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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:11 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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BarryL wrote: |
Alan Brase wrote: |
This thing still has a carbon TO bearing. Is that a good thing?
Al |
They work fine. Is yours worn down? |
Actually, old as I am, I don't remember seeing one before. I was very surprised.
When did VW go to the ball bearing type TO bearing.?
Al _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14258 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:17 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Alan Brase wrote: |
BarryL wrote: |
Alan Brase wrote: |
This thing still has a carbon TO bearing. Is that a good thing?
Al |
They work fine. Is yours worn down? |
Actually, old as I am, I don't remember seeing one before. I was very surprised.
When did VW go to the ball bearing type TO bearing.?
Al |
Someone with Progressive Refinements knowledge will have to look that one up. I mostly see them on original splitcase transmissions. I just put a brand new one in my 1979MGB. They last a long time if you don't hold your foot on the pedal and are smooth to the feel with no whir when they get old. |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:05 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Long time since I made some posts. I've done a few things. (Life gets in the way.)
Playing a little football on the lower nose. Needs more work, but it is better. I have a cheapo step on tire pump and inflation needle; slip the flattened footbal in the edge of the low spot; pump it up, then gently do some off dolly hammering on the crown on the edge.
Remember, last in- first out, still applies here.
BTW, nice wires,huh? (Not very many, tho!)
_________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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December 22, 2018
approximate 63 birthday of this single cab
I have 14 inch later bus wheels on it right now, Just to move it around.
Old friend of mine advises: Don't buy your brand new tires till you're done. they might be old by the time you start driving it. Instead, just use tires that hold air. Tha's what's important now. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:39 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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In January, I removed the driver's side tail light. It did not work. (Replacement bulb was in backwards- mistake from 1961 or earlier!)
This was delicate task, because the screws themselves were rust frozen, but everything else was original and quite worth saving. I sacrificed the end of the wires. I just cut them off and figured to work the set screws loose later.
I used an oxy-acetlyene torch with the tiniest flame it would support, and an assistant to hand the torch to.
Several seconds playing the flame on the bracket, then Knipex pliers on the cheese head of the screw, wiggling back and forth. Then a small shot of WD-40, and then the screws came right out with my fingers.
Pretty good original battery floor. How it survived? No battery most of the time!
Note all the road dust stuck inside the tail light. I guess, Welcome to Iowa Gravel Roads! 1956 version. Though I guess it could have been wind borne dust from later years.
Note the black tar stuff under the tail light edge. the same stuff drizzled on the bumper splash pans. Is this original VW application?
Or exclusive to Red Dale VW in Ames, IA, 1956?
Any idea how to clean these tail lights? Probably need to find LED's for them, too.
Sorry, originality gotta give way to safety in tail lights.
But I do intend to maybe make some clip on extra rear lights. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Culito 11010101
Joined: December 07, 2006 Posts: 5865 Location: Columbia Missourah
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Very cool to see this truck pop up again.
I got some LED bulbs off Amazon - they're bright as hell, but 12V.
Looking forward to some more progress! _________________ Copyright CJ Industries, Inc.
'64 standard w/2.0L type 4
'62 bug
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...dont pay no attention to Culito,he's a cornhole.. |
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j.pickens Samba Member
Joined: December 03, 2002 Posts: 9789 Location: Exit 7, New Jersey
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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That is one badass truck. Keep plugging away at it! _________________ Founder and Chairman Emeritus, ECMSAS
BBX BBXII and BBXXI Long Distance Award Winner
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i wish more people would actually drive their vws rather than just talking about what they have in the garage. |
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If you've seen one sunroof swivel seat kombi, you've seen them all! |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69813 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Blue Baron VW Aficionado
Joined: June 16, 2006 Posts: 24059 Location: Southeast USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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There are two-element 6-volt LED bulbs you can use. _________________ We are striving for perfection, to make our cars run forever, if possible.
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Thanks, but my bad. I just peeled the OE tail light seal off. It's so damned good, I'll not waste money on new ones. We're Iowa, not AZ. (It was near -60F wind chill last week. Warmed up to -10 felt like a heat wave.) But rubber stuff lasts longer than 63 years, here, I guess.
$18 EACH, that's $36! 4% of what I paid for the whole truck 20 years ago.
Anybody have a good procedure for cleaning the inside of the red lens? Water Pik, maybe?
Al _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:52 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Dang! another year gone by! Does anybody have a good link to rebuilding the fuel tap petcock?
I managed to twist off the small brass standpipes. I really dislike having fuel filters INSIDE my tank, so will just leave the brass filter screen off. further more, I'd leave off the shorter (reserve) standpipe. If there is crud in the tank, I want it in my external filter. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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EverettB Administrator
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alman72 Samba Member
Joined: October 09, 2014 Posts: 2573 Location: MICHIGAN
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:53 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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the thing in the bed...air filter? oil filter? is that for the truck? I have a nice one I got in a box of parts, and know it does not belong in my 73 bay.
