Check out this styry about a VW bus that was buried in the woods in Sweden,and was restored in one year in UK by a guy that definetely doesnt need a specialist to do bodywork.
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1951 Vw bus buried alive in the sixties,and now on its wheels again.
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Re: 1951 Vw bus buried alive in the sixties,and now on its wheels again.
Originally posted by ford141Cool stuff! Very brave man! :o
The thread with the story is 60 pages now,but we jump.
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Well its good to know I am in good company, and not the only crazy guy out there who takes a rusted heap that isnt even worth parts and rebuilds it. I just wish a GTO was a simple as a VW bus. That and I am doing the body too, not just getting it drivable.
Kinda makes me wonder why most people will only go for a rust free shell and just figure to scrap anything else that has slight rust nevermind something as extensive as this Brit and others have done. Sometimes it just isnt in the cards to start with a rust free piece.
I like the patina, but part of me just wants to start getting serious with the sandblaster and DA on that thing.
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Originally posted by Thumpin455Well its good to know I am in good company, and not the only crazy guy out there who takes a rusted heap that isnt even worth parts and rebuilds it. I just wish a GTO was a simple as a VW bus. That and I am doing the body too, not just getting it drivable.
Kinda makes me wonder why most people will only go for a rust free shell and just figure to scrap anything else that has slight rust nevermind something as extensive as this Brit and others have done. Sometimes it just isnt in the cards to start with a rust free piece.
I like the patina, but part of me just wants to start getting serious with the sandblaster and DA on that thing.
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first thing I noticed in the dig photos is the dirt...
we got the same type here in places... it is like an air tight clay..but not clay...
those are the best places to get an old metal car from. Even the cold is good for density.
I plucked a daily driver subaru at 20 years caked with this stuff...and drove it home.
rare occasion no doubt. Even the bearings stayed good..absolutely bizarre.
I even ground off stalactites of iron from the exhaust manifold..it was becoming a natural god made "cave"
great story. Loved thre sight of nature growing and dangling.. downdraft engines can do this..and tohave it in the back..only increases odds.
anyhting for a real boxer. ;DPreviously boxer3main
the death rate and fairy tales cannot kill the nature left behind.
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Originally posted by BlazerteamOriginally posted by Thumpin455Well its good to know I am in good company, and not the only crazy guy out there who takes a rusted heap that isnt even worth parts and rebuilds it. I just wish a GTO was a simple as a VW bus. That and I am doing the body too, not just getting it drivable.
Kinda makes me wonder why most people will only go for a rust free shell and just figure to scrap anything else that has slight rust nevermind something as extensive as this Brit and others have done. Sometimes it just isnt in the cards to start with a rust free piece.
I like the patina, but part of me just wants to start getting serious with the sandblaster and DA on that thing.
I think its a cool story, and those are incredibly easy to work on so it isnt a surprise to me he did it in 9 months. Thats what happens when someone just does what they have to do.
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holy crap that bus thread sucked me in, I think I spent about a hour checking it out, the wiring harness he made for it and then cotton wrapped, freakin amazingCharles W - BS Photographer at large
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Re: 1951 Vw bus buried alive in the sixties,and now on its wheels again.
Originally posted by BOOOGHARholy crap that bus thread sucked me in, I think I spent about a hour checking it out, the wiring harness he made for it and then cotton wrapped, freakin amazing
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