Heat, Dust & Flies' 61 23 window Samba

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 7:49 pm

Congrats brother that bus is awesome.

MID WEST DUBBER · Post by **MID WEST DUBBER** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:53 pm

awesome!

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:21 pm

Cheers people for the exclamations. (that's the most awsomes I've ever had in 24 hours !). I'm now in the process of having a good read of youze guys projects. One; to gather some semblance of what I'm really into, and two; to tell myself, that I'm not alone (although come winter here up to my elbows in a boxer and minus 5 degrees.... I'm gunna be alone).
PS. I've done myself an avitar and signature, so it probably means DSK is stuck with me.

Dibsy · Post by **Dibsy** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:22 pm

Ha, found a pair of rusted pin pliers down my front and an old copper 2c coin......oh and some rust !

Yours has to be my favourite bus so far, am i Jealous .... you bet i am !

Zimblewinder · Post by **Zimblewinder** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:30 pm

Congratulations great find! The heater pipe cover is fiberglass weave, no asbestos. Looking forward to seeing your work. All the best

Dale

Frogsta · Post by **Frogsta** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:37 pm

Hey mate,
Check this out, just like yours.
Took this pic today of mine just finished.
Love to know your DMB or MBD number in the left corner of your engine bay as they will be sisters for sure being late 61 built.

KombiKarmaDel · Post by **KombiKarmaDel** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:05 am

Frogsta - that is just dammm sexy

Dutchy · Post by **Dutchy** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 7:28 am

looks great in og paint Longrasser, rat it..
congrats on the bus Frogsta, beautiful bus

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:38 am

Coolest avatar EVER.

And the rest of us are dead jealous.

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:06 pm

Just can't leave a good thing alone. The nose on this thing just was bothering me so the hydrolics came out of the box and with a few pushes and taps, the bus looked like it could breathe again.
I will need to clear the access behind there, but should be able to push, pull and shrink out most spots.
Gotta say that it must have been a rough last few shooting trips with not much of a buffer zone between the drivers knees and the dents in the front end. The top stud on the front drivers shock mount is sheared off too, so they might of called it a night after the last shooting trip.

Mate, there is bingles all over this nose and limited access. I will be looking through galleries to suss out the lines. Pity I didn't have a spare bus just next door to compare shapes.

bulliboy · Post by **bulliboy** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:32 pm

This bus is the find of the year at least!. Nice work. you might be able to use the old rugby ball in the restricted area? deflate , place in restricted area and inflate.
Can do wonders with nose wounds. Mitchell

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 7:06 am

My new fav thread..

Ian 68 · Post by **Ian 68** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:54 pm

Have a read of this thread..

viewtopic.php?t=14514&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

I think around page 2 or 3 you'll see the rugby ball..

Longrasser · Post by **Longrasser** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 8:11 pm

Roamed over to the Parkes swap meet today. Still chasing a few early Holden parts but now I have the eye out for the VW stamp.

Admittedly, it was fluke, but I scored a pair of Hella headlights (1957's). Really nice chrome trim rings, crisp glasses and ok reflectors, plus all the screws and spacers and gidjits. Going price ; $15. Thrown in as well was a front and a rear blinker lens.... As they say in the game 'if you are not shopping at the western Swaps, you are paying too much'.

Also met a few other Kombi owners and a few leads on mechanicals. I wasn't advertising what my project is, just carrying a transporter workshop manual around while looking. Next swap meet, I should carry the nose emblem.... Sure to be good quiet advertising that I am working on a bus for anyone in know.

After the snow on Friday, I really wasn't in the mood for presure cleaning the underside... Plenty to do topside.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Mon Oct 15, 2012 3:58 am

Good score, LG.
As for the snow, it was warm and dry enough for me to pull the motor & box from a Bay near Taralga on Saturday.
On Friday morning I didn't think it would be though.