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Re: 78 westy

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:25 pm
by ohiowesty
Finally, with weather getting good, sh*t starts going down
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Re: 78 westy

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 10:54 pm
by Six Volt
I think I've seen that operation at a veteran LEAKOILERS location involving Matt Keith. :lol:

Re: 78 westy

Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:24 pm
by ohiowesty
naked bus is naked
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Re: 78 westy

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 7:02 am
by wwebner
Doesn't look as bad as you thought. You have 5 months to KI ;)
What media did they use?

Re: 78 westy

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:16 am
by ohiowesty
They used sand but the guy was skilled, no warpage. As for condition, If you zoom in the side pictures you will find a bunch of riveted repairs. But overall plenty of solid metal left. As for deadline I need it running, in my driveway, by Aug 2nd at 9am, for Colin (air-cooled itinerant) to tune. Hi Chuck! :)

Re: 78 westy

Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:40 am
by Josh
It's nice to have a clean slate. Did you already epoxy prime it? That body will flash rust real quick.

Re: 78 westy

Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 6:50 pm
by ohiowesty
Yes Josh, here's pics with it epoxied, and some of the PO's ghetto repairs, previously covered in tons of bondo. In the last picture, notice how Chuck's yellow tape survived sandblasting! I didn't have the heart to destroy his work :P
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Re: 78 westy

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 8:25 am
by chuckspence
You know the rear view mirror is only held in by a spring wire, and it comes right out if you twist it about 90 degrees to either side...

Re: 78 westy

Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:34 pm
by ohiowesty
Thanks Chuck, could not figure it out. Got a yuuuge 360mm convex Broadway mirror to clip over it tho' so I can see all the way to the B pillars.
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Re: 78 westy

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:47 am
by wwebner
Any progress?