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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:17 am Post subject: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Hi,
A customer bought his Swedish 66 crew cab to us for metalwork and paint. Thought you guys might be interested in seeing progress but not sure if I should be putting it in this forum or the readers rides though?
As you can see, the chassis is in a bad way:
We decided the best way to approach this was to build a new chassis. I had been looking for a Celette or Car O Liner chassis jig for ages but couldnt find one so made one, and had a few brackets cut out which were welded up. We used my 61 split to build the jig and brackets as my chassis is nice and original / straight. Here is the finished jig / brackets, and with the replacement chassis trial fitted to the jig:
Fitted the cab doors to check the gaps were all good before anything was braced or cut out. They are pretty good considering how bad the rest of the van is. The cargo door and gap needs some work. The door is pretty badly twisted:
Broke up now till the new year and I cant wait to get in and get stuck into this
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Skim Rants Master
Joined: April 15, 2001 Posts: 17082 Location: GFK 31 Year Vet
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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This is gonna be nice to watch. _________________ GFK
Samba since before the towers collapsed. Still here.
1953 Kabriolet
1954 Sunroof
1959 Lowlight Ghia vert
1960 Lt Grey Double Cab SMZ LEGIT
1963 Deluxe Turkis Walk Thru 15 Window OG Paint |
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BarryL Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2004 Posts: 14257 Location: Casa de Oro, California
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Unbelievable; talk about radical achievements. You make this look like a rudimentary lube job. |
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EverettB Administrator
Joined: April 11, 2000 Posts: 69802 Location: Phoenix Metro
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Z Samba Member
Joined: June 15, 2003 Posts: 2517 Location: galveston, tx
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Cool... Nice jig. |
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mandraks Samba Member
Joined: November 28, 2004 Posts: 7047 Location: Lawrenceville, Ga
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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interesting, we are looking at a Left Hand Drive crewcab with a suicide cargo door on the drivers side.
first one i have ever seen _________________ regards
Uli
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62DoKaGuy Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2011 Posts: 1276 Location: Surprise, AZ
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:07 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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mandraks wrote: |
interesting, we are looking at a Left Hand Drive crewcab with a suicide cargo door on the drivers side.
first one i have ever seen |
Good catch! Never seen one either, pretty cool! _________________ ,,Wenige Menschen denken, und doch wollen alle entscheiden.'' -der Alte Fritz
EverettB wrote: |
...I went at it from both ends but going from the rear didn't seem to do anything, although I did spray some rust breaker in there... |
4/62 Double Cab
5/61 Panel (sold)
4/59 Single Cab (sold) |
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wcfvw69 Samba Purist
Joined: June 10, 2004 Posts: 13389 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Look forward to watching this progress. _________________ Contact me at [email protected]
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Decades of VW and VW parts restoration experience.
The Samba member since 2004.
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crukab Samba Chef
Joined: December 13, 2002 Posts: 6116 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 3:04 am Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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mandraks wrote: |
interesting, we are looking at a Left Hand Drive crewcab with a suicide cargo door on the drivers side.
first one i have ever seen |
Yep, that is a 1st for me as well, very cool build. _________________ Tom
My Pops:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604100&highlight=
I know you will always be with me, rest in peace with no more pain. 8/13/14.....
In the yard right now:
'51 Dodge 5 window truck
'65 Bug
'66 Singlecab
'82 Rabbit Truck Diesel from CALI
'86 Doublecab W/T
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ronjonlasvegas Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2004 Posts: 899 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:04 am Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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mandraks wrote: |
interesting, we are looking at a Left Hand Drive crewcab with a suicide cargo door on the drivers side.
first one i have ever seen |
I think that was the normal way these came in Sweden. I know I have seen others. Here is another photo Everett posted years ago.
_________________ September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint. |
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Clara Samba Member
Joined: June 14, 2003 Posts: 12399
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 8:31 am Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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ronjonlasvegas wrote: |
mandraks wrote: |
interesting, we are looking at a Left Hand Drive crewcab with a suicide cargo door on the drivers side.
first one i have ever seen |
I think that was the normal way these came in Sweden. I know I have seen others. Here is another photo Everett posted years ago.
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Mike and Shannon's Swedish spec Westy is LHD, left side cargo doors.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=644856&highlight=swedish
I am not sure what years Swedish spec is that combo, and there aren't many like that in the USA. But that seems normal for a Swedish bus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H |
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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Thanks for all the replies Im really looking forward to working on it in the new year
Yeah, the Swedish LHS cargo door is cool, isnt it |
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mdege Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2018 Posts: 938 Location: Niederkruechten, Germany
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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:53 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Fist day back in today, got the rear chassis section removed:
Started stripping the old chassis rails and handbrake tubes etc off. Bit more to do then it can go to be blasted
More tomorrow |
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velvetgreen Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2004 Posts: 2744 Location: Canada
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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^^ given all the work you are doing are you gonna go IRS or stick with RGB's? |
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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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velvetgreen wrote: |
^^ given all the work you are doing are you gonna go IRS or stick with RGB's? |
It will be all stock |
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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Finished cleaning the rear torsion housing / chassis section up ready for blasting or dipping. Gonna have a few repairs to do:
Door openings braced up, one more to go...
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mabbo Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2004 Posts: 208 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:03 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Moved onto removing the front section of chassis.
Got the doglegs, tubs and cab floor out. They needed replacing and were in the way. Bulkhead needs a bit of work too:
Then got the front chassis section out:
Need to get this cleaned up and off to be blasted ready to fit to the new chassis rails.
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ronjonlasvegas Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2004 Posts: 899 Location: Las Vegas, NV
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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mabbo wrote: |
Moved onto removing the front section of chassis.
Got the doglegs, tubs and cab floor out. They needed replacing and were in the way. Bulkhead needs a bit of work too:
Then got the front chassis section out:
Need to get this cleaned up and off to be blasted ready to fit to the new chassis rails.
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Way to go after it. I am always amazed at how far people go to restore these. I am very fortunate that my double cab came from the dry desert area in Nevada, US. _________________ September 1964 Standard Sunroof walk through SWR/BG original paint. |
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Major Woody Samba Enigma
Joined: December 04, 2002 Posts: 9010 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: Swedish 66 Crew Cab Resto |
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Now is the time to make it a walk-thru! |
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