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PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Reminds me of a 20' Blanchard company built sailboat I got that had sunk and was missing planking from the stem to 7' abaft. I re-established the CL and rebuilt it, even after my former wooden boat instructor said, "Oh man, too much work requiring too much patience. I would just burn it". And he was a guy who had a lot of patience! In the end everyone exclaimed,"What a beautiful boat!". I was proud of that, as you will be. Bringing back a slice of VW and local logging history is an admirable pursuit. A hat off to ya! Keep up the great work. Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:12 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Cheers for the uplifting comments guys there much appreciated Smile

So with all the pillars welded, rear corners and sides it was time for the cargo floor to be fitted.
It was the usual case of doing loads of trial fits and a little trim here and there to get it fitting perfect.

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I then hit a small stumbling block!! 2 chunks of the front bulkhead were completley rotted out and the guy who supplied me with these in the past was unavailable Confused
Luckily for me I remembered seeing Matt Keene from Airkraft making a complete bulkhead from scratch for the barndoor samba there currently restoring so after a quick phonecall and a bit of pleading he agreed to make me some repairs and send them out to me asap Very Happy



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That keeps things rolling!! thanks Matt Wink
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 9:21 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Great work!! Impressive how quick you're getting it done.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 12:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Good job. Thank you for sharing
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Shocked Love it!

Keep the story coming! Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:00 am    Post subject: Re: '54 Swedish kombi Reply with quote

eddieskustom wrote:
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Bala wrote:
Have you been able to work out the name of the logging company? My family owned a logging company in Sweden that I think would align time wise with this bus. I have a family history book I'll have to flip through this evening. Probably not related, but still very interesting to me.


Hi Bala

That would be amazing if you could check your records, I'd love to find some history for the bus. I currently do not have the company name, but my be able to find it out.


The logo appears to say

SODERFORS SKOGSFORVALTING

If you or anyone else can help translate or give a clue to its meaning I'd be very grateful 👍


Söderfors Skogsförvaltning was a part of "Stora Kopparbergs Bergslags AB", a large mining/forest/timber/paper/pulp company, actually one of the world's oldest still active companies (a share from 1288 still preserved). The "female symbol" was used in the logo of the company, you have it both on the dashboard plate and on your door. In 1982 the name was shorthened to "STORA" and in 1998 it was purchased by Finnish company ENSO, forming "Stora Enso".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_Enso#History_of_Stora

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:35 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Quick update!

Cab floor area is now well underway.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 3:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

jcwelding wrote:
Quick update!

Cab floor area is now well underway.

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Who makes those front floor pieces
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 7:45 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Damn bro you're killing it! It looks incredible already, nice work mate!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:28 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

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jcwelding wrote:
Quick update!

Who makes those front floor pieces


There made at http://www.alanhschofield.com/ Brian.

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Damn bro you're killing it! It looks incredible already, nice work mate
Cheers Maurice Smile

I've been flat out on it since my last post so here's a few pics of whats been going down!

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:32 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:36 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Wow, you are killing it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

srfndoc wrote:
Wow, you are killing it.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Awesome job! Beautiful pics too
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Mad Skills most impressive Cool Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

beautiful work.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

Cool Cool very nice work

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:51 am    Post subject: Re: Söderfors forestry bus Reply with quote

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Very nice composures with the photos Razz
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