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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:48 pm    Post subject: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Hello, you may remember me as the (now former) owner of "Scoops", this dusty conditions truck:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=581489

Or my '62 turkis bug:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=310508

I had great times in the truck, but I wanted something to camp in. So, I made a deal with a local-ish guy for this extremely rusty '64 Bus:

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Flames, dude!! (Boat not included).

It was full of shag carpeting and fiberglass insulation that rotted everything out. So the following documents my ongoing attempts to get this thing road-worthy.

***WARNING: MAJOR HACKAGE AHEAD.***

I am in no way an expert on rust repair, and I am going to include mods that are for me. I figure this bus was in bad enough shape to give me some creative freedom.

Enjoy.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:53 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

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Decent roof

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Yikes

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Rusty dash

First task was to pop out the front windows, which were held in by silicone:

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Driver's window


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Pass. Window:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:56 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

The trade:
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Both door bottoms are shot:
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Some parts arriving:
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Driver's dogleg was shot:
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Hacking:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:59 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

First patch: Driver's B pillar repair:
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Moved into a new space, new camera:
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Hacking the front floor out:
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Removing the doors with a borrowed impact driver:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:03 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Ugly and uglier:
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Both A pillar bottoms are gone:
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Lower L. Nose repair:
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Fitting some Gerson pieces:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:13 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Fitting driver's side WW dogleg:
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Slight mods needed:
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Welded in:
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At this point I moved to the passenger side. This part was rotten where the floor connected to the headlight support:
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Tacked in:
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At this point, I was going to try and save the outer skin of this dogleg, and use a Gerson inner piece to splice in. (That didn't work out.)
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Pass. A pillar repair (cheating!):
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Innovative Clamping Solutions:
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At this point, I decided to hack out the rest of the pass. dogleg. It was in rough shape, and the Gerson piece was waaaay off in several areas:
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It would have been more trouble than it was worth.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:18 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Continuing with A pillar repair:
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Welding protip: Never show anyone your welds before you grind and paint them.
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Starting on pass. side B pillars (damn you shag carpeting!)
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I believe this piece was from an old seat pedestal base patch:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:26 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Pretty sloppy, I know:
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Fitting the new dogleg:
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I had to fix a lot of the seat pedestal edge:
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Dogleg welded in - when checked against the door gap, I needed to push the center up a bit to get a nice consistent gap. Note floor jack:
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Plug welded to seat base, getting ready to fit WW front floor and pedestal base patches:
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Test fit:
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:06 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Wow right on!!
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 2:57 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Better! Thanks for sharing, now lets leave those wheel well's cut out and get some Jackmans on gnarly meats in the back and an 8-track-player in there! Alright..I admit to being stuck in the 70's
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:45 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Epic, man! Love it! Cool
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:32 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Another one saved. Nice work on the rust repairs, that shit takes time.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:32 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Go Culley, GO!

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:54 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Culito wrote:

Test fit:
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How do you like the WW floor? I was thinking about picking one up this winter to do my floor.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:50 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

The WW floor and doglegs are nice. Some fitting around the A pillars and around the seat base is needed, but I don't forsee any big problems.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:06 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Looking great man! Be finished in no time.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:55 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Tonight's progress:

Needed to trim about 1/8" from the rear of the floor, and round some corners:
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Seat pedestal bottom patch:
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Needed some adjustment.
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Clamped in
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Tacked:
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Sloppily painted, floor test fit:
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Next to finish up some patches on this side, then do the same thing on the driver's side.

Question: Does anyone make the metal seal channel that goes around the door opening?
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:32 pm    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Popcorn

Nice progress!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:59 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Wow, cool bus.. Keep us posted! Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:00 am    Post subject: Re: '64 mouse gray / pearl white rustbucket Reply with quote

Looking great!
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