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my roten 65

my roten 65

by fredy66 » Sun Aug 26, 2012 1:04 am
so here we go

got this one for 600 € :bigsmurf:

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she have bean there for 15 years ore so
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lots of rust and i hope to save it
hope to heave it home soon its at a friends please to have some work done
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Re: my roten 65

by markp » Sun Aug 26, 2012 8:09 am
Yo

Nice find ..... well done ......

You'll save her mate have no fear about that ....... with love and dedication anything can be saved :wink:

there will be highs
there will be lows
there will be rust
there will be good metal
there will be a tears
there will be money spent

But there will be an end result and that brings smiles and fun all around

welcome and enjoy the project ,,,,,, it's hard work but O SO REWARDING !!!!!!

see you on the road bud in a year or so :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:


Thanks for your comments on my thread ..... Nice comments are always good to read they keep me pushing to get Gerry finished


I'll be watching this thread so be sure to post lots of pic's :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:


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Re: my roten 65

by TheVintageVWBus » Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:13 am
Great price! :)
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Re: my roten 65

by Trint Eastwood » Tue Sep 04, 2012 10:39 am
oh dear... you lucky git!!! Thats quite a find! Good job on that. Let's see the nasty parts!!! :cheers:
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Re: my roten 65

by LODGE » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:34 pm
Cool find 8)
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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:35 am
Trint Eastwood wrote:oh dear... you lucky git!!! Thats quite a find! Good job on that. Let's see the nasty parts!!! :cheers:


so the bus is waiting to be soda blasted under .
hopping to have it in the garage i a month ore so
plan is to weld it an save the og paint
slam the thing on og wheels

not my cid
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the roof :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:52 am
and if any one have some parts i need send me a pm
Thanks
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Re: my roten 65

by Bugzy Malone » Sat Sep 15, 2012 10:49 pm
That's cool. nice find. I like them hard to get :) where/how did you find it?
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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:38 pm
some new photos


photo time

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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:53 pm
morre work done :cheers:

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not good :cry:
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cuting some rust :twisted:

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new parts coming
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So the plan for the bus is to weld it upp and drop it to the ground .
buff the paint .
and the new engine .
made for my bug but think it be fun in the bus
78x 94
40 35
FK8
2 x 44 Weber IDF
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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:59 pm
Bugzy Malone wrote:That's cool. nice find. I like them hard to get :) where/how did you find it?



I wanted a new bus for a long time .
looking at all the local papers .
and the my gf posted a ad in a local paper
want to bay a VW bus
and the rest is history
thanks Laura
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Re: my roten 65

by markp » Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:13 am
Hi Freddy

ya cracking on well mate ....looks prity good under there ..... all the normal rot ...... it's all fixable and enjoy welding upside down GGrrrrrrrr

new roof planned I guess ?

keep those pic'y coming

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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:36 pm
markp wrote:Hi Freddy

ya cracking on well mate ....looks prity good under there ..... all the normal rot ...... it's all fixable and enjoy welding upside down GGrrrrrrrr

new roof planned I guess ?

keep those pic'y coming

Mark



aaa the roof .
don't now 3 ways i can go

1 don't bother

2 big hammer

3 get a sun roof for it
this http://www.parisbeetles.co.uk/bus%20sunroofs.htm
ore a OG one be nice :idea:
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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:05 pm
nice day at the garage
my gf was helping :D

and now there is more parts needed :cheers:


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Re: my roten 65

by fredy66 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:28 pm
hello


is it suppose to be a adobe pane her .
the top hat section and a outer panel ?
next to the b post


thanks photos be nice

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