just got this catering panel some of you may be familiar with..
Am fixing the wheel arches from a donor bus... And will bring her down a notch.
the cargo floor had sheet metal rivited on and the original floor is ratshite.. so replacing that with repair panels i have, passenger sill is gawn, also have them.. apart from that it is a VERY rust free panel other sill and front areas are fantasticly good etc. Still 6v and original 1200..reduction hubs etc. Master cylander is cactus. but will convert to 12v soon.. anyway enjoy pics...
[Edited on 14-5-05 by frenzix]
frenzix ·
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frenzix ·
it undertook the ritual pressure blaster in and out and underneath.
frenzix ·
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frenzix ·
oh its a 65
frog ·
Good for you,this panel has done some k's and owers to match,it even lived near me for a while in Noosa.
Are you leaving the logo stuff?
frenzix ·
i am not sure about the logo, we may take it back to the signage thats underneath that signage.. an old tyre company.. and then take it from gree back to original arctic white.. just maybe.
frenzix ·
yeah its had many owners.. poor bugger needs looking after.
frog ·
Go the tyre company!
Peel off the green scum....it's too modern.
frenzix ·
hehe, it will look sweet
jenz58 ·
Frenzix that's such a cool split panel...
Goodness how do you get it back to the original signage underneath...is it kinda like the archeologists do....scrape real careful....OK it's a girl question
Good luck with it...
frenzix ·
hehe , using fine sandpaper and water u just make sure you don't take off too many layers.
jenz58 ·
...OK cool....just stay off the green stuff when you do it then....you might decide to see if there's another one under the original... which would make it not the original...if you found it
Robo ·
Good score Tim
Good to see its going to a good home.
Rob...
VolksFolks ·
Tim, I Got new Master cylinder if you neew, was gonna ebay it..let me know
frenzix ·
i do andy i do, let us know how much via u2u pleeaese. Timmy
VolksFolks ·
back at ya dick!
byronbus ·
Good work timmy, be careful with those brakes, we dont want another gary now do we...
baybuscamperkid ·
would look awesome if you got back to the original signage. i have done it with the sanding method on bikes before. not hard to do, and has an awesome vintage look when finished, but very time consuming.
Octa ·
Nice... when are you dropping it?
jenz58 ·
...it took a while for that question to come up...yes when??
Well if you're doing the brakes then is that a good time to drop...same area...sort of...OK chick think again...go for it :bounce
matara ·
Nice one Tim!
Just the thing for selling homemade cakes with special ingredients in Nimbin for ya!
Any progress on the 55? Looks like those repair panels will come in handy!
Cheers
Steve
frenzix ·
55 is for sale! i just want the ute to happen
thanks people
byronbus ·
Mate, whats the plan for the weekend? Did you spend some time with your wife today so we can play on your split all weekend?
VolksFolks ·
byronbus wrote:Mate, whats the plan for the weekend? Did you spend some time with your wife today so we can play on your split all weekend?
I phoned Tim today and he was in the supermarket, honestll, what you doin man!!!!
byronbus ·
Just started two weeks school holidays, yay...looking forward to getting stuck into tims new split...when you coming up for a visit andy...spare room here and at tims...even the odd kombi to bunk down in the for the nite...
66NIK ·
Catering panels are so 3 weeks ago.
byronbus ·
haha, we're cutting windows into it though...
66NIK ·
When are you coming down Brue?
barls ·
byronbus wrote:haha, we're cutting windows into it though...
you evil evil man you for teasing like that
byronbus ·
Probably wednesday, have some stuff to do...
frenzix ·
hehe windows. Andy i was actually at the strip club, where all good men should be. My codename for masturbating is "doing the grocery shopping"
frenzix ·
nik i have your splits long lost brother, they should meet some time.
byronbus ·
haha, did you pick up those portoholes, the bubble type dude?
barls ·
dont do it tim oh what the hell ill drop act do it man do it what are you soft :P
frenzix ·
yeah i have 8 of them
frenzix ·
barls, don't you like panels cut into winowvans?
frenzix ·
i met max french the other day barls, he knew you well
barls ·
yeah thats me mate ive managed to talk the old man in to putting a t4 2L in his karmann ghia. so the more cutting the better
byronbus ·
haha
frenzix ·
we bitched about you for hours
barls ·
frenzix wrote:i met max french the other day barls, he knew you well
yeah hes a nice bloke has known my old man for a long time. he have just about anything out at his place, last time i was out there he had a barndoor, a early bug (cant remember the year), a karmann cabro, a californian sunbug and more bugs and bus wrecks than you can shake a stick at
frenzix ·
yeah i went out there, the barny is gone... . now
barls ·
you would have been disappointed mate, the only thing he would have to bitch about me would be that i didnt buy that last bug he tried to sell me, i wasnt keen cause it wasnt a good deal.
