RUSTYBUS 11 window '58

[rusty bus]

Hi im Matt, I bought this kombi a year ago, ready to make a steady start on the old girl. Im new to kombi's, and vw, and know only what i have been able to read here, so input is appreciated.



















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.














rear floor over engine




floor, no sills either side


inside roof gutters, particularly rusty at the rear










front floor is really good







Plenty more areas as well, front passenger a pillar, rear end is pretty bad in the engine area. underneath mostly needs replacing, chassis is solid enough to hold together at this stage.

[splitthis]

Boronia brown? I hope you are handy with the welder. Looks like it will be a good project.

[johnharte]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the pics and commentary on the pic up of the old girl.....

Looking forward to seeing the journey....

John

[Leroy]

Nice one! I remember this one going through on eBay a while back. Nice solid looking start mate. Thanks for sharing. No question is a silly question, we are all here to help

[Cam Biscuit]

Hi Matt

Looks like you've got a project there mate!

Good luck with the journey.

[rusty bus]

cheers for the support guys, probably only able to spend an afternoon a week on it at this stage, but feels good to start on it.

[chuck85]

Nice looking project u got there

[cozza]

Nice Matt! Awesome project!
Check twice before you cut and always pull apart seized bits with time not cut them, learnt that the hard way!

[chriswill66]

Love it matt, shame ya can't keep the 60's paint work.

[kombi niko]

that's thing is nice Long but happy hours ahead.

[rusty bus]

Thanks gents, just read your entire thread niko, now thats inspiration!

[MID WEST DUBBER]

8th pic from the top, is that a matador is the background?

Cool project, keen to see the progress on this bus

[KombiMadness]

Love it matt, shame ya can't keep the 60's paint work.

Yeah, love that hippy hand paint work! It's actually a time capsule from that time.....

[rusty bus]

Yep that was a matador at the guys house when i picked it up. It was sold as well.

The hippy stuff was done by the sellers kids many years ago, its really cool I reckon and a great tribute the the kombi, will be a shame to remove it.

Another really cool thing is one of the front doors has a map of australia hand painted on it with a red x painted everywhere the kombi has been. I would preserve it somehow but its faded to the point of nearly gone, i would never have spotted it but the guy i bought it off told me about it.

[chriswill66]

We hardly ever see those hand painted maps anymore hey?