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Hello all, hoping to get a bay window bus shortly, possibly an early one.
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<blockquote data-quote="Favguy" data-source="post: 637328" data-attributes="member: 33639"><p>Looked at the bus tonight, quite a nice overall bus, but far too much rot on it. I don't want a body resto. project beyond minimal stuff.</p><p></p><p>They get plenty of rain in Brazil, it's the road salt we use they don't like, but in fairness we forget, most 70's German VW's were well rotted after 10 or more years of UK climate when actually used as intended! My Granddad's brand new 1972 Beetle, used normally was utter scrap by 1982 after only about 60k miles! You'd never seen anything like it, the entire bottom 6 inches of the car were virtually none existent. In contrast I did 72k miles in a new 1985 Mexican Beetle, which I sold in late 1994, almost still as new looking! I think 1972 Beetle steel was a bit iffy!</p><p></p><p>I'm still keen on a low mileage new as possible Brazilian with zero rust to start with, my bus will be garaged when not in use and not used through winter anyway, as frankly no vintage VW's stay rust free if used through UK winters. With a comprehensive Dinitrol treatment to all cavities and the underbody, Brazilian rust proofing can be brought up to a much higher level of protection. The trick is starting with one that's not already got rust! Hey, but that's pretty much true for all of them, I've seen so many buses have a fortune spent on a really good restoration only to have a full cavity rustproofing to finish off the project totally overlooked, and then they're back to rotting through again less than 10 years later.</p><p></p><p>The search continues...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Favguy, post: 637328, member: 33639"] Looked at the bus tonight, quite a nice overall bus, but far too much rot on it. I don't want a body resto. project beyond minimal stuff. They get plenty of rain in Brazil, it's the road salt we use they don't like, but in fairness we forget, most 70's German VW's were well rotted after 10 or more years of UK climate when actually used as intended! My Granddad's brand new 1972 Beetle, used normally was utter scrap by 1982 after only about 60k miles! You'd never seen anything like it, the entire bottom 6 inches of the car were virtually none existent. In contrast I did 72k miles in a new 1985 Mexican Beetle, which I sold in late 1994, almost still as new looking! I think 1972 Beetle steel was a bit iffy! I'm still keen on a low mileage new as possible Brazilian with zero rust to start with, my bus will be garaged when not in use and not used through winter anyway, as frankly no vintage VW's stay rust free if used through UK winters. With a comprehensive Dinitrol treatment to all cavities and the underbody, Brazilian rust proofing can be brought up to a much higher level of protection. The trick is starting with one that's not already got rust! Hey, but that's pretty much true for all of them, I've seen so many buses have a fortune spent on a really good restoration only to have a full cavity rustproofing to finish off the project totally overlooked, and then they're back to rotting through again less than 10 years later. The search continues... [/QUOTE]
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