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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That is an air cleaner for a 1971 type 2 1600. 1968 to 70 are similar but the 71 was an improvement with a thermostatic valve to move the preheat flapper. Previous years had a cable that hooked to the cooling flap linkage. A major PITA to remove the whole assembly every time you service the air cleaner (dump and refill the filter oil).
I try to snag the 1971's every time I see one.
Genuine 1971 type 2's had a few special parts. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:44 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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More work getting done soon.
What i still need to source are parts for the center brake light:
RIM, screws, lens, Rubber. Is there any work around for the rim? Seems about the same size as backup lights, etc.The reflector is there but license light socket broken off and completely rusty. I might just pay somebody to do the whole job on this brake light.
I have a German Liqui Tilter that just rolls the vehicle onto its side. Not quite as elegant as the US one that has wheels. Bad thing about this is it takes 2 stalls in the garage. And I'm missing the wheel hub adapters. I'll probably just have local weld shop weld brackets onto wide five wheels. I figure this will be easy way to prep the bottom and also put in new hard brake lines.
I think I'll probably violate my original only policy and add a 67 master cylinder.
Pics soon. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 12:47 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Skim wrote: |
Awesome truck Al! Look forward to this. Very complete. |
Slow on the uptake, but your 2 commercial caps look good on one side!
I had no idea who I was buying from.
Al _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:50 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Funny thing: I was getting the furnace in my shop fixed. Seemed to remember a possible previous owner of this truck might have worked for this same Young Plumbing company decades ago. I mentioned it to this repairman and he knew of the guy. Within 3 hours the guy called me.
My memory was correct! He was indeed the owner that I had talked to in 1992 and he offered to give it to me, but I muffed the hand off!
Dick Miller from Waterloo (now Minnesota) owned it from about 1982 to 1992. I bought it in about 1996.
Dick gave me a pretty good description of where he pulled it from.
More work continues.
Al Brase _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5506 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 4:24 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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That's great Alan, tracing the history of our busses is so rewarding maybe there are some logos of Young Plumbing? Please share updates of your very sweet 56 single cab. You know you want to share updates
Alan Brase wrote: |
Funny thing: I was getting the furnace in my shop fixed. Seemed to remember a possible previous owner of this truck might have worked for this same Young Plumbing company decades ago. I mentioned it to this repairman and he knew of the guy. Within 3 hours the guy called me.
My memory was correct! He was indeed the owner that I had talked to in 1992 and he offered to give it to me, but I muffed the hand off!
Dick Miller from Waterloo (now Minnesota) owned it from about 1982 to 1992. I bought it in about 1996.
Dick gave me a pretty good description of where he pulled it from.
More work continues.
Al Brase |
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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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Alan Brase Samba Member
Joined: March 28, 2004 Posts: 4532 Location: Cedar Falls, Iowa
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 6:14 pm Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Sorry, Young Plumbing did not own it, just one of their long time employees. 40 years later, the trail is a little cold, but I do know an 80 year old guy that grew up there. It's a rural area on the bank of a river. I actually haunted some of these areas as a teenage driver. Maybe I'll make up some "missing" type posters and print them out with a dove blue single cab and staple them to fence posts in the area?
Crazy thing is, this owner was only about 1 mile away as the crow flies from where I bought my old 1958 23 window in 1983. but on the other side of the river.There was also a 1959 subhatch camper next to the Samba. Not exactly a hub of T1 sales, tho. (the 1958 was sold new in Switzerland!)
Go figure. _________________ Al Brase
Projects: 67 sunroof bug, 67 Porsche 912 Targa, 70 Westy
Dec 1955 Single Cab pickup WANT 15" BUS RIMS dated 8/55, thru 12/55
To New owners: 1969 doublecab, 1971 Dormobile
Vanagons:
80 P27 Westy JUL 1979, 3rd oldest known US
83 1.6TD Vanagon, 87 Wolfie Westy daily driver, swap meet home |
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LAGrunthaner Samba Member
Joined: March 18, 2007 Posts: 5506 Location: 1st Coast
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 3:02 am Post subject: Re: 1956 Wolfsburg single cab low key low dollar renew |
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Cool idea Alan, "Missing Blue Single Cab" poster. Have you gotten her driving around now? She sure is an awesome patina monster.
Alan Brase wrote: |
Sorry, Young Plumbing did not own it, just one of their long time employees. 40 years later, the trail is a little cold, but I do know an 80 year old guy that grew up there. It's a rural area on the bank of a river. I actually haunted some of these areas as a teenage driver. Maybe I'll make up some "missing" type posters and print them out with a dove blue single cab and staple them to fence posts in the area?
Crazy thing is, this owner was only about 1 mile away as the crow flies from where I bought my old 1958 23 window in 1983. but on the other side of the river.There was also a 1959 subhatch camper next to the Samba. Not exactly a hub of T1 sales, tho. (the 1958 was sold new in Switzerland!)
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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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