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BarryL 
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 Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 9:48 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Paint on the inside.  |
The icing on the cake.
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| Pushed the hinges in the closed position for the first coat and opened them for the second. Used a rod with a hook to slowly open them. |
Incredible how strong and dangerous they are. |
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sgellis
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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| That before and after dash. Wow! Looks like you’ll be able to start reassembling the bus in no time. Awesome job. |
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sgellis
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sgellis
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type2rescuemaine
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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| Sweeeeeet! Must've been one of the most satisfying moments of the build to just step back and look at the bus after the paint had just been applied. Looks awesome, I'm looking forward to some re-assembly pics!! |
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Joey
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:45 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Very nice! Is the paint still wet? It's so shiny!
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sgellis
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wcfvw69
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Very, very nice!
Remind us which paint you went with?
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sgellis
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zehbeh
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 10:30 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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What a wonderful transformation. Congratulations.
Looking forward for the pics of the finished bus. |
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sgellis
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Starting to assemble some stuff. Time consuming as everything was rusted, painted or a combination of both. Some of the really bad stuff will get replaced over time but for now if it "works" its good enough.
Blasted the door strikers and sprayed them with zinc. Going to look into plating them and my latches at some point but for now it is better than the rust.
Blasted and painted my light housings with chrome paint. They look quite good. Before they looked unusable. The sockets are still bare metal so will smear dielectric grease in them to prevent rust
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zuggbug
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2018 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Burlyhammer
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:00 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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| Reassembling the project is definitely gratifying. It's good that you can reuse some of the pieces that otherwise might have been scrapped. Looking good!!! |
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62DoKaGuy
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| Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 7:54 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Starting to assemble some stuff. Time consuming as everything was rusted, painted or a combination of both. Some of the really bad stuff will get replaced over time but for now if it "works" its good enough.
Blasted the door strikers and sprayed them with zinc. Going to look into plating them and my latches at some point but for now it is better than the rust.
Blasted and painted my light housings with chrome paint. They look quite good. Before they looked unusable. The sockets are still bare metal so will smear dielectric grease in them to prevent rust
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I love seeing parts laid out like this haha. The tinkering and refurbishing/restoring of the little parts is certainly time consuming, tedious, and often frustrating, but I enjoy it.
How are you liking the spray can zinc treatment? I considered doing something similar on a few parts here and there, as needed, but does the finish look correct (given the fact I'm looking at pictures and not in person)? Cheers.
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| ...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
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sgellis
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Joey
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:57 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Looking good! Did you get a new wiring harness or was the old one stilt usable?
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LAGrunthaner
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 2:08 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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Wow sgellis congratulations it is really looking great
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Paint on. Very happy.
All good except two small runs. Don't think they show enough to bother fixing.
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| Have you considered simply starting with a nicer bus? I don't know what your skills are, but the race is easier if you can see the finish line. If you are not a runner, don't start off doing a marathon. |
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sgellis
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| Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:26 am Post subject: Re: 64 Kombi partial restore |
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| Looking good! Did you get a new wiring harness or was the old one stilt usable? |
Old one was in terrible condition. Lots of cracks in the insulation.
Building my own harness. I wanted larger wire and better quality than the replacements. I went with 10 awg for main power and 14 awg for headlights and starter. Also added two extra wires for conversion battery. A boost trigger and a USB charger. Wire colors will not be exact but they wont show much.
It was difficult getting the new wire harness up through the front with the extra size but it did fit.
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