new '58 bus, new member sunny coast

[rusty bus]

Hi, I have just become the proud owner of a '58 11 window bus, its a project bus in need of some love and bit of new metal. It will be a rotisserie build and the metal work will be tig welded. I have built a few really neat cars from scratch, but I am a genuine numpty as far as vw's go. I am a huge fan of the old splittys, and will be really keen to learn from the wealth of knowledge that is this forum. cheers~matt

[DWragg]

Awesome. Any pics?

[h]

Welcome Matt!
There are a few of us vw'ers up here on the sunny coast
we look forward to seeing some pics of your ride and it's progress..
cheers pauly

[zeuspig]

Hello and welcome mate.

I'm in Mooloolaba.. Put some pics up.. Look forward to seeing it.

[rusty bus]

Here is some pics of the beast, will be little while before i can start on it, still putting the finishing touches on my previous car build.

My brother Jonny borrowed me a trailer and helped me drag it home with his patrol about 2 and a half hours to my place.

The attention the rusty old thing got at servos and such on the way home was quite excessive, almost weird.

[kombibob]

Nice to see another sunny coast split.
And what is the go with Tempo in the last pic?

[rusty bus]

The split ute thing? The guy i bought it off had it sitting there, already sold though for 10k he said.

[h]

tempo 10k

[Ian 68]

Welcome to Dsk.

Good to have another early bus up here on the coast.

Bus looks really dry and pretty solid, theres a few of us up here in Caloundra and the surrounds, be good to hook up.

Best

Ian

[GottaSplit]

tempo 10k

my reaction also.....

[rusty bus]

Cheers, the bus is pretty solid ontop, the chassis is probably below par though i think. It will be 6 months or so before i get seriously started on the resto, i will start a build thread once i get into it. I am still browsing for parts right now to make it easier in the long run, also trying to learn a bit too at this stage.

[rusty bus]

whoops, starting thread in projects now!

[Squidy]

Welcome mate, good luck with the resto

[rusty bus]

cheers mate! another sunny coaster

Meant to post in the projects section this time, will do that now.

[Squidy]

Maybe try and get along to this and say g'day
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