Nick's 1971 Westy

[blue71]

[vwrick69]

Good Job Nick!!!!

[Six Volt]

I saw the bus last night in person at Basil's. It really came out nice. Nick worked hard on it and he's now great a great bus!

[WideFive]

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[Ken]

Looks great Nick. All of your hard work paid off.

[Howie]

As they say, "The Devil is in the Details". Very meticulous work on the interior, and it looks fantastic!

[blue71]

Thanks guys. The next thing I have to do is install the emblem. I'll be looking from the inside as per Bill's instructions and will try to take some photos. I also found this photo on thesamba after a ton of searching:

[blue71]

I didn't have the right size drill bit so the emblem will have to wait.

Instead I used my dremel and Krylon River Rock to work on a "Her's" stool just in case I find a suitable woman out in Nebraska.

You can tell which one's been repainted, but it's darn close.


before


after


comparison

[blue71]

Not much to report other than the engine is ~700 miles now after driving around when home last week. Next summer new tires (cracking from age) or some flavor of replacement wheel/tire combo are in order.

I was the only VW, out of about 5 max imports at the Findley State Park cruise in. The last time I looked at placards, they were at 196 different rides.

But best of all I found STD Metal Leve main bearings BC105J-STD on craigslist for $20 for when I start building the stroker AE engine for it. Granted, I gotta keep saving my nickels so I can then get my case to RIS for some love.

[blue71]

Two updates:

My mom named the 71 westy Nora


Thanks for setting me up with some good correct load rated tires Pat!