Are these older heat exchangers hard to come by ?
My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Great work Sean !!
Are these older heat exchangers hard to come by ?
Are these older heat exchangers hard to come by ?
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Looking nice.
Donovan asked about heat exchangers.
Actually these engines did not have heat exchangers. Hot air from below the heads/cylinders got diverted to inside the vehicle when needed.
Donovan asked about heat exchangers.
Actually these engines did not have heat exchangers. Hot air from below the heads/cylinders got diverted to inside the vehicle when needed.
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Do you still use the sigma prime epoxy primer ?
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
And now the fun part begins
Headlights, front bumper, badge and Safaris fitted
NOS fuel level sending unit sourced and installed
Restored fuel tank and fitted correct felt pads for straps
Original aluminium VW cap polished from a rusty item to look like new
Fuel tank installed
This was a lucky find, both guages were missing from this bus, but I found a set only 2 months older than this bus. I stripped and polished them and re-assembled.
This is just a start of some of the pics, I'll try some more tomorrow.
Headlights, front bumper, badge and Safaris fitted
NOS fuel level sending unit sourced and installed
Restored fuel tank and fitted correct felt pads for straps
Original aluminium VW cap polished from a rusty item to look like new
Fuel tank installed
This was a lucky find, both guages were missing from this bus, but I found a set only 2 months older than this bus. I stripped and polished them and re-assembled.
This is just a start of some of the pics, I'll try some more tomorrow.
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
WOW!!!
very impressive
very impressive
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Niiiiiccccee. Well done, wish my Westy was that far already.
Wanted parts:
Left sunvisor
Sink faucet
Exhaust to swap for Beetle exhaust
Left sunvisor
Sink faucet
Exhaust to swap for Beetle exhaust
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Looking very nice, should be magic when complete.
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Looking good. Always nice to see your other kombis in the background.
Staying Aircooled is so much nicer.
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
Do'nt assume anything- (While doing fault-finding).
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
Sean - how do you manage to turn out work better than some restoration shops, in such a short timeframe?
Amazing work.
Amazing work.
If it's too low, you're too old
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Re: My 1960 SO23 Westfalia
1. Hard work. I work every single night and every Saturday and Sunday possible if I'm not travelling.Blitzkrieg wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:22 pm Sean - how do you manage to turn out work better than some restoration shops, in such a short timeframe?
Amazing work.
2. Corona virus lockdown. I never had so much time before to work on projects. I had to close business for the whole of April, so spent that time catching up at work and working on projects. I didn't spend one day at home during the lockdown, I worked on this bus every single day.