Just saying Hello

WANNAPANEL · Post by **WANNAPANEL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:30 am

Hi everyone, thought I would say hello and introduce myself.
Steve`s the name and I am going to need heaps of advice from those of you in the know

I have just taken ownership of MY dream, a 63 Split panel

She needs plenty of work and will take quite a while to get done.
Plans are for an alltitude fix, and clean old school hot rod look

( sorry to all you traditionalists) matt finish paint and sign written.

So 1st question, where is the best place to get replacement panels, cost, quality, etc and what wheels are a straight fit for my new toy

Also, other rides I have are a 59 Rat Beetle (waiting for the rest of the Juddy bits to fit it up), and a 66 LHD Type 1 Ghia which was the procect till the Bus turned up

All the best for now, thanks in advance,
Steve

IN2VWS · Post by **IN2VWS** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 11:13 am

Hi Steve, Welcome to DSK.
Glad to hear you will be lifting the panel to the correct height.

WANNAPANEL · Post by **WANNAPANEL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:24 pm

Thanks John, good to see you were the 1st to welcome me onto this forum.
So your still following my VW career

Sorry to let you down with the height issue

Steve

muzza72 · Post by **muzza72** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:24 pm

welcome steve sounds like you have some nice toys there how about some pics

cheers muzza

shark · Post by **shark** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:45 pm

G-Day Steve pic's are worth a thousand words mate good to see you here the more the better

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:59 pm

Welcome along Steve,

re. replacement panels there are few options:

1) Gerson (klassicfab) - oz distributors are Benno and Greenbus (Elton) on dsk. Majority of the panels fit very well and are my preference, but like all repro panels, not all are perfect and sometimes need trimming etc

2) Autocraft available from George at ClassicVeedub - again most of the panels I've used have been pretty good, however supply can be a problem (have been waiting more than 2 months for ute rear corners and more than 3 months for roof repair sections).

3) Schofield panels from The Bus Stop. The underside stuff has been okay (outriggers etc) but (remember this is just my opinion and others may differ) I only use these if I can't get a hold of either of the above two options.

Al

WANNAPANEL · Post by **WANNAPANEL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:22 pm

Thanks Al, will take your views onboard

Have tried to put up some pics of my toys but for the life of me cant get any to load

Will give it another go tomorrow

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:55 pm

Welcome Steve. I noticed that you wanted the "old school" bus look, so I've posted a pic to give you some ideas (although the busses at my old school looked nothing like this).

morts · Post by **morts** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:11 pm

Welcome Steve - plenty of good advice on here....

Penguin - do you have any more pics of this bus?

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:20 pm

try this link Morts:
http://flickr.com/photos/67421782@N00/369249649

WANNAPANEL · Post by **WANNAPANEL** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:43 pm

Penguin wrote:Welcome Steve. I noticed that you wanted the "old school" bus look, so I've posted a pic to give you some ideas (although the busses at my old school looked nothing like this).

Dont know if I am going that old school :shock:probably more along these lines

WANNAPANEL · Post by **WANNAPANEL** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:26 am

I still cant get photos to load?
So I thought a link to another great forum would do for the moment.

http://www.melburgluft.com/viewtopic.php?p=52904#52904

Steve

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