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| < Show Pics / Readers Rides ~ el arod's 1966 westfalia so42 "el Westy" |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:57 am
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| i am a new guy here. i live in sunny south FLORIDA. i have been looking in here for awhile but never got in till recently. you all do great work and have cool ideas here. i have my fair share of ideas too. i can only hope to do as nice a job as most of you here. i realy like the fact that everyone here only encourages instead of diminish one's effort. i believe in driving my vw's. it is the only reason i have them! i am a big fan of 70's gasser's and my next project idea will be a driving 70's gasser-looker. due to having a family i chose to build a bus to haul everyone with me to the shows and on road trips. looking foward to the responses i will get from you all on my 1966 so42 westy cheapo-resto that will be driven all over the country in it's new present life with me. it will be lowered and not original. enjoy! |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:03 am
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I ride the short bus
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Welcome Alex but i have the first question for you when you say that you have a 66 westy!!!!!! WHERES THE PICS????????????????? 
Post up some pics when you get a chance and we all can check out your ride!  |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:10 am
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these pics are from about 4 yrs ago when i brought it home. 1966 so42 poptop walk thru. being from Miami, i checked the M-code and this bus has a destination code of....MIAMI. it's been here the whole time, just was waiting for me. |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:24 am
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i had over 1000 pics from the day i bought it till present but i had my pc crash and trash all my pics of the bus and family life recently. i will post the few i saved and ones i am taking now.
here are some pics from the last couple of months. paint and body was an econo-cheapo-resto paint job done buy a buddy of mine(which i paid) i was not looking for a show or concours type restoration at all. this will be a driver.
my girls call it the herbie house car
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:31 am
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the inside was painted with sealer. i decided to take it a little higher and painted the whole floor and 2ft up the sides with grey POR15. we all know buses leak and get wet inside when it rains. if you don't, its because you don't drive it when it rains.
i am not a 'purist' so i build it like i like it. i like chrome!
rear safari also installed with some help
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:38 am
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talk about a pain in the ass job! the PO gave these windows a badd ass white latex paint job. why? 
after appying paint stripper,cleaning it withsteel wool and then polishing them a little here is my hard work installed.
and the inside
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:49 am
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i hate noise in a bus, so i went to lowes and bought the legendary peel n' seel.
started to 'fix' some of the wiring here
og speedo refurbed by my bro
"0" miles on it so i can start its new life
og emblem,washer squirters were replaced with chrome! also new wiper shafts installed on wiper motor. Note POR15 in headlight bucket where water likes to sit.
installed wolfgang intl polished SS safaris! not chrome, but pretty close!
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:24 pm
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here are a few items 'collected' for this bus
front 944 disc brakes w/old speed adapter kit and rear irs shackles
rear 944 alum irs trailing arms and disc brakes. also have access to steel irs arms if i cannot get these to work properly
this is my driver which will give up its shoes(wheels) to the bus soon and the engine if i get pissed at going slow
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:25 pm
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Alex,
Thats a sweet bus you have there and you did a killer job on the camper windows they look great! Thats gonna be a real nice driver for sure can't wait to see the finished product!  |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:35 pm
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Very nice work. Great job getting this thing back on the road. Can't wait to see it finished.
So what is that Peel n Seal stuff called? Does it work? |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:37 pm
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Alex,
Thats a sweet bus you have there and you did a killer job on the camper windows they look great! Thats gonna be a real nice driver for sure can't wait to see the finished product! |
thanks! i am presently working on the interior panels outside. gonna go take some pics of all the other work i have done to bring it up to date. be back in a while! |
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Very nice work. Great job getting this thing back on the road. Can't wait to see it finished.
So what is that Peel n Seal stuff called? Does it work? |
this is what i bought. it was like $80 a roll at lowes. after you install it, when you bang on the doors or panels it has a nice 'thud' to it. it is like a sound deadner. i rode in my bro's 13 window bus for 5hour trip and it was loud. he saw it installed in my bus and did his. on the next trip the level of noise was cut down 100% from the previous trip! besides it can't be any worse than what came from factory.....NOTHING! |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:33 pm
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here is the poptop freshly painted with all new SS hardware and seals from WW.
new WW repop headlight buckets w/og lenses and H4 lamps
pass door complete with painted frame and all new hardware and seals from WW
dash area still under construction! cannot assemple completely until wiring completed!
insulation i am putting between door and interior panel
interior door panels. before and after stain and poly.
interior lights finally wired new switches and installed them.
well break time is over!! i got to get back to work outside. i will continue to post progress with pics until i am done. my goal is to have it finished by november so i can drive it to Bulli-Jam in tampa. thats about a 700 mile round trip for me. |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:39 pm
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Have you see my baseball?
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| So 42s are awesome! That looks like a super nice bus. Do you have the OG seats and Ice box for it? |
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Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:04 pm
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| Wren wrote: |
| So 42s are awesome! That looks like a super nice bus. Do you have the OG seats and Ice box for it? |
i got the og seats but the ice box is from an early bay i am cutting down right now as we speak! i just came inside to look for some pics for reference. |
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