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VWAdam
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Joined: February 14, 2002
Posts: 3331
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
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 Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 6:30 am Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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Drove it to work
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All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.
'59 Euro Beetle ragtop
'63 Standard Microbus
Come to my show! www.volksjam.com
Looking for badge/sticker/frame from Western Motors in Great Falls, Montana |
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crukab
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Joined: December 13, 2002
Posts: 6116
Location: Vermont
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 10:33 am Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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More Clean up work this week, the Barn needed much attention, plus rebuild the ramp.
I have officially taken over the Goat Barn w/ VW Stuff !!!! 
Plus they allowed people to have a open Burn, 1st time since March 10.
Six truck loads of yard crap.
Granted, this is not stuff I've done"To my Bus", but it keeps the piece w/. the wife....
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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
'91 Vanagon carat/wolfsbrg.Tiico
'88 Dodge Ram pickup
'11 Jetta Wagon |
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Daddybus
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Joined: June 15, 2000
Posts: 1653
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 1:32 pm Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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Plus they allowed people to have a open Burn, 1st time since March 10.
Six truck loads of yard crap.
Granted, this is not stuff I've done"To my Bus", but it keeps the piece w/. the wife.... [/quote]
"Six truck loads...keeps piece w/ wife...not p-e-a-c-e? OK, so we now need proof of life...where's the wife since the burning of the trash? |
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Daddybus
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Joined: June 15, 2000
Posts: 1653
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| Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 1:51 pm Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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Reinstalled safaris with threaded nutplate. After the crash, new safari mounting holes were slightly off so some new holes were needed. Window was a little off with some daylight showing through when closed and latched. Since the daddybus was crunched in the front at Blackstar 2019, I decided to go the full monty and install a threaded plate. Anthony Jr helped out almost just like the first time safaris were installed. Screws on either end lock the plate in place and are covered by two layers of friction tape (holes marked in silver.) I used #6-32 stainless machine screws which allowed for plenty of side/side adjustment and can be enlarged/retapped to #8 or #10 if the threads get buggered out in the future. Now properly aligned and no more light showing through when closed.
Here is Jr helping with the first safari install...where did the time go? He'll be able to drive the bus next year.
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BarryL 
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 14266
Location: Casa de Oro, California
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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Last Saturday I drove to the grocery store and purposely added a few miles of cruising to get the liquids flowing. As I approached a four-way four-lane stop sign there was the designated panhandler ready for money on the inside island I was approaching. I keep change to give them but since he didn't have a mask on I was hesitant to interact with him. I played the "didn't see you" game but he still leaned toward me and said, "You wanna sell it?"
I had to laugh.
The same Saturday grocery shopping trip in the very parking spot I use at that grocery store in La Mesa, California is where the news crew filmed the massive looting and bank burnings that began shortly after I left. |
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farnhamassoc
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Joined: February 16, 2010
Posts: 122
Location: Riverside ca
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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Link
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Owned Countless VWs over the last 35 years.
Restored near 100 vws.
80 Rabbit diesel 1.9 TDI turbo 45mpg
06 Jetta TDI 45mpg
Restored several 11 window kombi and standard
Current inventory 66 delux hard top, so23
60 ragtop and 61 hard top bugs 54 hardtop bug
67 tin top so42 62 SO10 ruthmann bucket truck |
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farnhamassoc
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Joined: February 16, 2010
Posts: 122
Location: Riverside ca
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| Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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I made videos of this whole build. started in December finished a couple of weeks ago. almost done.
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Owned Countless VWs over the last 35 years.
Restored near 100 vws.
80 Rabbit diesel 1.9 TDI turbo 45mpg
06 Jetta TDI 45mpg
Restored several 11 window kombi and standard
Current inventory 66 delux hard top, so23
60 ragtop and 61 hard top bugs 54 hardtop bug
67 tin top so42 62 SO10 ruthmann bucket truck |
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peecee69
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Joined: January 27, 2005
Posts: 1572
Location: Annapolis, MD/Bloomfield Hills, MI
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:41 am Post subject: Re: What have you done (to your bus) on quarantine? |
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I made videos of this whole build. started in December finished a couple of weeks ago. almost done. |
I've watched them all. Outstanding detail, and practical suggestions. I thought some of the things you were doing during the videos were hacky and short-cuts, but you either explained why they were done, or they turned out quite nice.
Looking forward to the Ruthmann restore!
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1973 Standard Beetle - running maintenance thread - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=675712&highlight=
1966 Doublecab - Starting resto - https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=668518&highlight= |
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