in better condition than that rust heap. One I got for free and the other was $400. You have nothing more than a rusty pile of scrap that is not worth $1500
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Or fly's on shit. Man, $1500? It only has one windshield!
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