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Project Forums => ASF Member Projects => Topic started by: josh on September 21, 2014, 12:31:16 PM
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New project to throw money at....56 kombi that Johnny, Andrew, Jarrod and me went and rescued out of McBride BC this last spring. Was a fun trip, awake for 42 hours straight.....kamakazi bonsai run there and back haha.
Bus was missing a bunch of parts but it's not terribly rusty....plan is to keep this one simple...no crazy resto involved! Weld a bunch of gerson in and blend in what's left of the original dove blue, standard straight axle slam job budget style!
Already collected a pile of crucial bits, added up a funky green order....$2800 ouch, that's gonna have to wait a bit! Gonna blast underside, make it 100% solid and paint the bottom all pretty in commercial grey.
Some as found pics......someone with mad graffiti skills got to it many moons ago!
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It sat in storage for 4-5 months, did some trading with Johnny and I ended up with the bus in my shop a few weeks ago...first order of business was a super clean, pressure wash in and out, easy off oven cleaner took a while to get all the spraypaint off, CLR scrub of the roof and she looks 100% better already!
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Ripped all nasty wood panel and hippy house insulation out....
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Got a twisted up pressed bumper great Canadian weekend, smashed it back into something respectable and stripped it back to OG paint
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Old logos are pretty far gone due to someone taking a sander to them long ago....that took the paint down to bare metal I between the letters....fuckers! Once read HI GRADE TV SERVICE...TV and RADIO REPAIR down the long side. Think I have to have them redone at some point!
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Aftermarket light hacks fixed and OG bubbles sourced
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Bent up crank start apron sourced, straightened and peashooter hacks filled
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Front bumper was pretty thrashed but came out titties!
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Clean 1600 to putz it down the road until funds allow a real motor!
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I've got front doors coming along with a few other missing goodies, I just need some cash for the funky green, seats, a trans and some odds and ends to throw it all back together! Super stoked to have such a killer bus for my first type 2!
Gonna take a break from it and hop back on my 55 now to try and finish it for next season :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij: :1rij:
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Looks killer..nice Patina Kombi!!! :party1:
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Sweet bus buds! With your eye for detail, Im sure it will turn out killer.
How do you find the time??
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How do you find the time??
I'm a vampire :73: <<<<< and look like this in the morning
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Great start Josh.
That bumper turned out awesome.
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good score dude ! i know that trip well hahahah sorry about the hack job on them doors .
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good score dude ! i know that trip well hahahah sorry about the hack job on them doors .
Why were u the one who cut them off? Just got all the screws out the other day.....was a whore
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Hahaha yup ! I picked up a 15 window that rested beside it for many years
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Fucker! :41: :41: Johnny thought the doors got sold to someone in the UK? Were there any logos on them?
Let's see some pics of the 15 window!!!
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great work josh. those bumpers....wow!! I'm loving this bus and I'm excited to see the transformation...keep us posted!!
Let's see some pics of the 15 window!!!
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^^ pretty sure that's the 15...it changed hands a couple times and was last seen in the uk and for sale on thesamba for big money.
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That's her ,big money yes fully restored now and selling for just 100k
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Just 100K eh??..... Damn!!! Shit is outta control! Cool to see more pics if ya got em....