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Two Glove Boxes
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mandraks
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| Amazing looking work what wheels will you be going with I assume stock? |
i think i saw a set of 32s in the background, proper Donks, will be awesome 
or some lowrider wheels? gold wire wheels, 13s!
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Two Glove Boxes
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| German Krew wrote: |
| Amazing looking work what wheels will you be going with I assume stock? |
i think i saw a set of 32s in the background, proper Donks, will be awesome
or some lowrider wheels? gold wire wheels, 13s! |
SMH  That sounds funny but I remember going to lowrider shows in Dallas and seeing every VW on wires.
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mandraks
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| German Krew wrote: |
| mandraks wrote: |
| German Krew wrote: |
| Amazing looking work what wheels will you be going with I assume stock? |
i think i saw a set of 32s in the background, proper Donks, will be awesome
or some lowrider wheels? gold wire wheels, 13s! |
SMH That sounds funny but I remember going to lowrider shows in Dallas and seeing every VW on wires. |
good thing then that shenanigans like that are pretty much illegal in Europe, even in the mountains of Austria 
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Huetti_1989
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:43 am Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| mandraks wrote: |
| German Krew wrote: |
| mandraks wrote: |
| German Krew wrote: |
| Amazing looking work what wheels will you be going with I assume stock? |
i think i saw a set of 32s in the background, proper Donks, will be awesome
or some lowrider wheels? gold wire wheels, 13s! |
SMH That sounds funny but I remember going to lowrider shows in Dallas and seeing every VW on wires. |
good thing then that shenanigans like that are pretty much illegal in Europe, even in the mountains of Austria |
Good question, i tried some different rims, but the most of the tires rubbing in the rear wheel arch, also biger tires would look cool, but noting of that funny stuff is allowed here, so i am still searching rims...
some more little jobs done:
Put together the rear centre brake light, with old rivets and some tricks:
killed a nos glass.
i have some different style brake lense chrome cover, i think the flat one is ok.
Added a emergency flasher switch under the dash in an existing hole (old Bosch switch with splitwindow knob)
buy some nos wiper base and installed the wiper blades, poor fitting...
repaired the horn: clened the opening switch, adjust it, sandblasted ant paint.
the old horn wire was dead, could not save the alu wire around. take the alu wire from a old Barndoor loom and build a new steering wire loom, what a messy work... a bubble growed on my finger after that work...
installed the steering wheel.
1000 little things left todo...
-Christian
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My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
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Okie Adam
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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Wrapping the wire, now that is dedication! Great job!
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chrisflstf
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| What lake is that outside your shop? Beautiful view. Can you fish there? |
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velvetgreen
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:07 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| wrapping the wire manually- major props! someone was repopping those a few years bike. |
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BulliBill
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:00 am Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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The esteemed Neil Pickett did those excellent horn wire reproductions, I snagged a pair of them back then. His work took him to Europe (Poland) and I think he passed along the how-to process to someone else (can't remember who) to continue making them. Anyone?
Bill
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 8:51 am Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| BulliBill wrote: |
The esteemed Neil Pickett did those excellent horn wire reproductions, I snagged a pair of them back then. His work took him to Europe (Poland) and I think he passed along the how-to process to someone else (can't remember who) to continue making them. Anyone?
Bill |
Easy E (Evan) was making them for a while...at least selling them. They are/were excellent, and I too snagged some then: great product.
Wrapping manually? You, Sir, are an example of how patience prevails! Truck’s looking better and better every time I check back on progress. Cheers.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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Huetti_1989
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bally
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| Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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A neat solution Christian. Does that relay box allow the semaphores to work with the extra flashing lights you added? I have a similar system in my bus but not the near bracket. I feel I need to follow your lead!
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Huetti_1989
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mdege
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| Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| Yes that is my plan, i want the semaphores flashing, we would see if i can make it work.. |
That is fairly easy as long as the turnsignal switch switches the un-pulsed 6/12V. If not you will need to add some relays (one for each side) To separate the switch form the pulsed signal.
Then the un-pulsed signal needs to go to solenoids of the semaphores. I am not sure about the legislation in Austria, but in Germany the light in the semaphore needs to flash with the turnsignals, this means you will need to rewire that.
If you need more details, let me know. I have help others with this setup before.
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Huetti_1989
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 7:25 am Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| Yes that is my plan, i want the semaphores flashing, we would see if i can make it work.. |
That is fairly easy as long as the turnsignal switch switches the un-pulsed 6/12V. If not you will need to add some relays (one for each side) To separate the switch form the pulsed signal.
Then the un-pulsed signal needs to go to solenoids of the semaphores. I am not sure about the legislation in Austria, but in Germany the light in the semaphore needs to flash with the turnsignals, this means you will need to rewire that.
If you need more details, let me know. I have help others with this setup before. |
Thanks, yes, that is my plan, i want to use flashing led bulbs, so the coil can work normal, i will see when i am at this point.
I ordered a new rear Bumper, i was not very happy with the bent one i had, so worth a try to make that fit, i had to cut it in the corners and ends to make it fit:
Some new Reflectors from Splitpartsunlimited arrived, i like them realy much.
-Christian
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My 1957 semaphore Single Cab:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=605363&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
MY 1967 Sparsamba:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=757182
My 1954 Deutsche Bundespost Barndoor:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621802
My 1961 SO34 Flipseat Westfalia:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=716285
My 1991 Westfalia California:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=650751 |
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Huetti_1989
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ryans65
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:50 am Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| I need to do that FF treatment to mine while the doors are still apart! |
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BarryL 
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: 57 Single Cab repair from Austria |
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| Does that stuff harden like Cosmoline or does it stay semi-liquid? |
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