My First Bus / 1970 / Non Walk Through / Bench Seats

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[BTRacing]

Ha , I am 100% Polish. In Chicago since 2000. Have European car repair shop in Evanston
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[WithTheFlow]

Started the cargo floor area by removing the top hat support and rear outriggers. Although a few of the floor supports need replacement, the gear shift guide tube will remain in because it's a great reference for fitting the new supports. Also cutting the supports at a diagonal gives much better access to then reweld them once they are fitted

The new support was then clamped to a scale, fitted and tacked.

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[lil-jinx]

Your pictures on page 5 shows the remains of a middle sill.
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1974 Bay Westfalia. she likes to be called Ethel.
1968 Dune Buggy
1974 parts bus
A smart man learns from his mistakes,a very smart man learns from other's mistakes.

[WithTheFlow]

Worked on removing th second top hat support along with the jacking points. I was originally going to patch the crossmember in an area it rusted through but it turns out the inside is covered with surface rust. The PO filled the heater duct shut. I'm thinking that could be removed as well since I am doing a Subaru conversion. Perhaps it will free up space under there.

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[WithTheFlow]

Last of the floor supports, outriggers. cross members, and jacking points are in.

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[WithTheFlow]

The jacking points from Wolfburgs west don't hold the inner sill up so well. It seems like they will need some adjusting. Im also a but confused with how the inner sill, middle sill, front jacking point, floor and b pillar all come together.
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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[WithTheFlow]

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[WithTheFlow]

Haven't posted in a while. Let me know if you're still following. Most of my progress gets posted on a local bus group in Wisconsin.

I wasn't happy with the jacking point from WW so I drilled out their welds and welded it back in right

welded jacking point to the outrigger

fitting inner sill

middle sill on drivers side

C pillar fabication

frame patch

Seat belt strengthener

Fit floors and marked my holes! Prepare for hours of drilling

I scuffed and epoxied the floors while there were out!!!

Burn them in

Time to move to the front

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[Spike0180]

That floor looks slick! keep it coming.
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Brutis Patches Izabich: 1970 VW Transporter - 1776cc DP
Current State: Projects never truly end...
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Other cars: 2003 F150, 2003 Jetta GLI vr6-6sp

Sambastic: adj; the quality of being nit picky, elitist, expecting everyone to do things the way they believe is best with no regard to situation, "sambastic"

[WithTheFlow]

Any tips on removing the handbrake lever pin under the floor? [/quote]
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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[busdaddy]

Looking good!

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[Vee Dub Nut]

Keep it up... You're doing good work!

And thanks for sharing your progress, its fun to watch.
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See all my VW pics on Instagram @ vee_dub_nut

[WithTheFlow]

Removed the steering wheel and the the cab floor

So I have an original rust free dog leg with the a pillar and parts of the b-pillar still attached.
My bus needed work on the bottom of the pillars as well.
I’ve already fabricated parts of the inner b-pillar and want to use the curve in the original rust free price to fabricate the rest of what’s missing.
I’m thinking of trying to weld in the whole dog leg with the pillars attached and building from there. I already have it pretty close. If it fails I will have to drill out the spot welds and separate the pillars from the dog leg and weld in each piece separately but that is time consuming and a little more invasive.
Any thoughts?

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The fastest thing you can do is slow down.

“The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better."
-- The Alchemist”

[yoyorob]

thanks for sharing! i’m just getting starting disassembling my 70 deluxe walkthru so I appreciate you documenting your progress.

where did your replacement cargo floor come from and how’d you like it?

[Spike0180]

If you weld it in whole like that, make sure you plan through how you will reach each point to weld. And what is your plan for rust prevention? Leaving the weld completely untouched on the back side will rust quickly. Just thoughts, I think they can likely be overcome. Good work so far.
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Brutis Patches Izabich: 1970 VW Transporter - 1776cc DP
Current State: Projects never truly end...
Location: Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Other cars: 2003 F150, 2003 Jetta GLI vr6-6sp

Sambastic: adj; the quality of being nit picky, elitist, expecting everyone to do things the way they believe is best with no regard to situation, "sambastic"

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