my $10,000 challenge with 61 Panel

Ian 68 · Post by **Ian 68** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:29 pm

Great work again Joe, well done.

Some top tunes there as well

dawerks · Post by **dawerks** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:22 am

You're a magician Joe. I've never cut apart a long panel in my life and I've done a ton of buses.

You're the boss now!!

joeM · Post by **joeM** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:40 am

beerdoc wrote:"Gesundheit".

or

Gazoontight

danke schoen

dawerks wrote:You're a magician Joe. I've never cut apart a long panel in my life and I've done a ton of buses.

You're the boss now!!

In that case abracadabra make my van complete............. nope it didnt work

Well I've been drilling and hammering so much that I've now got tendinitis of my right arm

Damn it I wont let that slow me down though.

GFresh · Post by **GFresh** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:03 pm

Hahaha

I love "Ninja Cam"

Great work pal[/i]

BUSSBOY · Post by **BUSSBOY** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:21 pm

Priceless cant wait for the next video.

joeM · Post by **joeM** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:25 pm

well this has been fun start at one point and who knows where you end up

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDsuyAmxnjA[/youtube]

splitbus · Post by **splitbus** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:15 pm

Nice work Joe, looks like you cloned your self again, but a younger version

KombiMadness · Post by **KombiMadness** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:12 pm

Joe, you blow me away!

Great attention to detail and another entertaining vid...

dawerks · Post by **dawerks** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:12 pm

uh, um, er, yeah...

YOU TOOK IT ALL APART! If it was anyone other than you joe, I would be worried. But since you're superman we can just sit back and relax as you do your save the kombi routine on it.

You did the I beams the proper way (simul spot welds). I have belly pans on my bus so I stitch welded the ends of the I beams.

And now I feel like I should remove the belly pans, remove the outer, inner sills, and fix those stitch welds....hmm, maybe next time..

smifff · Post by **smifff** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:52 am

Great work, again, Joe.

Love the intro "I like to take things apart!"
Somewhat of an understatement, but a great effort and brilliant attention to detail.
Love it!!!

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:06 pm

Very, VERY scary stuff.
I've never seen anyone here pull the engine shelf before.
In fact the only time I can recall it done was that panel in the UK that now has the "Rocket" logo on the side.
But, as usual, spectacular work.
Y'know, I think you could probably resto the St.George Panel and believe me THAT would be a real sod of job.

splitwannabe · Post by **splitwannabe** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:30 pm

wellllll you did in ten minutes what has takin me weeks....there goes my smile

good work joe! at least this way i can watch you do it and that way do a good job myself!

joeM · Post by **joeM** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:31 pm

Thank you guys
Taking apart is the easy bit
Getting it back together is the fun

I'm having trouble getting a B pillar replacement, so I'm thinking about fabricating it, but have nothing to go by.

Would anyone have access to an image on what the lower part looks like?

dawerks · Post by **dawerks** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:48 pm

Click these and click 'show full photos'...

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1198845
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1143859

and..

http://www.bustoration.com/B-Pillar-Tal ... _1523.html

dawerks · Post by **dawerks** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 2:51 pm

OOPS!! Those are for the cargo door side, sorry I keep forgetting the RHD/LHD thing!

The long side is much simpler...

http://www.bustoration.com/B-Pillar-Tal ... _1522.html

Basically you can cut a C pillar or almost any pillar from the side and ta da! B pillar