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cann river split

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:32 pm
by skidster
thought I'd start this thread for my old man he's restoring this 63/64 microbus -anyway start with sum pics-
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 7:58 pm
by skidster
got the motor and gearbox sorted straight away out of a cheap rusty beetle and got to test drive it first its all good-pics
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:27 pm
by 7/kombi/surfer
Yeah mark,
let them all no how old your dad is doing his first splity resto..70,s?
He,s like a big kid and loving every minute of it. Loves his old motor bikes but now has found out the love of the vw,s.
cant wait to go for a drive with him in it ....Keep up the great work..
cheers chuck

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:30 pm
by froger
Is that how that thing was found , sitting on it's side in the bush , if so how cools that ???
Whats with the turn out in the middle of the roof up front , looks like a marker lite like on the old red rattler trains in sydney back in the day :lol: :lol:

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:08 pm
by Leroy
Great work boys! I remember seeing the rescue photos of this one. She has come a long way already. I will be watching this thread with great interest 8)

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:22 am
by D-Train
whats happenin with the roof is it stayin with a hole or goin to be filled?

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:02 pm
by skidster
me dads closing the roof in it had a camper top -he's going back to almost original except for irs-he's just made up sum ribs for the roof and we'll be weldin the roof sheet in shortly-pics
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:31 pm
by winerot
do you have the roof replacement section, if not i have a section