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Panzer Open Haus
Charlotte has some very cool VW’s in the locale, from barndoor buses to world record setting bugs.. John Harper of DerCarolinaPanzers.com was very kind to open his doors for all, his collection of VW’s and others is something to behold. … Continue reading
VW bus at the drag strip
Family outing to Farmington ‘fast times’ VW show, we took the drag bus and made 3 passses – fun fun fun. All smiles (mostly), it was cold during the night but the sun eventually came out and warmed us up. … Continue reading
The Finished Bus
Some pictures of the finished bus, this was on sale on Samba for 6 days before sold, lots of detailing and a beutiful Carolina spring day for the pictures to turn out nice
Finishing Touches
We wanted to keep rust at bay and with the intention of driving it every day we chose to paint the entire underside in POR 15. This means we need a good surface to paint to, so after about 100 … Continue reading
Running Gear
Anibal Chico www.steelbuggin.com built this 1776 long block with a new case, new heads, C25 cam for torque, with a deep sump and full flowed for oil filtering. We then added powder coated German doghouse tin, new Sachs clutch, powder … Continue reading
Paint & Upholstery
This is 1 day old coming out of the paint booth, inside painted, top painted, then the lower and finally as we see here 2 coats of clear ;
Pre Paint – 2
We thought long and hard about the final color combo – it was tempting to make it an all lotus white deluxe as she was originally but.. we settled for a titian red / grey combo.
Pre Paint-1
Final touches before painting. We stripped the bus and then shipped her to the Raleigh NC. http://www.transporterwerks.com/index.htm
Driver's Sill
Repair work to Driver side So with a Schofield book in hand we begin the ‘what panels do I need? stage.
Assessment
The Start Do we drive it or ‘just’ do a light restoration to the rusty bits. The rusty bits were the outer sills – or so we thought. The outer sills turned into inner sills and partial floors too.