…the passenger side quarter panel, cleaned up in-between the floor and belly pan, a test fit of the floor repair section and rocker panel.
Replacement parts have arrived!
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)
Getting ready for a front valance…
…that’s on a slow truck from Vancouver, BC. Also scratch-built a replacement gutter over the passenger side door and welded up the replacement cargo rocker
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?
‘Outrigger’ and inner rocker panel welded in…
…(with a scratch-built ‘tophat’ panel). The floor no longer sinks down when stepping into the back, das ist gut!
Cleared out old metal…
…and test-fit the ‘outrigger’; the rest of the floor is in surprisingly good condition.
Some improvement to the seat pedestal repair
Also, loose metal has been removed from the cargo rocker panel area.
New front floor is in…
…and first ‘from scratch’ replacement piece made (will need some fine-tuning)
