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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:42 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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johny__utah wrote: |
liking the progress!! |
crofty wrote: |
Great work, as always!
Love a mango bus... |
Thanks! |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 7:53 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I'm back to work on the bus. I finished the hinge carrier and the decklid but didn't take any photos. I will post a few in the next few days. Yesterday and today I started working on the punchlist I made back in September. I welded in a popout hinge, I lubed and straightened and got the remaining 6 popout hinges working, I flipped the bus upside down and ground down the welds under the dash, and I removed the drivers side door hinge. My friend Nate Jung gave me this cool air hammer tool to remove stuck screws and it worked great.
I made this jig to set and space the hinge. I saw one on Instagram made by the master fabricator @Wrennmetalworks It worked well!
Screw removal tool:
If you don't want penetrating oil running down the side of your project:
I am going to fill the gas heater holes since Matt won't be using one, but I didn't take any photos of which holes were which before everything got removed. Can anyone confirm which ones were for the gas heater?
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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This is the photo of the hinge carrier repaired:
I fixed the pop out hinge weldment and sheet metal:
When I took the cargo doors off, the hinge backing plates came out of their holders, so I had to do some surgery:
I have the hinge backers straightened. I cleaned out the threads and put them back in. I had to reweld the straps that keep them in place, and for some reason I did not take any photos.
I started working on the cargo doors. I took a before and after shot of how the inside cleaned up. I put the clean one next to the dirty one to get an idea of just how dirty it was:
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Riff Raff Shivering Sambian
Joined: October 25, 2004 Posts: 3097 Location: Alberta
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:23 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Still cheering you on!!
Love what you have done for this bus!! _________________ The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge
- Daniel Boorstin |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:26 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Riff Raff wrote: |
Still cheering you on!!
Love what you have done for this bus!! |
I’m learning that the only way I’m going to finish it is if I actually work on it so I’m going to see what I can do here now that camping season is mostly over.
Thanks Riff Raff! |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2022 6:03 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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The cargo door hinge thread plates are repaired and back together:
The inner cargo door panels are fitted and the skins are ready to weld on.
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2022 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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I got the skin on the rear cargo door tacked on, and I got the skin on the forward door finished. It will probably need a little more pounding, but it's close. I also cleaned it up:
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braddick Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2017 Posts: 183 Location: Australia, Victoria
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 3:21 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Great progress
Any updates |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:01 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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braddick wrote: |
Great progress
Any updates |
I have been pecking away at it. I’ll post an update today.
Thanks braddick! |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:38 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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There is officially no more rot on the body! The only rust is in the front doors which I am working on now. Once the cargo doors were repaired I took the bus off of the rotisserie.
Matt had a set of safaris which are now installed:
Drivers door is under construction:
Once the doors are done there are a few holes to fill in the dash and the old heater control hole and then the metal work will be done!
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obus Samba Member
Joined: March 08, 2001 Posts: 11069 Location: just off Garden State Parkway Exit 81
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sled Samba Member
Joined: February 16, 2005 Posts: 6179
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:31 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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it may be an illusion, but it appears your doors don't line up at the belt line, but line up at the bottom, meaning the forward door is actually shorter?
_________________ drive your split. |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:59 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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The forward door is hanging a little low and the rear door is a little high. I believe that is what is going on.
It’s possible that the doors may be different heights too. |
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Navydave73 Samba Member
Joined: March 09, 2017 Posts: 414 Location: Alta Loma/Los Angeles
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 10:29 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Burlyhammer wrote: |
I got the skin on the rear cargo door tacked on, and I got the skin on the forward door finished. It will probably need a little more pounding, but it's close. I also cleaned it up:
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What are you using for the cleanup? My son is buying a 61 walkthrough mango so we are hanging on your every word on this thread, just like your other threads. I have another load of master coat heading this way.
I was planning on CLR and scotch pads, my son wants to save as much OG mango as possible.
Thanks. Keep it coming, great job!
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Navydave73,
So far I have used acetone and 1000 grit steel wool. I would probably use TR-3 once the paint is clean
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challomoner Samba Member
Joined: October 13, 2010 Posts: 1214 Location: IRELAND
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Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Bus is coming on great. I dunno how you guys have resisted from cleaning up the nose already |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
Joined: March 07, 2002 Posts: 1693 Location: Great north woods Maine
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2022 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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baz76 wrote: |
Bus is coming on great. I dunno how you guys have resisted from cleaning up the nose already |
I think about it all the time. |
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braddick Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2017 Posts: 183 Location: Australia, Victoria
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 4:02 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Thanks for the update
Bus is looking sweet |
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Burlyhammer Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 4:07 am Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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braddick wrote: |
Thanks for the update
Bus is looking sweet |
I just saw your update too. Your bus is coming along nicely! |
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ddutch Samba Member
Joined: June 17, 2020 Posts: 125 Location: Nederland
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:24 pm Post subject: Re: 1959 Mango walkthru metal rehab. |
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Those doors look very nice after the repairs and the clean up! I like the way you treat this bus, with respect to its history and its patina. |
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