just rescued this 68 walkthru westfalia is it worth restorin

[vwuguy]

The gas pedal keeps falling apart where do i get a new gas pedal and how do i assemble it?
fixed it.. thanks for stopping
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[vwuguy]

well the bus is total ratlook down to the bumpers that have peat moss growing off them , i mean where do you get that at a paint shop..It looks great and runs awfully ok.
today dec 13th was The first major adventure trip in the bus since july. The trip was to drop off some very large windows to habitat for hummanity, what a great store..and go see someone about painting the side so Joel went along for the trip..
I loaded the bus full of windows
and we made it to the habitat

This habitat store is just great what a selection of stuff.
the bus hauled the 600pds of windows even went up shawns hill and accelerated there.
however the habitat said theses were to old for them, pretty strange , I mean free windows who does not take that.. i still have them
here they are, If you need some windows for your house, garden shed, or garage , these are perfect, there interlocking double pane, there is 4 full sets here. The frames are stainless they never rust or rot, the frame for then is easy to make.
I'll drop the windows off for gas money to help you with your project if your interested in them just ask.
check them out, the cooler is for sale too

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[vwuguy]

|Wednesday December 14th
thanks to chris I was able to take the bus for a nice cruise test drive lets see where it went too..

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[vwuguy]

little update painted the side I patched the other day!

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[vwuguy]

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[vwuguy]

Found some old pics of the bus at the niagra show and are trip there, possibly first selfie circa 2002

the canadian bug show at the college beside vw canada before they closed, have the dash plaque to prove it

and the before and after pic of when it was restored in 2001-2002

Also the time my neighbour had a vw get together and bbq

currently looking for a dormobile top and the correct interior to complete it..
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[richparker]

[vwuguy]

no i am not kidding, that is a pretty standard ontario bus they all look like that at some point and are brought back to a nice conditoin. Look at uk busses they are in even worse shape
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[richparker]

So, you're telling us that the Dormoblie in that pic is the same bus as your Westy? Post a pic of your M-plate, I think there's a YouTube video on how to do that.
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[vwuguy]

well ,
hmm..
if you were paying attention on page 4 ..
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5...p;start=60
I parted out the blue westfalia with 7000 miles on it to build the silver bus.
At that point i went to look at the silver bus and bought it and started building it. Since then the thread has been about that bus and the videos too..
The silver westfalia is the same bus as the dormobile

in fact it shows me as the owner in the sellers package by the ont government twice thanks
erb
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[vwuguy]

adjusted brakes today dec28th

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[vwuguy]

Just went to the licbo and back to test drive it man the brakes work a lot better.. thanks Josh..
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[vwuguy]

I want to change the gas pedal so it self retuns does anyone have a link to the modified gas pedal you can buy or any suggestions on how to make it better.
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[Tcash]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=631730&highlight=buttys+bits

[vwuguy]

cheers!!

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winter is here!!!
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[pioneer1]

same to you! I'm surprised the windshield isn't iced over on the inside haha
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[vwuguy]

I don't normally smoke however the trick to defrost the window quickly is to light up an incense, cigar or cigarette close to the windshield then let it burn for a few seconds and it will defrost window quickly..Only after like 2 puffs of the smoke it defrosted it I only had to use a card to scrape the window a small amount. it gets trickier as it gets colder only -5 right now
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[richparker]

[Pinetops]

Happy New Year
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[vwuguy]

Just picked up and added this couch to the interior what do you think should i keep it in there?

If you need a couch for your bus this one is forsale for $400 or trade for 1969 vw interior fits perfect can deliver in kw area
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