1952 Deluxe

DSweinhagen · Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 9:22 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Okay, so onto the deck lid hinge carrier... It didn't look too bad on the outside, but severely rusted on the inside. I remember trying to get this deck lid off and not being able to get a single screw out. Many of the cages that hold the floating nut broke and the nuts just spun.

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Some rust in the inner piece also.

A section of the inner and the outer piece fabricated.

Checking deck lid for fit.

Welded up and finished.

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tyzel · Samba Member Joined: July 04, 2010 Posts: 445

Wow, amazing work!

vwhelmot · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 12:04 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Very nice, did you blast the inside before fitting the outer?

DSweinhagen · Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 9:40 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

DSweinhagen · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:00 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

The Decklid was beat so straightened it while I had it out...

It will need a little more work, but getting better...

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DSweinhagen · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:10 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

The roof had some ugly rust above the drip rail. From the outside it appeared as only pinholes, but up inside it was worse. It was only confined to the rear three skylights and below the window openings. I made the pieces myself and since I only have a 4 foot brake I had to make some in two pieces. I repaired the lower drip rail channel, then installed the upper strengthener, repaired the outer roof skin, then patched in the inner liner pieces. I tacked a piece of flat steel just below the window openings to keep them straight. The deep skylight buses still retain that upper strengthener, where that was done away with on later window buses with a more substantial inner liner. I'm guessing all those pieces coming together had something to do with the rust in there. Still weird how bad it was for a bus with relatively little rust.

Anyway, I took a bunch of pictures, but many didn't come out well and I don't want to clog this up with too many. Plus, it just gets boring. Here's some highlights of the right side...

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ian macdowall · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Great work David, my 52 is in similar condition with very little rust and again very strangely suffered some bad corrosion in one gutter, I think the early design just seemed to prove a bit of a water trap.

Anyway love the progress on this Very Happy

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Scotty · Posted: Wed May 24, 2017 5:15 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

This bus is definitely in the right hands, lovely metal work skills
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Barndoor Mafia · Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Like always ......... awesome work Dave!

wcfvw69 · Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Thanks for sharing your excellent metal work.
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DSweinhagen · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:58 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Thanks again for the compliments!!

The right side roof repair was similar to the other side. I sure am glad to be done with this part...

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crofty · Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:10 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Amazing!
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DSweinhagen · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

DSweinhagen · Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

The cargo floor was still intact, but beat and riddled with pinholes. However, the perimeter was still good. Because this is where many of the early details are, I wanted to save what I could as it just didn't seem like it needed a whole new floor.

Someone I knew was getting rid of these sections of a '56 floor years ago and I set them aside thinking they could work for this bus.

I removed one of the chunks of floor and the ribs seemed to match up well so I went ahead with it. The 3/4 seat stampings are in different locations on early buses so it didn't matter they were cut out as they needed to be moved anyway.

The early seat stampings are shorter so I modified the donor ones.

It's not the prettiest thing yet, but I think it will work out well. I'm planning to have the bus dusted off again at the blaster so I'll come back to this...

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bubba · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:18 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Awesome work Dave! I love watching this build/repair..
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Scotty · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 5:29 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Have fun welding all those ribs in!
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DSweinhagen · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 7:42 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

DSweinhagen · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:21 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

Another thing I did 15 years ago that I'd do different now. Embarassed

The nose was beat, so I converted a bullet nose and replaced it because... Well, I guess that's just what we did back then. Back in the '90s we never really repaired rusty noses here in the Desert Southwest when you could buy one at the junkyard for $125. Anyway, I had always saved the original nose and decided to put it back on...

Original nose refit...

And time to move the drivetrain...

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bubba · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:30 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe

52' side fill crashbox trans?
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DSweinhagen · Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:37 am Post subject: Re: 1952 Deluxe


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