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Hi from Gainesville!

It turns out the leaky sealant in the drip rail was also the only thing holding the roof skin to the vehicle.
With the drip rails clear, lifted the the roof to treat the otherwise inaccessible rust.

Plenty of rusty flakes


A section cleaned up with a wire wheel. Thankfully the structural areas were still sound.


Here is the roof and drip channel ready to be made into a POR-15 sandwich

With everything done, rusty roof areas were:
wire brushed
vacuumed
degreased with simple green
rinsed,
treated with POR-15 metal prep or Ospho.
rinsed again
left to dry
drip channel painted with POR-15
roof skin refitted
painted top of roof flange with POR-15
sealed with a good quality seam sealer.

That's a pretty cool find.

Looking good

Looks like half the dash has been cut out.

I would worry about the fronts more as you can lift back. I had 7' on the front of my 71 with no rubbing. My buddy has 8' 235/15's on his 69 but not reverse and sometimes rubs.

I have a van I want to purchase but I can't get a straight answer from the owner. Would love to have someone who could put a discerning eye on a van. Thanks in advance.

See ya there!

you're not kidding.. .i was mentally preparing to put a "for sale" sign on it because i refuse to drive it around with a busted bumper. the local hot-rodders actually respect my van, so i wasn't prepared to get laughed out of town now. ha

Rust everywhere

Factory no side doors!

No way!

Not me i haven't seen them.

Isn't this the one that has the submarine screen door on the roof?

I don't think so.
It looks all fifteen hundred dollarsy on the inside to me.

Nice.

Well, went to take a look at putting in this northern tool sucker today. I basically hit a dead end because of the existing seat supports. These seat supports swapped out into the van by the previous owner, then I put express seats on them. Since a second bolt pattern has already been drilled in the floor, I'm only going to use these supports. Two of the holes on the bottom of swivel plate line up on the seat support knuckles, and two on the top line up with the cushion. So like others, I'll need something fabbed up to mount it. I don't have any equipment to cut, grind, or weld, so I'm going to have a local guy help me out after the motor goes in. The swivel is really nice and beefy though. If I wanted to spend the money, I'd definitely put one on my driver seat. Maybe later.

I'm in Mount Airy, NC. Not sur how far Gboro is from me. But I'm about 45 min. from Winston. If we could get a few people to meet around Winston when weather warms a bit it might be cool. I know a ton of people in the VW scene and could probably get some bus owners to show. A guy that works at the Carquest here in town is big into customizing his van. He would probably show as well.

Man I can't believe this van is still listed; Isn't this a good deal ??? It looks sweet and what seems a fair price.

I’ve worked In Compton a many times, and hit the skatepark, never an issue. It’s not so bad, I wouldn’t go driving or walking the grid searching for vehicles. that looks like an industrial setting, no sweat. Some good bbq spots in the area.

Crips and bloods made in America is a decent documentary, to get a look at the history of the area.

May be worth partin out for someone motivated, especially if you get the price down a bit.

My bad my bolts are on top,,,going with 22-2029 HD 2000lb,,,5/1 $249 each at General Spring

Just awful. 4x4, would like to see it.

Sorry i can't find them. good luck and i will keep an eye out for ya.

But I didn't go around telling everybody.