New project. 66 Deluxe 13 Window

[67_13Deluxe]

I finally bought another bus. When I got out of the military I had to sell my 67 13 window. That was 11 years ago and finally just got another. Right now its in South Carolina waiting to be shipped and I am impatiently awaiting its arrival.

[norcalmike]

Nice!
How are the door panels?
That Aero Papyrus is tough to find.
I have the same bus

[67_13Deluxe]

The door panels look pretty rough. I'm hoping Ill be able to save them. Ill get a better look at them when it arrives at its final home.

[67_13Deluxe]

[d-rick]

glad that one is getting saved..yes save all the aero papyrus /steel interior panels you can...I have same bus but a W/T
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1959 mango-trailerbus
1962 single cab *1/2
1966 13 window
1967 panel/camper
1968 cig-panel *1/2
1968 passenger bus *1/2
1969 beetle
1969 dormobile
1978 sage green Westy
1990 DoKa
2002 Golf TDI

[hitest]

Congratulations- I too have the same bus, but a 2-popout W/T. Here's mine the day I brought it home:

If you find you need a blue cargo mat- let me know when that time comes
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[67_13Deluxe]

Thanks! I’ll let you know! That’s a nice looking bus.

[tjewett]

I got a couple pics of this Bus from the owners back in January. They weren't able to get any more that showed the condition and I wasn't willing to drive 12 hours for the price they were asking then to check it out. Glad to see it was saved! There was another just like sitting nearby.

[67_13Deluxe]

Nice! ill have to save that picture so I can keep it in the restoration pictures. Too bad the rims weren't left on it when I bought it.

[redbug64]

They look like 60's Buick wheels...
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Jason Arms
Fairfax, Vermont

1954 Standard Beetle
1965 Firetruck Red Double Cab
1975 Porsche 911
1984 Rabbit L
1988 Scirocco 16v
Random Toyota daily drivers because winter.

[67_13Deluxe]

Whatever they are, they look cool.

[67_13Deluxe]

Looks like there is a dealer sticker on it. It’s rough but it’s there. Havell motors Morristown New Jersey.

[norcalmike]

any updates?

[67_13Deluxe]

[norcalmike]

[67_13Deluxe]

[SplitBusVanatic]

As someone already said. Great to see this being saved.
Looking forward to the resto updates.
Good luck with it.
And oh yeah , keep the wife happy whatever you do.

[67_13Deluxe]

I have finally got to start on the bus a little. In between working on the wifes Beetle.

This is the bus showing up at my house finally.

The front floor was pretty bad so I got most of it removed. I'm still working on a few parts of it. The ebrake bracket is toast. As is the bottom of the A pillars.

The nose isn't as bad as I thought and I am trying to keep as much German metal on there as I can. I cut off the bottom 8 inches. There wasn't much there anyway. With that out of the way I can get a better idea of what I need to do. The Headlight bucket support bracket is also coming out. As you can see its done. I have some parts showing up soon. This thing is going to take a while but its going to be worth it!

So fatr that's all I have been able to do. I'm hoping to get a little more done when I get up this afternoon. Night shifts make it difficult to get motivated to do anything. Thanks for looking. Ill get more pictures up today hopefully. The headlight bucket bracket is what I want out today.

[67_13Deluxe]

I made it out of bed at a decent hour today and finished taking the headlight bracket out. That wasn't too bad to get out of there. Its pretty much toast.

I also took out the steering column. That was fun. I couldn't get the steering whell off but thankfully I am missing half a dog leg so I was able to get it out that way.

Now its time to get the frame rail area prepared. I'm going to clean up as much of the rust as I can and then cover it. I have the new/old frame rails that I will be putting in.

It doesn't seem like I am making as much progress as some guys here do but this is my first bus restoration. Ill get it done eventually. Its just going to take some time with mistakes being made and learning from them. Thanks for looking!

[BATComm1]

Looks like fun was working on mine today same bus but a walk thru, doing all the floors and cross members and going IRS rear...already have the narrowed front beam installed...its been in my garage for almost 4 years..cancer (human type) is a bitch but I'm better and moving on!!!

Good luck with yours!!!

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