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Fifty-Eight Rag
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:54 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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started on the other side. the cargo rocker is just sitting in place but I started on the quarter and corner.
artsy
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:51 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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Both corners are most of the way I just have to do the rear uprights. It has come a long way.
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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Skim
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Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:06 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| icekoffee wrote: |
Both corners are most of the way I just have to do the rear uprights. It has come a long way.
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Looking great man 👏🏽
I'm about to do that hinge carrier myself. You're making good progress on this.
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GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:57 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| Skim wrote: |
| icekoffee wrote: |
Both corners are most of the way I just have to do the rear uprights. It has come a long way.
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Looking great man 👏🏽
I'm about to do that hinge carrier myself. You're making good progress on this. |
Awesome! Putting it in the 15w? That bus is sick. The hinge carrier on this bus isn't actually welded in. I just popped it in place so I could fit the corners correctly. I still need to weld that bad boy in. So far this build has been really rewarding.
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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Brendel20
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Location: Troy, IL
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 7:42 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| Looking great! |
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Skim
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| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:49 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| icekoffee wrote: |
| Skim wrote: |
| icekoffee wrote: |
Both corners are most of the way I just have to do the rear uprights. It has come a long way.
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Looking great man 👏🏽
I'm about to do that hinge carrier myself. You're making good progress on this. |
Awesome! Putting it in the 15w? That bus is sick. The hinge carrier on this bus isn't actually welded in. I just popped it in place so I could fit the corners correctly. I still need to weld that bad boy in. So far this build has been really rewarding. |
Yeah from the looks of it, the hinge carrier is probably the easiest thing to install on the whole bus lol
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GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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EmpiGT
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| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| How do you like those WW rear corners? are they fairly good steel? considering ordering a pair myself. Some of the other metal I've gotten from them they have really stepped up their game, over the old ruddy red stuff. |
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:39 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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| How do you like those WW rear corners? are they fairly good steel? considering ordering a pair myself. Some of the other metal I've gotten from them they have really stepped up their game, over the old ruddy red stuff. |
I am really happy with them. Like any of these panels it took some fitting to get them perfect but all in all I am happy. Thickness seems good. I bought their doglegs as well. I haven't gotten to fitting them just yet but the quality is extremely nice. Both the corners and the doglegs are made in house there. The autocraft stuff they sell is top notch too. I bought a crank start rear apron from them
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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icekoffee
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Location: DeSoto, Missouri
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| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 7:31 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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Started on the front of the bus. New inner valance and lower a pillars. Started test fitting the new Wolfsburg west doglegs
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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mandraks
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Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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looking much better. getting to the condition you want to find them in... 
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Pinetops
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| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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Nice work
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icekoffee
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| Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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On to the doglegs
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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Skim
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| Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:03 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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On to the doglegs
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The Friday nite get down. Keep it up!
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GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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oakman
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| Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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Great work saving this bus! What a difference some new metal can do, it's coming together nicely. Subscribed!
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south_island_surf
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icekoffee
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:52 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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chop chop chop
I decided to go ahead and do a whole gerson long panel for the bus. So... I chopped off a bunch of work
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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ryans65
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:15 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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hey thats cheating!!
I'm joking, waaaay less work lol
What size is your garage by the way?
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chop chop chop
I decided to go ahead and do a whole gerson long panel for the bus. So... I chopped off a bunch of work
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icekoffee
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:29 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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[quote="ryans65"]hey thats cheating!!
I'm joking, waaaay less work lol
What size is your garage by the way?
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chop chop chop
I decided to go ahead and do a whole gerson long panel for the bus. So... I chopped off a bunch of work
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It is a 30x50
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1952 Zwitter
1959 23 Window
1963 Doubleturd
1958 Patina Beetle EJ25
1984 Vanagon Westfalia EJ25
1964 Lifted Mouse Grey Standard
1967 21 Window
1968 Double Bubble
1969 Westfalia
1961 Ragtop Beetle
1984 GTI
1961 Kombi |
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cru62
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| Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Best Exterminators 1959 Deluxe 23 Window |
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just a touch of rust
Got the corner mostly welded in. I am thinking about buying a spot welder... some of these spots are getting quite hard to drill and plug weld. Anyone ever purchased a portable spot welder?
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I bought a HF 220v. It is brutally heavy. And the tips need dressing more than I thought. They get schmutz on them enough to make the welder bog down after just a few welds. But overall, it is a huge timesaver. I would highly recommend one.
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