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crofty
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 Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:13 am Post subject: 1962 SO34 Flipseat Westfalia "Build" |
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Longer ago than I care to admit, I purchased this bus from a Samba ad right after selling a hard top ’70 Westy. It was up in Portland Oregon which is a 12 hour drive but I didn’t care, it was a SO34 Westfalia! Lucky for me a friend up in Southern Oregon offered to tow the bus back to her place a little south of Eugene! We ended up having to drive to Eugene anyway because of a Uhaul screw up but it wasn’t that bad. Anyway, thanks to Susan for dragging that bus down for us.
Back at our place-
After I got it home I took a real good look at it. Man, was I missing some hard to find stuff! I didn’t know if I’d ever find all that stuff so there it sat for a LONG time while I pieced together all the missing stuff. I’m at about 85% as far as having all the stuff it should have, but it’s better than the 45% I was at when I bought it!
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xavi_242
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Location: Barcelona (SPAIN)
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Congrats Sean!
Very nice westy...
interior pics?
plans?
wow!
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crofty
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While I'm waiting to do a metal order I started cleaning up the interior kit
Hacked icebox
Icebox panel removed
new Icebox panel installed
Roll-around cabinet before
post redo
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srfndoc
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Location: SoCal
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Looks nice, what are the plans (Full restoration, driver status or somewhere in between?).
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crofty
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Location: Land of Whine and Phonies
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| Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:53 am Post subject: |
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| Looks nice, what are the plans (Full restoration, driver status or somewhere in between?). |
Somewhere in between. I'd like to be driving it next spring. I have sent the seats off to be reupholstered already and should get them back soon. I was lucky enopugh to get some of Alex's orange plaid years ago.
It needs rockers, A and B pillars, drivers battery tray, some roof repair and outer front floors.
I'm going to install a BN4 as well.
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Stocknazi
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Cool bus; looking back i'm sure you are glad you picked it up years ago.
Og paint?
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velvetgreen
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Location: Canada
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very cool bus. What is the that mystery hatch/panel on the drivers long panel above the rear wheel?
Looking fwd to watching this bus take shape! |
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crofty
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Not original paint on the outside but a nice match.
The previous owners at some point had hacked in a propane fridge and 5 gallon tank into the rear cabinet. I think the tank is in the fourth pic above. The hatch on the side is to access the tank and fridge from the outside.
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crofty
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Door cabinet before/during
Post clean up
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campingbox 
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| Nice work Sean! |
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vw7266
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| lovely! Nice project |
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oleflorida
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That's going to be a sweet ride. Good luck and congrats!
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crofty
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Thanks.
If anyone has the measurements for the mirror that goes in the door cabinet I'd appreciate it. I'm guessing 9x10"
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crofty
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I was able to get a lot of the staining off the wood but not all of it. I can live with it
Before
After
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crofty
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srfndoc
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Schwing!
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Red Fau Veh
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That interior material is so sweet! VW should have used those colors more, they look outstanding to me. I need to find a flip seat bus! 
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crofty
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This is an old pic so know that I’m not using that rocker!
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velvetgreen
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| Wow those seats turned out very nice! How much plaid fabric was required to redo all of them? |
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