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Good Job Nick!!!!

I saw the bus last night in person at Basil's. It really came out nice. Nick worked hard on it and he's now great a great bus!

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Looks great Nick. All of your hard work paid off.

As they say, "The Devil is in the Details". Very meticulous work on the interior, and it looks fantastic!

Thanks guys. The next thing I have to do is install the emblem. I'll be looking from the inside as per Bill's instructions and will try to take some photos. I also found this photo on thesamba after a ton of searching:

I didn't have the right size drill bit so the emblem will have to wait.

Instead I used my dremel and Krylon River Rock to work on a "Her's" stool just in case I find a suitable woman out in Nebraska.

You can tell which one's been repainted, but it's darn close.


before


after


comparison

Not much to report other than the engine is ~700 miles now after driving around when home last week. Next summer new tires (cracking from age) or some flavor of replacement wheel/tire combo are in order.

I was the only VW, out of about 5 max imports at the Findley State Park cruise in. The last time I looked at placards, they were at 196 different rides.
But best of all I found STD Metal Leve main bearings BC105J-STD on craigslist for $20 for when I start building the stroker AE engine for it. Granted, I gotta keep saving my nickels so I can then get my case to RIS for some love.

Two updates:

My mom named the 71 westy Nora


Thanks for setting me up with some good correct load rated tires Pat!