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Grant D Samba Member
Joined: August 05, 2004 Posts: 62 Location: wirral..united kingdom
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:58 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Wow. Have you finally lost the plot:) |
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DadsOld74 Samba Member
Joined: October 01, 2013 Posts: 138 Location: Cody, Wyoming USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:20 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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This is great! I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together. _________________ --Brian ('74 standard bug)
"If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself." - Ferdinand Porsche |
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chris67bug Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2011 Posts: 40 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 5:40 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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busben wrote: |
Thanks Chris, and yes it's the same town in Sweden but this bus isn't from the scrapyard. It was discovered rusting away on the land owned by the original owners family. The original owner used it when he ran a mechanics workshop in the town back in the fifties.
The scrapyard is still there, but quite a few rarer vehicles have been sold over the years including all the Barndoors and early vw stuff. As far as I know the owner is reluctant to sell much more other than a few complete cars because the place still gets a few visitors wanting cool photos. Remove too many cars and the place loses its charm I guess. |
Thanks Ben, very interesting. Remember seeing pics of that place in volksworld way back in the early nineties and it was mind blowing. Delighted to hear the early stuff has been saved. |
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goreygoreymanunited Samba Member
Joined: May 12, 2010 Posts: 44 Location: forest of dean
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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staggeringly beautiful work and incredible story. Truly inspirational. Well done |
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52panelvan Samba Member
Joined: June 07, 2006 Posts: 350
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:35 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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What can you say, just an amazing job Ben and Jeff!! _________________ Austrian Kohlruss Deluxe
January 1954, 20-072397
The Kohlruss Barndoor Restoration - https://www.facebook.com/groups/641684399225180/
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 11:52 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Thanks Chris, and yes it's the same town in Sweden but this bus isn't from the scrapyard. It was discovered rusting away on the land owned by the original owners family. The original owner used it when he ran a mechanics workshop in the town back in the fifties.
The scrapyard is still there, but quite a few rarer vehicles have been sold over the years including all the Barndoors and early vw stuff. As far as I know the owner is reluctant to sell much more other than a few complete cars because the place still gets a few visitors wanting cool photos. Remove too many cars and the place loses its charm I guess. |
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chris67bug Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2011 Posts: 40 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 8:52 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Fabulous save, and amazing progress on the restoration/ reconstruction. Was interested in the location, isn't Tocksfors the site of the (in)famous scrapyard? Been hearing about that place for years, pics of a number of barndoors if i recall. Anyone know if its still there? |
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Great promotional skills as ever rob I did read your thread ages ago before you took your bus to Paul Wisks but I wanted a stronger a post and also for all the little details to be right. Pretty happy with the way we did them tbh. Jeff's pretty handy at all this! |
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Lowdown Dirty Rat Samba Member
Joined: June 25, 2005 Posts: 878 Location: Cornwall, UK
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Rich's 50 Samba Member
Joined: February 18, 2004 Posts: 10781 Location: San Diego, CA
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Amazing |
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome Ben. I love the details and explanations in your posts 😃
A great start to the weekend!! |
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:45 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Cheers chaps. Well chuffed with it
Well once the chassis is complete it's time to start building upwards......
Because the front end is ever so slightly rusty we decided to use new Gerson a-posts and screen surround to give us something strong to build from.
Whilst many buses of this age only have one mirror arm, it was possible to order a second from the factory, and this bus did appear to have mirror arm fittings on both a-posts. (After driving my lhd panel about with only one mirror it will be a great luxury to have two!!). Only one KF a-post had the internal screws so this was quickly dealt with.
but they were still not ready, they needed more work yet
A few years back, the most famous Barndoor owner on the planet was fitting his new safaris when he spotted that early and late Barndoor a-posts differ slightly in profile and the positioning of the door channel. This is a nice detail to get right on an early bus, and although no-one sells these 50-52 a-posts, later posts can be modified. Scottys thread is here for further detail:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=428324&highlight=
Well we read and re-read all this, looked at a lot of photos, studied my other buses a-posts, and spent a long time talking about it, but to be honest we ended up confusing each other quite a lot. The Welsh Wonder came up trumps by posting us a section of (Rather ) early a-post to use as a guide. Here you can see what I'm talking about .......... the Gerson a-post is 52+ Barndoor, and the blue is early:
So new, "wider" sections were fabricated
and then with the door seal channel removed
so that the a-posts could be modified
before the channel was spot welded back on. Here's the modified "early" post compared to the normal, later one........
........ and side by side with the section of original early style post
and an early style a-post ready to use
with all the little details looking nice and original. This is how my Jan '51 looks, a handy reference to have in the garage
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The Rascals Cats Samba Member
Joined: March 23, 2013 Posts: 63 Location: France
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:12 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Amazing Job on the chassis ... stunning ... cant wait to see how jeff goes to the next step _________________ Building my automotive dreams ....
Also i'm proud to be a " Rascal cat"...
www.therascalscats.com Follow us daily on IG @therascalscats |
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spit nolan Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2005 Posts: 123 Location: redditch, united kingdom
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:06 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome Ben and JC of course! Badass! _________________ 1963 Squareback
1967 Porsche 912
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bally Samba Member
Joined: April 29, 2006 Posts: 1182 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:58 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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busben Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2008 Posts: 527 Location: Somerset, UK
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 10:53 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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So first up for some work was the tool box section. The top and bottom of the toolbox had survived ....... just! ..... as had the strengthening piece that runs underneath with all the cut-outs in for the steering gear, etc. This lump was pretty solid for the main part, but all the edges had been eaten away
So we started starting fabricating and letting in new metal
Not the most fun job in the world
Anyway, we persevered and eventually the section was back where it should be. It would have been way easier to just use new panels but it's great to actually see some original metal going back onto this thing .......
........ although sometimes there is just nothing left to use but new metal!
At the rear of the bus the chassis was still missing its cradle, which was lying, half rusted away on the floor.......
and because it was decided it wasn't really fixable, a new cradle was bent up to match the original
and then welded into position
with everything finished neatly with the usual attention to detail
With a few other bits and pieces taken care of and finished,
the chassis is starting to look pretty good!!
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djfordmanjack Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2009 Posts: 2179 Location: Graz, Austria, Europe
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bigbulli Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2000 Posts: 575 Location: ENGLAND
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:16 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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I've always said, if you've got something to weld to you can save any bus! But this is nuts!!! Great work, looking forward to following the Resto. _________________ 1954 Barndoor
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Demian_S Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2008 Posts: 82 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:07 am Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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busben wrote: |
I think he soon realised the calibre of idiot he was dealing with and was soon telling me that he knew of a very bad Barndoor in Sweden that might be available.
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Spot on!
Thanks for sharing the restoration of this bus. |
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nize Samba Member
Joined: June 21, 2004 Posts: 531 Location: Sweden - Cheesy town
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Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:19 pm Post subject: Re: 20-020744 "The Tocksfors Rhd" |
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Awesome!
So cool that you went to save this bus. As you said above, it has been laying around for long and whithout no one collecting it among us barndoor crazy swedes. Now it will finally get some love and care
I´ll definitely subscribe to this thread _________________ ----------(VW)----------
1954 Kombi
1957 lowlight ghia coupe
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