zerobalance
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Since this section is getting so VW heavy, I figure I will post some of mine up. I had a thread on this previously, but deleted it since it's going a different direction now. Since I'm a serial project starter, I'll be working on this in tandem with Buford.
The backstory, we pulled some VW busses out of the woods in MN in 2014. The rest got sold/restored, but this poor thing was destined to become a parts bus because the roof was wasted. I decided to keep it and do something with it, so it sat around my place until 2020.
Covid was going on so I decided to swap a 2.0 engine out of a Jetta into it, and lift it. I ripped out the stock transmission, and modified the rear suspension to use a CV joint 3 rib transaxle from a 71 bus, and stuck it all together, with a little wiring magic, it was moving under it's own power for the first time since 82.
As I said, the roof was toasty. Luckily, while on a trip, we were eating lunch in Louisville KY, and the guy next to us was a VW guy. He had a Sportsmobile top off a later bus on the 3rd floor of his hardware store next door, so I ended up with that, VW stuff has a way of finding you when you least expect it.
Then I got stupid busy with my shop and it kinda just sat. The shop was full so I shoved it outside, which was fortunate, because the building burned to the ground about 2 weeks later.
Cool pic of it in the snow.
The backstory, we pulled some VW busses out of the woods in MN in 2014. The rest got sold/restored, but this poor thing was destined to become a parts bus because the roof was wasted. I decided to keep it and do something with it, so it sat around my place until 2020.
Covid was going on so I decided to swap a 2.0 engine out of a Jetta into it, and lift it. I ripped out the stock transmission, and modified the rear suspension to use a CV joint 3 rib transaxle from a 71 bus, and stuck it all together, with a little wiring magic, it was moving under it's own power for the first time since 82.
As I said, the roof was toasty. Luckily, while on a trip, we were eating lunch in Louisville KY, and the guy next to us was a VW guy. He had a Sportsmobile top off a later bus on the 3rd floor of his hardware store next door, so I ended up with that, VW stuff has a way of finding you when you least expect it.
Then I got stupid busy with my shop and it kinda just sat. The shop was full so I shoved it outside, which was fortunate, because the building burned to the ground about 2 weeks later.
Cool pic of it in the snow.
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