frenzix ·
not one of the karmann cabs?
barls ·
no mate he bought a reasonable straight bodied bug but it had some guard damage and wanted to sell me the body but it was a crap deal. cause after i changed the body he wanted every thing left over from the two bugs involved
Resto64 ·
nice pick up frenz
picking mine up next week ,hey mine has those butt ugly rims that yours had on it
so i will be going the black stocky look !!!
frenzix ·
good one.. is it a panel??
byronbus ·
get broadband dude
frenzix ·
among friends
frenzix ·
I can't stand shit cargo floors.. so it as to go
frenzix ·
good night sweet baby
VolksFolks ·
looks shit! but dont they all, just cause i got a panel you had to get one! well we do need one for all the beer we will be drinking at valla 2006 hehe
byronbus ·
haha, good pics
frenzix ·
yeah it's od how the floor is soooo shit.. but the rest of the bus is good, the passenger sill is crappy too.. so that's next on the chopping block.. besides that just a little tidy up here and there .. and voila it will be a very rust free panel.. Andy i'm not drinking between now and valla next year, im going to go crazy.
byronbus ·
you drank today
frenzix ·
one beer..
koolkarmakombi ·
floor shit becuase all that cold stuff caused condesation = wet
frenzix ·
ummm yes there were shhet metal plates riveted down which wont help
I've got those plates riveted thing happening.. Giving me the shits big time.. Cause you know that when you drill those rivets out.... SURPRISE!
Grr...
Welcome to the Panel Club.. 😉
frenzix ·
yessss btw this was advertised as a "rust free split" .. yeah besides the rotton floor and the sill... From underneath the floor didn't look to bad, cause the sheet metal was there...
byronbus ·
haha, rust free
byronbus ·
is the pope alive
Stealth ·
Good on ya mate, Panels rock!!
Keep up the good work.
frenzix ·
We took the floor out today, just have to do sonme tidying up
frenzix ·
Passenger sill was full of newspaper and bog..
frenzix ·
sill had to come off.. the other sill is ok.. just a few holes here and there.. will fix properly..
frenzix ·
the end result, have to get the dremmel onto the spot welds and edges etc to tidy up.. I will be replacing the jackpoints on the passenger side too as they are a little dodgy
frenzix ·
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frenzix ·
this area was a little fiddly.. dremmel will come in andy once again
frenzix ·
and here you can see the passenger sill is out
frenzix ·
end of a good days work. Beer time.
frenzix ·
i have just ordered some new wheel arches.. will do these at the same time
byronbus ·
nice work, but you drank all my beer you bastard
byronbus ·
haha, and this had no rust...had lots of newspaper...and we cut the floor for fun, but will have no rust...
BenettonVW ·
Plenty of bog and newspaper, but no rust. 🙂
Always fun making those 'little' discoveries.. I think we've all found things like that. My battery tray is currently made of fibreglass and is currently pop-riveted on.. Oh yeah.. real dandy.
It's all just part of the fun.
Looking good mate. I haven't touched my floor yet. 1mm cutting disc?
frenzix ·
1mm it is.. they burn up quick .. i have used about 15 already.. also get a cold chisel and good mallet for those spot welds, if the floor is crappy they are too hard to find to drill out. Another good tool is a dremmel. about $100 and will help for the finer finishings.. Good luck with yours mate!
tim
byronbus ·
haha, a dremmel
karmannghia60 ·
Well done Tim, so my description wasn't far off hay! 😉
Dasdubber ·
Good to see you're doing things properly! Great stuff.
By the way I love your work boots in the pic where you are chiseling - I get in trouble for wearing thongs! :P
MikeM ·
Were are you getting the rust repair panels from? I need a passenger sill too.
57kombi ·
Looking good Tim.
As the old saying goes.
Do it right the first time and then you dont have to worry about it.
It seems like hard work but it will be worth it in the end.
Keep the pics coming
Cheers
Dave
frenzix ·
i have a couple of rob kings floor sections... anyone else used them.. any tips?
Thanks for the good comments.
frenzix ·
oh yeah i hate wearing shoes...
frenzix ·
oh and a few i'm getting from roy (schofields), and a few from www.cip1.com (repair panels that is) and i have some of pmgbus' sills and stuff.
57kombi ·
Regarding Robs floor sections.
If they are anything like his other stuff they will be brilliant.
