PICKING HIM UP MONDAY!

Original Seats

Seat Padding

How You'll See It

Seat Dials

Newly Wrapped Front Seats

Engine Engine Number Fine

Body Parts

OEM Hubcaps VERY Cool


I am happy to say, Monday I will be driving over to Port Orchard with the last and final payment in hand to pay for this tough little boy.  Let the work weekend FLY by!  :)

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! *Crossing Fingers!*

Pedal To The Medal

Rear Cargo Area

Front Driver Seats Wrapped In Back

View From The Dash, One Of My Favorite Viewpoints On A Bus

Sharp

Clean Machine!!!!  Look At That Baby!

Headliner.  So Tight, So White!

Nice Angle, I Love This Shot

Cute Seats!

So Nice, I Really Like This Picture

Ashtray and Oh Shit Handle For Rear Riders.  How Comical.

Can't Wait To Sit In This Passenger Seat, Turn Around, And See This.

Those Seat Belt Release Levers Are Killer

Walk Through.  Too Cool.

I can't believe how close this road trip is.  Tony has sent me a very exciting email Friday.  Here are parts of it. 
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Just wanted to check in again with some updates. The headliner is now finished. Came out great. 

Took about 3 days alone. Painting the little parts, and getting everything prepped was time consuming but worth it.

Rear seats, mats, all seat belts, visors, and panels are in too. The rear cabin area is just about finished with the exception of the rear hatch panel, which is going on today.  I put insulation behind the rear cargo panels for the winters, and sound deadening. I'm planning on getting the front seats finished by tomorrow. That will then complete the interior!!! 

The engine will be ready for pick up tomorrow. He's making it turnkey and doing a test running, and tune before I pick it up. It was supposed to be ready last weekend, but the cylinder cooling tin was not correct, and the heads were found to be no good, so those were swapped out for the suitable replacements.

I've recently been crawling around the brakes on the bus, and noticed that it will need a few things.

Front brake pads and rotors, 1 hard brake line, 4 soft brake lines, two rear wheel cylinders, and rear shoes.

The rear drums and 3 of the hard brake lines looked okay. I've ordered those parts and should arrive on Monday. Meanwhile, this weekend I'll be putting in the front door panels, windows, and sunroof. Brakes and engine will be in the beginning of next week. The bus has presented a couple of delays along the way waiting on a few parts and unexpected work, but we're now in the home stretch.

I hate giving completion times, because you never know what you'll find on these 40 year old projects, and what challenges that will bring, but I'm looking to have her ready for pick up next weekend. I really want to get enough test drives in Tuesday and Wednesday to break a few things in, and feel confident that it's ready for a long road trip to it's new home. I'll shoot you a call mid next week to let you know for sure.

If you need more of a heads up, or need to pick it up the following week, that works too. Just let me know.

So, Sunday, January 30th? :) Cross Fingers!!!!!!

Geek!

So gacked out, I love it

I love this angle, he looks like he harbors expression

Slick Rick

The sharp antenna

Wheels on the bus go round and round

 

 

 

So I have quite a few more photographs to set up but I have to go to work so...I will do that when I get home.

Hooray for Thursday!

Symbol ALMOST In My Driveway

I laughed from happiness

some of today's email update from tony....

"The bus is now getting assembled which is cool. There's not much involved on the outside except mirrors handles, and trim so this week will also involve getting the interior fitted. I've scored some door panel backing so I can re-skin the front two. The old backings were rotted due to the bus sitting outside for years without a windshield, or side window. I now have a nice drivers side rear panel (the long one next to the middle seat), and a couple of original kick panels for under the dash. The only one needed now is the sliding cargo door panel which I may be able to pics up tomorrow. I'll be going to Vancouver to pick up a 64 camper bus, and stopping by Averres in Woodland. They're a huge vw only indoor wrecking yard (umm yeah....vw nut heaven!).

Assembly and interior are straight forward minus the headliner which takes a ton of patience and time, but look great when new. That will then allow me to install the sunroof, windshield, and put all the other windows back in.  After that, all the mechanics will be gone through, engine installed and hopefully driving under her own power by next week sometime. Pretty exciting times."

PRETTY EFFING EXCITING EMAIL!  Sidenote; a 64 camper bus?  split screen, barn doors...hope that's a project for himself to keep! He has great taste.  With that said; possibly driving by her own power next week sometime?  I can't believe it, it's too good to be true.  I can't wait to say "I'm going to pick up Nigel on my next day off", whenever that day comes.  I'm going to date that as Sunday the 16th if everything falls into place for Tony and his projections, or the following Sunday, the 23rd.  I know what I'll be dreaming about tonight.  A little dork driving a little dork home, that's what.

Bumpers and Sunroof

Sunroof Prime

Sunroof Painted

Bumper Prime

Bumper Painted

Bumper Side Step Prime

Bumper Side Step Painted

To Tony

You go above and beyond. I thank my lucky stars to have connected. You're awesome. I promise to get you a ribbon from a car show and I won't stop until I do.

Christmas Post!

Pass Rear, like there wasn't ever the rust..wow

Drive Rear

White Floors?  Oh yes! Sharp!

Pass Front

So amazing!

Handles on, trim on, mirrors on!  Now this was an exciting photo to see

He's So Cute! Is it ok to crush on a car?

One Eyed Hannah

Dashboard Confession

Can't Wait To Kiss His VW Symbol Between His Eyes

So incredible.  The difference is astronomical

Aaah!

Like Fresh Snow

Tony Goes The Extra Mile...s and miles and miles

I want to touch this it looks so smooth

And Tony Didn't Know He Would Take It This Far

Stickers!  Look at those OEM stickies!  Awesome!!

White Wheelies

So fresh it's like it's not the same vehicle

Just look at this perfection.  Now THIS is perfectly done

Rear corners before...

Rear corner during

Rear corner done.  Insane.  Incredible.

Rear corner done.  Blows me away.

I want this car to hover.  No dirt please.

Like Blue cotton candy

reflections

5 wheels