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I've sold my 69 westy. My daily chores go to either my 65 13-window (with partial bay westy interior) or my 2005 Ford F150 crewcab. My 67 bug is for sale. I love the Hilux. I sold my 89 to buy my F150 since my kids were getting too big for the Toyota. Here's a recent pic of my shop with...

The Keeper, huh? :lol: This is my favorite baywindow. If I had the money it would be headed back to the USA.

I've just looked through 54 pages of this thread; you European guys really know how to build a bay window! They are looked down upon by most of the US scene.

I haven't really had a chance to do much to the bus lately. I did manage to snap three of theexhaust studs off in the head...all on one head luckily. I have the engine torn down to the short block and sitting on the stand. I did remove some of the filler from the roof. It is pretty thick in...

:lol: No, that's just my junk! The shop is small, just 20'x20'. I have almost two acres and that's my little area in the back. I usually try to keep all my junk contained inside or behind the privacy fence but that pic was taken when I had most of it out to clean up. I will build a 30x50 next...

Pick one. http://www.luxury4play.com/automotive/36568-worlds-most-beautiful-garages-exotics-insane-garage-picture-thread-50-pics.html I'd like a twin-turbo F350 crewcab 4x4 a VW camper maybe another 'glass buggy and some kind of sporty car, the Audi will do fine A cool chopper trike would be...

my old 63 ragtop (now a choptop oval volksrod), my 64 body-off project, my old 62 vert that I wish I had kept) 64, 61 choptop volksrod, 62 ragtop, 67 driver, 59 body on the trailer

I sure wish the dollar would go back to being worth something again. :( All our buses have gone overseas!! All that is left here is rusted out over-priced junk unless you're a baller. :lol: At least most guys here are stuck on splits and the bays are just now getting expensive. My 69 westy...

I've bought three of them from Foreign Policy in Ft. Myers, Florida. I don't remember who actually makes them (empi?) They are good on small motors, not loud at all but has a nice mellow rumble when your foot is in it. I have one on my 1776 (pictured) and it seems to be suffocating it. As soon...

OK, you win! That is the coolest. Looks like a fun project. Now if you could fab up a frame with a 2-liter turbo hanging off the back with some Big-n-littles and... :D

I don't know if restore is the word I'd use but here are a few of my past rides. 70 baja, painted by my brother, sold it in 1993 when my first son was born 70 bug 65-based Stephens Sand Shark engine (in progress) 67 bug before After 69 RHD suicide-doored jalopy before (RHD is cool...

I'm a Manufacturing Specialist for a very small Caterpillar facilty. Once the engineers design a part (attachments in this case (buckets, couplers, forks, etc)) I figure out how our facility will build it. I design fixtures using ProE and write the "How-to" manuals so the shop guys all build...

I got the engine on the stand to start tearing down. The main seal has been leaking for a while apparently, as well as the oil cooler. This thing is nasty!! The heat riser on the right side has a hole rusted through it and "patched" with a beer can and hose clamps. I sprayed PB Blaster on...

Beautiful bus!! I hope mine looks that nice one day.

It was nice here today...61°F and sunny. It was cold and rainy a couple days ago. I think the high was about 56°!