Cheers
Dave
robnjo ·
very helpfull pic mate, I think I need to have a chat with ya, are you going to Klubfest?
frenzix ·
hmmm klubfest, whens that again? May? I'll have to see.
Thanks, Tim
kombibob ·
hey mikem
give roy from classic vw pacific a call
i got my sill from him cheep 2
VolksFolks ·
Tim, you get that Master cylinder dude!!
And the thing that you put on your car!!
frenzix ·
the thingi put on the car? we don't have letter boxes here and i go to post office every coupla days.. should be there tomorrow.. thnx
bugeyedbabe ·
isn't club fest 15th may in brisbane??
frenzix ·
got it andy.. thanks.. !
lost ·
Think of all the bits and pieces you can buy with the money you save on those unnecassary safety boot thingies. Maybe cruise control for when you have chopped ya foot off!
:party
[Edited on 15-4-2005 by lost]
pete wood ·
Man I just looked at this thread for the first time. No wonder you werre so peaved. This car was advertised as honest and straight right?
Bet you'd like to punch the previous owner in the head...
frenzix ·
haha
BenettonVW ·
Least you have ear protection on!
byronbus ·
pete wood wrote:Man I just looked at this thread for the first time. No wonder you werre so peaved. This car was advertised as honest and straight right?
Bet you'd like to punch the previous owner in the head...
haha...rust free
VolksFolks ·
BenettonVW wrote:Least you have ear protection on!
He told me he had a condom on too, you can never be sure
lost ·
BenettonVW wrote:Least you have ear protection on!
that is so he can't hear himself scream when he slices his foot with a piece of "rust free" flooring.
[Edited on 26-4-2005 by lost]
Paddo ·
Don't ya just hate it when u don't get what u paid for, can be very annoying.😉
BLUE_62 ·
Looks like ya well in the way to restoring the ol girl back to full former glory. Good to see its getting done properly too with no short cuts being taken.... Do it once, do it right. :thumb
Dasdubber ·
byronbus wrote:haha, yes, except we were told it was a solid rust free bus...but will be rust free when we're finished with it...
Thats the main thing, so lets hope we can all enjoy watching the rebuild progress without denigrating too far into something that has been discussed at length already. 😉
Good stuff by the way, all your time and effort will be worthwhile in the long run...keep up the great work.
BJ ·
haha, yes, except we were told it was a solid rust free bus...but will be rust free when we're finished with it... [/quote]
Did you check this vehicle out?
We'll if you didn't see the vehicle I probably might be able to see your point. But if you did, it serves you right for buying it!!! It must not have been that bad if you supposive VW experts looked at it and only saw the rust when you got home.
I have travelled to Sydney and Melbourne and looked at various vehicles and have decided not to buy them. Just cut my losses on the airflight.
I think you should read the previous post and maybe grow up.
Grock ·
Ah gee, would you look at that! were out of snow cones...
BJ ·
I invitied myself, I didn't see a sign that said "Don't commend on this project if it negative" maybe you would prefer it if I said your doing a good job ( another ego trip I suppose for both of you")
and by the way I only met him once he was down the street in the van.
The final word still has to come from the buyer like no it's to rusted or yes I can repair it for a price.
bugeyedbabe ·
great work frenzix...at least its getting fixed the rite way this time....
byronbus ·
hey i helped him
bugeyedbabe ·
yeah, but then ya took off for two weeks and locked the bus it away from him.....
(probably just as well...having seen his safety foot wear he uses (air))
and the sad bit was...he keep getting on the puter to harasss us all....(u sholdl see what he posted in BA)
anyway, hope ur trip to sydney was good....now ....get back to work, and post lotsa pics for us all to drool over ok...
And if u want me to praise u byron bus...u have to get in a pic or two (with or without the safety wear) and with or without timmy...
cheers boys...
byronbus ·
haha, he had no shoes on, but i had no clothes on, would get sensored if i posted on here...
frenzix ·
hey BJ, don't start crap on this thread..... the forums already in shit just go into general and read the post by benettonVW. I take your comments on board and will reflect upon them tonight whilst i sip on my 17th martini.
phatrat ·
Hay Timmy...that roof rack would look the part on the panel:thumb
bugeyedbabe ·
morning timmy...planning to do lotsa work on the van this weekend?? goodluck...dont forget the safety equipment....hehe
byron...u wouldnt get sensored because u were naked mate...its the strange look of desire u have on ur face whilst standing behind timmy..
and BJ...if its not nice...dont post....EVERYONE GOT TOLD.....u can say bad thing...just not about ppl/businesses or rides....(unless its ur own)
phat rat...what rack??? did i miss it???
bugeyedbabe ·
frenzix...love ur new signiture.....want it for my wallpaper...minus the dsk...
