And a bit more.... repairing the crap circa 70s repair job is the nasty part.  like i said before, lots of sheet tin, lots of rivets, lots of bondo... but it's all gone now....
 :wink:

Nasty wrinkling of the bulkhead wall.  this was covered by the sheet metal.


Side completely cut out, all the nasty stuff gone.


Starting to lay in the donor side, rusty in the bottom section, but straight.

And a bit more.... repairing the crap circa 70s repair job is the nasty part.  like i said before, lots of sheet tin, lots of rivets, lots of bondo... but it's all gone now....
 :wink:

Good Grief !!!   Thats really wanting a Van :shock:

Yeah, she was pretty nasty on the driver's side and nose but the rest was really straight.  A little bit of rot, but for the going rate of a split camper these days, a fixer upper was more my speed.... and budget.
Besides, the price of aquisition was next to nothing, so i could afford to buy all the metal needed to fix it.  Nearly every panel to fix a split bus is being stamped out nowadays and The donor sections were acquired in trade for body repairs in the rear shelf area of another split window van.  It has all worked out quite nicely.
I figure by the time i get done with the major bodywork, i should have enough saved for paint and seals, and if i run out of money again, at least it can look pretty parked outside until i can afford to finish the rest. :wink:

If you guys look reeeeeeal close you can just see a really good looking blue Notchback through the grimy winshield of that ugly rusted out heap........... :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Sorry again Rick.  That was insensitive of me.  I do have to tip my hat to you on that blue bug of yours.  It's really lookin very nice........ oh...... not your bug anymore.......

If you guys look reeeeeeal close you can just see a really good looking blue Notchback through the grimy winshield of that ugly rusted out heap........... :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Correction... that is the back window of my p.o.s. dodge ram 50 truck and further back the front windshield of an old mk 2 golf... the notch is tucked to the other side of the garage... so.... Nice Try Slacker.... but, you lose... :lol:

I pulled a thing out of the woods, we salvaged some stuff and scraped it, i wish now i would have kept it, i could have put some pans in it slammed it and sold it for a bunch

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Correction... that is the back window of my p.o.s. dodge ram 50 truck

Soooo..... you're sayin that even a banged up rattle trap Dodge Ram even looks good next to that bus huh?

Is my car running yet?

Ret.Bugtech....... I think Grasshopper is having trouble with my Type III..... think you could give him some pointers?

It's been running honky... i'm just waiting for a break in the Seattle-esque weather so that i can get out there and fix the turn signals... the garage is kinda full at the moment.... :wink:

Oh, and actually, the dodge looks like a pile of crap no matter what it's parked next to. :lol:
That's it's job.