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Cheers Darren, slowly making progress, at least we know what we've got when we are finished, i,m doing as you mentioned middle section off side first then passenger side outriggers and sill, now ive started what was going to be a tidy up i'm going to undo all the previous repairs just to make...

Good progress you are making there, watching with interest as i'm working on the sills/outriggersof our bus. whats the upper sections like such as the gutters? the worst part is cutting out the PO's work, i enjoy putting the new metal in.

Didn't get much done as had to weld my Sons exhaust, but managed to fix the rust behind where the out rigger go's

Made a start on rear offside outriggers today, found some corrosion behind one of them so repair that first New Top hat section needed as well Hopefully i'll have some after pics later

Hi This might be a dumb question! I,ve got the chance of a new (no mileage) Mexican 1600cc Beetle engine block for the camper project, Is there any difference /problem in swapping it over to replace my 1600cc Camper engine. Was hoping to use this block and swap over tinware etc. Thanks Graham

Braved the cold tonight and got the 2nd Floor support welded up, I plug welded it through the holes where i had removed spot welds inside the van and grafted it onto the original support under the centre of the van, the next top hat is ok so next job rear outriggers, can anyone tell me if the...

Cheers Mags, great link very useful. Its funny because i'm looking at other peoples restos on here for inspiration as well!!!! i guess we've all been there at some point, the best thing about doing it yourself is at least you know its all been done properly!!!

Thanks to everyone for the advice etc, I've just ordered a back of roof cut out of a californian bus so that should sort it!

Yikes, my Mum told me never pick your spots!!!!!! wish i'd listened, so who might have cut out bits for these corners? please

lol, on your photo on Photobucket theres a box next to it with aload of codes etc, the last one reads IMG code, copy that and paste it in your message and all will be good :D

:shock: thanks for your replies , i'll try afew dealers and see what they have, i agree its a tricky bit to make right i'd better see how far the rust go's. :cry:

Hi one area that needs a repair on our van is the area by the drain slot on the rear corner gutters, bit bubbly and corroded, i think this is common? i'd be interested to know how people have tackled this repair? make a new piece? or is anyone doing a section? pics would be great many thanks...

Thats great thanks, i'd be interested in how it welds to sill inside as well and how the closing panel finishes, many thanks for your help.

Thanks, its great when you replace a rusty lump of van with a nice new part! getting there slowly, i could really do with a detailed photo of how the posts meet the sill, anyone?

Time to see what the sill is really like , and it was gone! what was left simply had another sill over the top, so replace the lot!!! could really do with some clear pictures of the b post and the rear post where they join the sill as they have gone, can anyone post a picture or link please? so...

Hi Guys whats available for replacing a cargo floor, ive seen LH only but can be modded,is there any available for RH drive busses? many thanks Graham

Got a couple of hours in today, positioned and cut and grafted in new front top hat section and outrigger welded on using original sill as a reference, cut front of inner sill away in this picture, a replacement sill had been welded over the top of the rusty original!!!! nice! Where the...

Been making some progress this week! scraping all the underseal off and years of dirt and anything suspect is coming off and being replaced with new metal, i want this to last another 40 years!!!! front crossmember was corroded and patched so i removed it with my plasma cutter and in went a new...

Hi Just recieved a new replacement cross member and it has 3x large holes in it (same size as Heater Tube one) is this correct please? The old one only has one, it looks original? Also is it possible to drop the front of the heater tube down to push the cross member over it then offer the...

I really want to get a crew cab or single cab VW now, might bring this along as well!