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| | | School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 6,014 Likes: 1 Vanthropologist | OP Vanthropologist Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 6,014 Likes: 1 | Got this email yesterday: So my students and I ran across your webpage when we were looking for ideas for our shop project. We are rebuilding a 1971 VW van, but making it very custom. We are currently working on the side sliding door which we intend to open up like the Stardreamer, but we are having trouble clearing the rain gutter. In your pictures it looks like the door hinges below the rain gutter. Could you offer some advice about our project and maybe some closer pics of your hinge system. Thank you much for your time. Check out the blog if you like: http://www.alaskabug.blogspot.comDrew Bristol Bay Borough School District Naknek, AK Please help Drew out if you can. I asked him to signup on the forum here. In the meantime i will forward any replies. The work the high schools are doing is amazing. One school came close to getting into the top 8 Ridler contenders in Detroit with an amazing chopped 50's car. There is a school in Ohio building a radical van too. Hope to have some pictures of that soon. | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,497 "Canadian guy who lives way the heck out west" | "Canadian guy who lives way the heck out west" Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 3,497 | Doesn't everyone want their van to be like StarDreamer? Good job D!
Corey aka sasktrini, Saskatoon, SK, Canada | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3,321 pooh-bah | pooh-bah Joined: May 2007 Posts: 3,321 | That is so cool. Teaching kids how to work & figure out how things work & doing it on a van. Once they finish with the VW for practice maybe they will move on to a Chevy
Roger & Donna Jones & Cisco aka: Gloworm & Dee Jaye & Puppy Trucker Free Spirit Vans, Springfield, Ohio 2000 GMC Hightop, 2008 HHR Panel, 1987 Astro, 2002 PT Cruiser, 2000 Harley Road King, Secretary - Southern Ohio Van Council Host of the 1995 and 2002 Nationals and 1999 C of C Member Northeastern Ohio Van Congress - 2007 Nationals | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,168 Vanaholic | Vanaholic Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,168 | Doug, he may have the parts availible already..he could use the rear door hinges like Monte did with Heartbreaker??? | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 | Does Drew know about West Coast Metric or Wolfsburg West? These places has oodles of replacement parts for bugs and buses. www.westcoastmetric.comwww.wolfsburgwest.com
Nate Breece | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 carpal tunnel | carpal tunnel Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 7,662 Likes: 2 | So who said kids where just interested in tuners and big wheels.......
Very cool project.....
........Wookee
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| | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 12,898 Vanner | Vanner Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 12,898 |
I don't need to be honoured by Vanning, I am honoured to be Vanning ! Supporting Vanning, by going Vanning In A Van ! I hate it, when real life interferes with Vanning ! Van Clan Plus One, Vanning since 1977 ! Ontario Federation Of Truckers (Vanner's) Ottawa Valley Vans I.B.O.B. Founder,Mixed Bag Truckers | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 11 stranger | stranger Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 11 | I don't have any pics of the van you mentioned but this style of hinge would do the trick These are off a Bedford van, probably prove difficult to get over there, but the same style of hinge is used on alot of comercial trucks so hit up the truck wreakers Cheers Reece | | | Re: School project VW in Alaska, gull wing help needed | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 779 old hand | old hand Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 779 | Just turn piano hinge inside out .
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