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Vintagespeed
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 Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:43 pm Post subject: A 1962 15-window build... |
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hi guys. after waiting for a few months, this august 1962 deluxe bus finaly arrived begin of this month.
as I always liked my current "repainted" 65 standard, I really wanted something else that had a patina look, but was mecanically sound!
my favorite model remains a 15window, so when this one popped up, I went for it. it needs LOTS of work but thanks (again!) to my buddy Luc, it's comming along great.
It's a fried egg model, but still with the 9 outward facing air vents. It was the first month of the 1963 model, so already with the higher dog legs.
Here are some pictures :
as posted here on TheSamba
what no floors? 
as arrived in Belgium. "damn a lot of work" not to worry... 
The intention is to build this bus keeping it's current look, but having a solid rust free bottom.
Yes there will have to be some serious paint blending, but I don't care, I'd rather have blend paint then get killed in traffic due to the poor condition of the bus
fitting rocker under cargo doors...
blasting/prepping the frame underneath and finally fitting a floor 
started making some small patches where needed, leaving as much og material intact as possible..
a lot more to come in the next days a difficult challenge was to see how far we could go without messing up the original looks of this bus. I DON'T want it to be a restored bus, there has to be lots of surface rust, paint chips, dents and scratches that 50 years on the road created... |
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AlteWagen
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EverettB 
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Vintagespeed
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hey Everett, thanks for the tip, how should that floor look? Can it be adjusted?
When ordering online the floor plates always say 55-67 |
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EverettB
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Vintagespeed
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wow thanks for that Everett, we'll look into that further along the ride.
as for the current welding progress :
out with the old doglegs
little patch just in front of the cargo door rockers
inner wheel area
front floor will be cut out entirely too, it will be replaced
dogleg fitting :
it's comming along great, I can hardly keep up supplying metal parts for my buddy |
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Vintagespeed
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patch above cargo floor
small patch above dogleg
rocker out
Autocraft rocker in...
fixing the inner wheel area behind the rocker
other side needs an Autocraft rocker too
man those panels are sweet when it comes to fitting.
next up...front floor renewal
currently steering wheel, box, handbrake, etc are being removed. more on this shortly! |
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mandraks
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| Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 8:07 am Post subject: |
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very nice!
i would not be shocked it "original paint" bullet turn signals appeared on the front. it could happen 
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Vintagespeed
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what do you mean, it's a 62 so it has fried eggs.
would you weld bullets in on a 62?
bullets are cool, but they wouldn't be correct on this bus |
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mandraks
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what do you mean, it's a 62 so it has fried eggs.
would you weld bullets in on a 62?
bullets are cool, but they wouldn't be correct on this bus |
i am a rebel like that, you do what you want, i realize that the fried eggs are correct, i just never "loved" them on any of my buses.
I drove my 59 beetle with "winkers" at a time where the TUV made you take them out...
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AlteWagen
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| Vintagespeed wrote: |
what do you mean, it's a 62 so it has fried eggs.
would you weld bullets in on a 62?
bullets are cool, but they wouldn't be correct on this bus |
I FTF on my 63, on a 62 its harder to tell due to the flat lips on the rear wells. If you "fixed" the dash pod and painted the dash lower color it would be almost impossible to tell without looking at the vin or mcode plate. |
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Vintagespeed
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left rear corner can be saved. On the right side, well, the battery has to go somewhere
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AlteWagen
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Are you sure that bus is a 62? The lips on the rear wheel well are a 63 later thing (July 30 1962).
Just an FYI, Euro 62s still had bullets.
Edit: just looked through the database again and didnt find any 63s that looked like yours. Unfortunately many of the pics that were taken from the classifieds no longer exist, I guess EB deleted many old pics lately making forum posts useless in some cases. |
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mandraks
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he did say august 62, making it a 63.
has always been a dilemma for me, i was born in August 63 and i always liked the 62s better than my birthday month 
bullets are important to me, i would have to "fix" that if it was mine, and i would absolutely want it. my birthday is coming up! anybody?
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Vintagespeed
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:50 am Post subject: |
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correct, it's an august '62, making it the first month the '63 model came out. The thin dogleggs are also a give away.
What do you mean a bus actually build in '63 looks different, what differences are you talking about. |
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AlteWagen
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| the only difference for an actual built in 63 bus would be the innie vents on late 63, bastard 1 ton brakes, and the 1500 air cleaner mount. |
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Vintagespeed
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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some more of Luc's work of today..
fits like a glove, let's start pinning it down from below
I like the og stuff, so let's but that back
at this point, it's no longer a flinstone car |
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kenshapiro2002
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| Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmmmmm...getting ready to finish up my floors this week. What do ya'll think about welding them from below like this as opposed to the more common way...from above? |
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Wexford
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| Weld through from above (having cleaned, primed and painted the tops of the chassis rails that will no longer be accessible when the floor is in....mark and remove paint from the spots where the welds will go) |
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Andy P
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Nice 15.
Keep up the hard work! 
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