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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:44 am Post subject: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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At October 3th 2015 I bought a Finnish T1 panel in north Germany and at October 10th I started the project in the Netherlands, were I live.
Without any experience of car restorations I learned a lot by reading a lot of topics and studying hundreds of pictures, also on this site. Thank you all for that!
I also did a welding course of a day and the rest I learned myself.
Most of the floor and chassis framework had to be renewed and also the lower 20 to 30 cm edge all around the bus.
I think the bus was used in the mud, because there was a lot of sand in the floor beams!
In Finland there where holes made by a company called Wiima, to create windows in the panel, but of course the glass doesn't fit well in the curved sheet metal. So during the restoration proces I bought original window parts from a 13 window bus, enough to create a 11 window bus.
I also found a nearly complete Dormobile roof in Italy, so I will fit this on the bus also. I only had to make the framework around the hole in the roof myself.
After all the welding the bus had been blasted completely to remove all the dirt, paint and rust and after that put into pure zinc and also a layer of zinc epoxy.
The rear suspension will be from a Bay Window bus with reworked Beetle gear box and new built 1775 CC engine.
The front brakes will be disc brakes with power brake booster.
I try to renew as many parts as possible, but some parts are very hard to find, like the 12 Volt wiper motor.
All the locks I found are NOS and also many other parts like relais and switches.
Also the wire loom will be new like the other electrical parts.
My planning is to create an own camper interior, but I'm no so far yet.
It has been painted now and I am fitting the electrical wires at this moment.
Here is my first post on this site:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7642124#7642124
Here are some pictures and also a link to a site with a lot more pictures of the restoration.
And here is a site with a lot more pictures:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156781199@N08/
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24671 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:55 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Just get a 6 volt 1966 wiper motor and install an electronic adjustable voltage drop. Set voltage drop for about 7.2 volts so you get most from the wipers. _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:33 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Eric&Barb wrote: |
Just get a 6 volt 1966 wiper motor and install an electronic adjustable voltage drop. Set voltage drop for about 7.2 volts so you get most from the wipers. |
I got it functioning again, but thank you for the useful tip! |
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Ran When Parked Samba Member
Joined: September 26, 2013 Posts: 781 Location: Birmingham, AL
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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That must be the happiest panel in the whole wide world. |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:01 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Ran When Parked wrote: |
That must be the happiest panel in the whole wide world. |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Last days I fitted some wood and deluxe trim.
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velvetgreen Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2004 Posts: 2736 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:47 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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very nice job- if you cut out a small triangular notch on the bottom of the wood panel on the inside of your rear hatch you can open it from the inside. That is the way they set them up on SO42's |
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lightice Samba Member
Joined: December 14, 2012 Posts: 599
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:49 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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velvetgreen wrote: |
very nice job- if you cut out a small triangular notch on the bottom of the wood panel on the inside of your rear hatch you can open it from the inside. That is the way they set them up on SO42's |
Do you need some additional hardware like button? Or just stick your hand in the lock mechanism and push something? |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22573 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 2:44 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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It's so happy it's smiling.....
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:37 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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[quote="Abscate"]
EeVeeWee wrote: |
It's so happy it's smiling.....
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Just like me! |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:38 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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lightice wrote: |
velvetgreen wrote: |
very nice job- if you cut out a small triangular notch on the bottom of the wood panel on the inside of your rear hatch you can open it from the inside. That is the way they set them up on SO42's |
Do you need some additional hardware like button? Or just stick your hand in the lock mechanism and push something? |
Interesting question! |
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BulliBill Samba Member
Joined: July 09, 2004 Posts: 4561 Location: St Charles, MO
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:51 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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That shot kinda reminds me a little of that scene in the movie "Twister" where Bill Pullman and Helen Hunt try to find shelter inside a farm barn as a tornado approached them...
Bill _________________ I'm looking for these license plate frames for my fleet:
Coeur D'Alene - Lake Shore Volkswagen
Mission VW - San Fernando
Thornton VW - Stockton
Thanks for any help! |
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rennie Samba Member
Joined: October 06, 2016 Posts: 246 Location: Orange County, CA
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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EeVeeWee wrote: |
lightice wrote: |
velvetgreen wrote: |
very nice job- if you cut out a small triangular notch on the bottom of the wood panel on the inside of your rear hatch you can open it from the inside. That is the way they set them up on SO42's |
Do you need some additional hardware like button? Or just stick your hand in the lock mechanism and push something? |
Interesting question! |
Nothing extra is needed. There's a latch mechanism/tab operable with one finger. Not sure if all models are the same but on your bus it should have the tab in the center of the open area (with the small hole in it)...
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 1:30 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Yes I have that one indeed, thanx.
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rennie Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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This pic was in the gallery - showing the rounded notch matching the arch of the latch opening. I had to do the same to my camper panel.
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:46 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Easy solution, thanks you! |
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nlorntson Crazy VW Lady
Joined: March 13, 2004 Posts: 3776 Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 9:08 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Our 66 SO44 has the triangular hole on the panel |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 11:22 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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I put the bus on some wood and special tiles to be able to go underneath it in a relaxed way.
The coupling of the gear box won't loose its locking bolts, that's for sure.
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Eric&Barb Samba Member
Joined: September 19, 2004 Posts: 24671 Location: Olympia Wash Rinse & Repeat
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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You need to set up the safety wire so it pulls in such a way as to keep each bolt tight. Note the "S" kind of pattern from bolt head to bolt head.
Are those hex bolts you used pointed at the tip? _________________ In Stereo, Where Available! |
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EeVeeWee Samba Member
Joined: April 02, 2015 Posts: 836 Location: Amersfoort, Netherlands
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Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:40 am Post subject: Re: 1967 panel becomes 11 window camper with Dormobile roof |
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Eric&Barb wrote: |
You need to set up the safety wire so it pulls in such a way as to keep each bolt tight. Note the "S" kind of pattern from bolt head to bolt head.
Are those hex bolts you used pointed at the tip? |
I appreciate the tip, but the question is are the bolts able to rotate?
The question is no, and that is the goal.
During my motorcycle racing period (more than ten years on the tracks) I have secured hundred time or more and never lost something.
Yes I made points at the tips of the stainless steel bolts, otherwise they wouldn't fit good enough in the holes. |
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