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PostPosted: Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:35 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
Yesterday, I waited for the sun to dry up my driveway so that I can work on my bus. Fortunately the sky cleared and it gave me a few hours to work on the bus. Welding underneath the bus is a bit tough and annoying. I wish I had a hydraulic lift pretty much like those at a regular shop. Welding would be much easier with the bus up on hydraulic lift.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 10:05 am    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
That seems to be the way it goes. I spend a lot of time obsessively dry fitting parts. I find that no matter how well made the part or how well I fit it, it behaves differently once I start welding and there are always "adjustments" to make along the way. I am learning to use the way metal behaves to my advantage when welding. Once you get a part partially welded, you can put a lot more leverage on the part to make adjustments. You can also use the heat from welding to your advantage to shrink or move metal. I would love to see footage of a bus body being assembled at the factory from start to finish though I'm sure it doesn't exist. I think they were mostly assembled by people and not robots...
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 03, 2017 3:58 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
orwell84 wrote:
I would love to see footage of a bus body being assembled at the factory from start to finish though I'm sure it doesn't exist. I think they were mostly assembled by people and not robots...


Hi orwell84 Smile

If such film does exist, it must probably be owned & well guarded by the VW company in Germany or Brazil.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:16 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2017 6:37 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:19 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:00 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
nice job on the metal fabrication and the welding
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:38 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:41 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
tewfiks wrote:
nice job on the metal fabrication and the welding


Thank you tewfiks,

I wish I have deep pockets to buy those fancy tools and machine to fabricate metal. But project is on the low end of the budget and so I just try my best to shape the sheet metal where it looks a little decent when I weld it on the bus.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 6:48 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
Looking forward to seeing the end result! Lotta work going on there.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:17 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
Just checking in to say hello. I love this thread. Keep up the great work!
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:35 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
LazyLightning75 wrote:
Looking forward to seeing the end result! Lotta work going on there.


Thanks LazyLightning75 Smile

I never expect this bus to have this much rust repair. I kept on asking myself, "what the heck did I get myself into?!" Smile
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1967 EZ camper bus
1971 Westfalia bus
1971 Deluxe bus
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1962 Bug
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"Rust free" means Rust is FREE. The rest is junk.

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Pinetops wrote:
Just checking in to say hello. I love this thread. Keep up the great work!


Hi Pinetops,

I saw your trend about the SO42. You got a beautiful bus. I hope someday I will be able to find a rusty & affordable SO42 and rescue it from rust.

Thank you Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 9:43 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:15 am    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
Wow great job. I only have 1 thing to say......

I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:30 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:33 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
jasoncardenas21 wrote:

I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....
I will never complain about my bus project again.....


Hi Jasoncardenas21 Smile

Amen to that, brother Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 6:51 pm    Post subject: Re: My restoration project, a 1971 Westfalia. Still learning. Reply with quote
watching you make the panels and pieces you need with what you have is just amazing. It reminds me of "Alone in the wilderness" with dick proenneke. that son of a bitch cold make anything he needed with an ax.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss&list=PLHhsu-Vn6jZpBMVJ5Wncizf0wrCw1C0-V
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