frenzix ·
no work on the panel this weeked, it's my birday last thursday and we are partying, plus the kombi convoy is on and we are going to harass them as they drive by with beer
frenzix ·
nimbin is too far to drive
bugeyedbabe ·
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to you
happy birthday to timmy
happy birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuu
so how old r u now?? have u reached double digits yet :P
cheers timmy :kiss
[Edited on 30-4-2005 by bugeyedbabe]
frenzix ·
oh my goodness, thanks. I'm 25 Years old now. 7 years past my prime. We have a shindig and hodown tonight. Thanks again. Hey phatrat.. yeah that roofrack haha .. i have no way to get it yet. Maybe twoguns wants it.
psychobuggers ·
byronbus wrote:
BJ wrote:haha, yes, except we were told it was a solid rust free bus...but will be rust free when we're finished with it...
Did you check this vehicle out?
We'll if you didn't see the vehicle I probably might be able to see your point. But if you did, it serves you right for buying it!!! It must not have been that bad if you supposive VW experts looked at it and only saw the rust when you got home.
I have travelled to Sydney and Melbourne and looked at various vehicles and have decided not to buy them. Just cut my losses on the airflight.
I think you should read the previous post and maybe grow up.
Haha, your obviously friends with old mate...
We did see the rust, thats why we paid what we did...was more than we 1st expected, but the issue old friend is that it was advertised as rust free, the guy we bought it off had removed the false floor and riverted it back on and still said it had no rust and removed the generator light and didnt mention the dodgy brake cylinder, but you get that in outback Queensland...
No hard feelings, just filling you in on some home truths...and dude who invited you into the discussion anyway??? [/quote]
For every-ones information - I never took the false floor off and then riveted it back on!!! I took the guys word for it, the one I originally bought it off of, that it was not rusty underneath, why not contact this guy to find out, it was originally advertised here. And to it being rust-free, I didn't know about the sills until Frenzix asked me to take some pics and email them to him, I then realized they were rusty and told him so and Byronbus when they got here, hence the reduced price they bought it for - $5,000, original price being $6,500 I would think that fair, as for the generator light being removed, never did touch the generator, never had to always started just fine, as for the dodgy brake cylinder, seem to recall putting in a bottle of brake fluid and said something to the effect of "It does have a leak so I've put in a bottle of brake fluid", I also put in a fan belt and tool kit just in case, but I suppose you get forgetfullness in Byron Bay dude, so every-one please don't comment until you know all the facts. Frenzix said that he was happy with his purchase after all the crap that was said. And for every-one that is going to say that I hijacked this thread, I am not, if something is said about me personally I have the right to defend myself.
:vader
psychobuggers ·
bugeyedbabe wrote:morning timmy...planning to do lotsa work on the van this weekend?? goodluck...dont forget the safety equipment....hehe
byron...u wouldnt get sensored because u were naked mate...its the strange look of desire u have on ur face whilst standing behind timmy..
and BJ...if its not nice...dont post....EVERYONE GOT TOLD.....u can say bad thing...just not about ppl/businesses or rides....(unless its ur own)
phat rat...what rack??? did i miss it???
Originally posted by pete wood
Man I just looked at this thread for the first time. No wonder you werre so peaved. This car was advertised as honest and straight right?
Bet you'd like to punch the previous owner in the head...
?????????????If it's not nice then don't say it????????????
frenzix ·
i agree
frenzix ·
lets just leave this at this ... i bought it...... it's over! everyone drop it. please. I'm just getting on with restoring her.
byronbus ·
me too
frenzix ·
i dunno what your still doing at home.. get movin
bugeyedbabe ·
yeah...i hear theres a pretty kewl party going on...
i'm planning to head to byrons place to steal the van while hes attending the thing........hehe...cause i found this thread about breaking into cars & vans....hehe
not really...
u guys have fun, and play nicely ok....and tim ...dont fall asleep...u saw what happened on the other thread...'party tricks.."
:party:party:party
cheers big ears
Dasdubber ·
frenzix wrote:lets just leave this at this ... i bought it...... it's over! everyone drop it. please. I'm just getting on with restoring her.
here here - now lets see some more progress pics!! :thumb
phatrat ·
bugeyedbabe wrote:phat rat...what rack??? did i miss it???
It's all yours....if ya wont it and can get it...
VolksFolks ·
haha, i was tinkin the same dog
bugeyedbabe ·
there u go boys....:kiss
dont say i'm not the type of person to comply with the requests of others..
so long as they are nice one...
:kiss
VolksFolks ·
arrrrhhh, thats better......thanks Donna
bugeyedbabe ·
guys...forget the whole change my post (ur welcome btw)...
and wish tim a happy birthday....
