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  • Pat K
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    March 31, 2022 at 4:31 am
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    #64061

    New project underway. Started disassembly on Tuesday.

    Every nut and bolt on the lower half of this bus is  suuuuper happy where it’s at. Lots of heat and a few broken bolts and all the removables are off.

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    Riley started dissecting the passenger dog leg on day one. D275FF3A-6CCC-42BE-A496-097C548B1B1AE1C6A608-35E4-4D0F-884C-3F3A0DDCE723

    We put her up on the lift yesterday, removed what we could from the bottom side. No dolly right now, she’ll be on wheels for a bit.D9D864F5-5E27-4082-82E1-170ABE7E5E713E8F692C-1870-4EF5-AFC6-8EFBE571972A

    Back over to the dirty shop yesterday afternoon. Choppin out the junk bits. FB167C11-BA38-4350-AFDD-24521A9ED42E93267E93-79C9-4B9B-BA3C-004E9A5DF6DD4CC044CC-4E1E-4D4F-B3BA-3A37B06118C6

    We will build it if it comes.

    Audrey Jones
    Moderator
    March 31, 2022 at 7:25 am
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    #64062

    3376B194-F214-47E8-B28E-95473A7031F03CE2C162-4635-4E91-A38A-42DF9627B17C3AD53920-2FCD-42F0-B3EF-31602EF2C87F55FED7A0-CB73-4F29-B1F6-716C63EFBC09179765BB-E42E-4345-B81B-802D9B2EED60This bus is certainly in need of some KCW dirty shop love… Pat and Riley are metal work machines 🤙🏼😎

    Never make somebody a priority who makes you an option.

    John Jones
    Moderator
    March 31, 2022 at 7:42 am
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    #64063

    Hell yeah!!!! What a nice bus!!!! Love the color…

    Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

    tlambert
    Participant
    March 31, 2022 at 7:51 am
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    #64068

    Very cool. Moving along quick.

    Tim

    Franz
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    March 31, 2022 at 9:05 am
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    #64081

    Possibly going to do a dormobile conversion on this bus.

    The plan is to do all the rust repairs and weld in belly pans for now.

    Willy
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    March 31, 2022 at 2:53 pm
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    #64106

    I can smell all that nut and bolt extraction from here! Love an OG velvet green bus

    brendanmoran1
    Participant
    March 31, 2022 at 5:09 pm
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    #64118

    This is the most I’ve seen of this bus since I purchased it and had it sent to KCW!  Looks like some solid bones except for the typical rusted out areas of these old buses.  This bus is an original “Alabama Camper” bus purchased through the Montgomery Ward Catalog back in the 60’s.  Could you even imagine what that was like?  I’m not an expert, but I can say that many American camper companies popped up when it was apparent VW couldn’t keep up with their Westfalia orders and Americans were looking for alternatives.  From my research, Alabama Camper interiors are very similar to EZ Camper, however, if any of you out there know more about “Alabama Campers” I’d sure like to hear from you.

    Pat K
    Participant
    March 31, 2022 at 5:26 pm
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    #64119

    Woo!!! What’s up BrendAn? Did I spell that right?

    I’ve been through Alabama but I have no knowledge of “Alabama Campers”.

    Where you located?

    We will build it if it comes.

    brendanmoran1
    Participant
    March 31, 2022 at 7:46 pm
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    #64124

    Hi Pat,

    I live in San Jose, CA.  Place of the famous Golden Gate VW Vintage Meet and Red Barn swap meet VW weekend we have every April!  If you are a Vintage enthusiast, this is a weekend you need to come to the Bay Area.  I remember you guys along time ago, I sold an oval ragtop to a Hawaiian and he wanted me to ship it to KCW!  Ever since then, I’ve heard about KCW from the community and the good work you’ve done over the years.  Then my good friend Craig Letcher told me about Panama Red and I had to see for myself!  Craig and I go way back, back to 1987 when we started the Bus Krauts of Nor. Cal!  Craig was one of my first members to join our pre’67 VW bus club.

    Franz
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    March 31, 2022 at 8:13 pm
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    #64125

    Ha! Craig! How is Panama Red coming along?

     

    John Jones
    Moderator
    April 1, 2022 at 7:09 am
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    #64155
    brendanmoran1 wrote:

    Hi Pat, I live in San Jose, CA. Place of the famous Golden Gate VW Vintage Meet and Red Barn swap meet VW weekend we have every April! If you are a Vintage enthusiast, this is a weekend you need to come to the Bay Area. I remember you guys along time ago, I sold an oval ragtop to a Hawaiian and he wanted me to ship it to KCW! Ever since then, I’ve heard about KCW from the community and the good work you’ve done over the years. Then my good friend Craig Letcher told me about Panama Red and I had to see for myself! Craig and I go way back, back to 1987 when we started the Bus Krauts of Nor. Cal! Craig was one of my first members to join our pre’67 VW bus club.

    Brendan.. It sounds like you sold, I think his name was brandon?? that ragtop we did and painted black and delivered to the Vegas show a BUNCH of years ago??

    Glad to have you on here!!!  The forums seem to be the easiest way to stay in the know of your project!! and if you have a question post it up!!!  😎

    Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

    Von_hansel
    Participant
    April 1, 2022 at 11:43 am
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    #64162
    brendanmoran1 wrote:

    however, if any of you out there know more about “Alabama Campers” I’d sure like to hear from you.

    Super pumped on this build. Velvet Green is one of my favorite colors on a bus. Also you have a very uncommon camper.

    Reach out to Brandon Oaks who is Oakman on TheSamba and IG. He had a really nice original paint Alabama Camper that he sold. The only other Alabama Camper I know of is owned by a gentleman who’s name is Chaz who puts on Buses by the Beaches with his friend Charlie Link. I don’t know Chaz’s Samba handle but you can reach out to him via IG Buses by the Beach. Hope this helps you.

    Pat K
    Participant
    April 1, 2022 at 6:09 pm
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    #64170

    We removed lots of rusty metal today. 01855EEE-EA57-467B-8662-ED477B6952BFBAEE3980-B5AE-4FEB-97B9-D9188AAEA1A7D3468544-6338-40F6-AB6C-69582973FA669FB03200-BEF5-4417-A869-E510079A01DEE0549682-1ACF-47BB-9582-2BAD679AFCA09B7C4DB0-90A7-42D3-81A6-CBEEAB945856A572554E-43E3-41ED-A352-17CF69262E85C573A6E5-E583-47A5-8F92-7113ABBDEFD742523995-ED81-490F-836C-4F1DEAF6D800

    We will build it if it comes.

    John Jones
    Moderator
    April 2, 2022 at 8:53 am
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    #64197

    HOLY MOLY DID THEY!!!   Great day!!!  That’s how you get it done!!! 😎 😎

    Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

    Rustabus
    Participant
    April 2, 2022 at 9:54 pm
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    #64202

    😃😃😃😃 Can you imagine just cutting out all the bad shit in your body and just rebuilding it with nice, perfect, brand new parts?!?!?!?!? I wanna KCW rebuild!!!!!!😂👍😂👍😂👍😃👍

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