1970 VW Bus - Westfalia Resto
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Finished cleaning up the donor nose, blasted it, epoxy primer and a couple coats o white.
Tacked it in, test fit the doors. Looked good. Finished up the welds and we have a front end again.
Don't be fooled it was 5 years from when I cut the nose off until this point...the magic of the internet.
Tacked it in, test fit the doors. Looked good. Finished up the welds and we have a front end again.
Don't be fooled it was 5 years from when I cut the nose off until this point...the magic of the internet.
Around March 2023, I had started digging around the driver's side dogleg and decided to pitch the klokker panels I had bought and spend some coin on the KF full dogleg. The bottom of the seat pedestal was pretty shot as well, but more on that later.
Out it came after I drilled out 900 spot welds.
Some repairs needed to be done up top, so naturally I grabbed a bead roller to match the profile of this panel. I'd need the bead roller for a handful more parts so it was a worthwhile investment.
With that done, I let in the panels and test fit the door to make sure everything looked pretty good before final welds. The doors both need repair so I'll adjust the door gaps when I tackle that.
Out it came after I drilled out 900 spot welds.
Some repairs needed to be done up top, so naturally I grabbed a bead roller to match the profile of this panel. I'd need the bead roller for a handful more parts so it was a worthwhile investment.
With that done, I let in the panels and test fit the door to make sure everything looked pretty good before final welds. The doors both need repair so I'll adjust the door gaps when I tackle that.
That's the plan. All the rust that I can see will/has been repaired and I'll do everything I can to prevent any further. If I wasn't planning on keeping it around it probably would've gotten scrapped