VWENVY ·
Hows this coming along??
any more pics??
:bounce:bounce:bounce
frenzix ·
hopefully (if the rain lets up), will be getting a floor in the next two weeks, hopefully.
frenzix ·
More piccys as has been more progress, Today spent the whole day grinding off spotwelds and goig around edges just to clean it all up ready for welding, jackpoints are back into shape. We are goign to do all chassis/outriggers etc with POR15 before floor goes in. Passenger sill will come out as well.. thought about using metal filler but i want to do it properly and it's not going to be much more work. Used grinder and wire brush attachement to get the framework prepped and smooth. Primer on to stop any surface rust. First day in AGES without rain so we decided to take the op to get into it.
frenzix ·
fiddly area around heater channels.. but came up real smooth.
frenzix ·
mmmm ready for welding
frenzix ·
doesn't look like we haev done much but to anyone that has done this before will know it takes time to give it some attention to detail. signing out.
timmy.dskmember
frenzix ·
and got some of these off roy classicVW (pacific)..
byronbus ·
A good days work...
byronbus ·
At least we're learning what we are good at...
frenzix ·
thanks for the help brucey
byronbus ·
haha, enjoying every bit of it...its all about knowledge, learning and being taught...life that is...
frenzix ·
A bit of bus selecta fun..
[Edited on 7-5-05 by frenzix]
byronbus ·
nice
kombibob ·
i love this bus.
keep up the good work, i will be doing the same to mine soon(floor ,cargo sill etc) so good to see the pics keep em comming.
thanks
bob
frenzix ·
i love your bus kombibob, maybe one day they can mate?
byronbus ·
haha, dont be a mullet
[Edited on 8/5/2005 by byronbus]
kombibob ·
cool we can go halves with the puppys
but i dont think i could give any of them away
byronbus ·
bob, did you fit your safaris yourself?
frenzix ·
hehe
VolksFolks ·
haha, you are funny bruce.....
kombibob ·
yes they were pretty easy to fit the frames
the hard part is fitting the glass in the frames
kombibob ·
r u taken d piss?
byronbus ·
no, i just bought some, glass already in...how hard to line up the latches
byronbus ·
the side slide things?
byronbus ·
the others are laughing at mullets, not sure why, they are immature
kombibob ·
easy just push them hard up against the window frame/rubber directly under the latches on the frame mark and drill
with the centre hinge support i drilled two holes in the centre and welded it to the centre piller from the holes
much neater then welding around it,
would be even neater if i painted it better do that soon i think:duh
[Edited on 8/5/2005 by kombibob]
[Edited on 8/5/2005 by kombibob]
byronbus ·
ok, sounds easy, sort of...maybe i should come and drink beers and look at your bus while you do it???
I drove through he carpark at mainbeach last saturday, your bus looks sweet...
Stealth ·
Nice, I like it, keep up the good work. Splitty, splitty, splitty, oi, oi, oi 😉
frenzix ·
Maybe we can swap panels stealth?
Stealth ·
my wife and a few mates would kill me, THEN she would divorce me 😉
I cant wait to cruise withyou guys.
We will need a split panel club soon :thumb there are lots coming to circulation now!
frenzix ·
We cut the drivers sill out today, inner and outer.. THe inner was ok not rusty, and the outer was repairable.. but i have repair panels so why not just go that little bit further hey?
frenzix ·
and from the outside.. we are going to shaev a little bit more off the sill .. make it neater and straighter too. The repair panel comes up fairly high. We found a spark plug in amongst a few kilos of mud/bog in the sill.
matara ·
Tim,
I think you should trim down the repair panel to match the car, rather than trimming the car to match the panel. That way if you screw it up (or need to put another panel in down the track), you just cut up a bit further and put a new panel in. I've got the sills to do on my splitty soon!
Cheers
Steve
[Edited on 14-5-2005 by matara]
VolksFolks ·
Woha, looking great, will soon be worth 25k mate at the rate your goin, well done
frenzix ·
sorry matara, yeah will be doing that.. we just have to neaten up that cut.. its a bit.. umm off track. 😉
Resto64 ·
are you using pmg's panels???
he put one short sill in for me last week and they are neat as
frenzix ·
yeah, i was at andrews early this year and picked quite a few up. Have robkings floor sections to go in.
byronbus ·
I got some tips today timmy for the floor...
karmannghia60 ·
How is this going Tim?
byronbus ·
In my bloody driveway still, wish he'd get off his butt and come and do some work...
GedMcCormick ·
I bought this beast and and contemplating the future....