Is it Fixable
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Is it Fixable
Got the bus back to my place!!! wuhu, And im scared!!!! got it all cleaned out found a lil more floor rust, got underneath the left rear chassis leg that holds the torssion bar the frame has alot of rust, any thought of slamming this bus and drivin it just went right out the window, can the frame chassis leg be cut and welded, I would need to find this part to cut chop rebuild., this is off a 72 not sure if it will work on a 70 plus its in the uk http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1012198 but this is what i need!!! anybody up there got a 70 parts bus they want to cut up and send down???? please tell me i didnt screw up royaly and buy a bus thats dead on its feet,
remind you I cant weld And dont know where to start
remind you I cant weld And dont know where to start
daltondragger73- Dub Nut
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Location : Dalton GA.
Registration date : 2008-07-21
Re: Is it Fixable
Hmmmm...difficult to say without some detailed pics. Everything is fixable, just depends how much $ and time you have. It'll be much easier to get what you need by cutting it off a local bus. You're taking a risk having a piece like that shipped and it being bent or not having the right cuts to graft it into your project.
bumblebuggy- Out of Control Dubber
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Location : McDonough
Registration date : 2008-07-24
Re: Is it Fixable
yeah I found a thread on samba where the guy had the same problem as I and he fixed it http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=455598
SO insperation is all one needs Ill be going to the metal yard and getting some plates to cut and weld in (well have someone who knows how to weld) its gonna be a longer process than I wanted to take, but its a bus I have to save it!!!
Ill get some really good pics of the bus this weekend a post
SO insperation is all one needs Ill be going to the metal yard and getting some plates to cut and weld in (well have someone who knows how to weld) its gonna be a longer process than I wanted to take, but its a bus I have to save it!!!
Ill get some really good pics of the bus this weekend a post
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daltondragger73- Dub Nut
- Number of posts : 334
Age : 48
Location : Dalton GA.
Registration date : 2008-07-21
Re: Is it Fixable
Attorney Isaiah Loophole wrote:Glad you are going to fix it! You will definitely enjoy it when done!
Yeah!! I was A lil fustrated at my self for impulse buying without looking EVERYTHING over and over but after doing a lil research Im back on track... but I wont do anything untill I get this issue fixed! then Ill start doin the rest peice by peice
daltondragger73- Dub Nut
- Number of posts : 334
Age : 48
Location : Dalton GA.
Registration date : 2008-07-21
Re: Is it Fixable
OK got pics now
daltondragger73- Dub Nut
- Number of posts : 334
Age : 48
Location : Dalton GA.
Registration date : 2008-07-21
Re: Is it Fixable
Whatever you do, don't drive it like that. That's going to need some serious work. That first pic is scary. That is probably one of the most important structural pieces of the bus. If you can find some good metal there, you may be able to fab something up to repair it. The easiest way would be to find a local donor. All kinds of forces push, pull and twist the torsion housing and that one looks like it's about to let go. You're going to need a pro to get that right.
bumblebuggy- Out of Control Dubber
- Number of posts : 1921
Location : McDonough
Registration date : 2008-07-24
Re: Is it Fixable
wellp!!! regretfully I had a guy come look at my bus today he has 30+ yrs exp. with bay windows and he told me That I should RUN like I got the colonel after me!! the whole frame is just wasted in 2many spots, the crash bars up under the driver floors, I thought this stuff could be fixed! darn impulse buying!!! so now I have a a bus that nothing is going to be done with, just WAYYYY to much money to sink into this one where I could spend the same money and get something that is atleast drivable anybody selling a bus cheap???? HEY I GOT PARTS AND A MOTOR AND TRANS!!!
daltondragger73- Dub Nut
- Number of posts : 334
Age : 48
Location : Dalton GA.
Registration date : 2008-07-21
Re: Is it Fixable
Break it down and sell the parts. you might make some of your $ back.
bumblebuggy- Out of Control Dubber
- Number of posts : 1921
Location : McDonough
Registration date : 2008-07-24
Re: Is it Fixable
X2bumblebuggy wrote:Break it down and sell the parts. you might make some of your $ back.
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