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Tag Archives: VW
Day one pictures – Havasu trip
What a day, started in Vegas, ended in a RV park somewhere on route 66, saw some awesome man made stuff, collected another VW, the guy had a goatee beard like AL, turned in the very reliable Ford Focus, went … 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
VW 1971 westfalia
Bought this from Bustoration out in Lake Havasu through ebay. Sight unseen Ronnie said it was a sound vehicle and when pressed to see if it would make the cross country trip to Charlotte he said “sure why not”. A … 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.
Ragtop
Originally from Alabama this is an early 63 model year ragtop. Pearl white originally she now sports some funky primer. We bought this locally in Huntersville, NC from the guy who had rescued it from the salvage place – quite … Continue reading
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