Prepping the outer 11″ of cargo floor for replacement. Welded the gutter section and started patching holes around the ‘Samba’ windows. (lots of fine-tuning left with these welds)
Something on the bus…
…in the left picture does not belong. 10 points if you guessed an axle from an ’01 Jetta TDI. The cheap chinese re-manufactured shaft that I had installed in Rochester finially let go on the way to lunch. Luckily I coasted to a stop directly in front of the local NAPA store/distribution center.(What are the odds?!) I walked across the street, got a new axle, called the tow truck, got towed home, replaced the axle, and was back at my desk programming by 3:30. All in a day’s work.
Interesting occurance at lunch recently:
A guy came into our parking lot at work looking for a (now abandoned) flooring company. His ’72 Beetle then refused to start and a coworker alerted me to the stranded VW. We worked it out (flooded) and he let me take a picture (left) of his MATCHING dealer sticker for reference. The bus’s sticker (right) is barely legible. What are the odds?
An artifact…
…from the VW plant in Hannover, Germany. SB = See Blau = Lake Blue (or as US VW dealers translated it…Sea Blue