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I saw that westy at the Columbus show as well. She is clean as a whistle and a great price. Heck, you would pay that just in metal work for a rusty one.

Nice looking oval too! was it built the day before your actual birthday and same year? that would be cool! This `51 Crotch Cooler Split I restored ...

I want to use a strap on the right cargo door becasue I have those elephant mirrors on the front cab doors that the cargo door hits when opened fully. Maybe they'll stretch back with a litle use.

Yes, this bus came with either 3 or 4 of everything or nothing. Feast or famine. :lol:

If you need ...

I think your straps have shirnkage...they must have been swimming in a cold pool!

Honestly though, those are the correct straps for the doors...no one really seems to use them. They do seem to shirnk up sometimes.
They seem to be meant to keep the front door from whacking the front cargo door when ...

Hey sean.. Nobody is nit picking. That bus is awesome and any one of us would love to own it!

Bob is right, that bus had been passed around and neglected for sooo many years, I don't think it could have found a better owner then you.
You have put a lot of work and passion into that bus that it ...

BTW, isn't it crazy that it has two tranny drain plugs??? :shock:



Actually all the type 1 style transmissions have 2 drain plugs.
If you were to see a transmission case disassembled you would see the reason why. There is two chambers in a the vw transmission. The front for the gear stack ...

Split case transmissions used the 19mm bolt or hex head plugs on the trannys and redux boxes.

When VW went to the tunnel trans in `60 they started using the 17mm allen head bolt plugs like toolbox ted speaks of. Both styles have pipe threads and the drain plugs in the tranny will have magnets in ...

Keith,
Steve Young would be proud!