Mikes Dual Cab

[mikesoldman]

#32243

Love the seamed gates.  Makes it look really original.  Good to see it coming together.

[John Jones]

#32278

Things are getting better and better…. I beat the doors till they fit the hole…  I marked all the last spots that need something…  I’m working on the list now!  😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Willy]

#32285

I like that little tape note method to keep yourself organized.

[Pat K]

#32304

Marked out taillights this morning. Cut and fit. Shining bright..😎

We will build it if it comes.

[mdubg]

#32307

Nice work!  Love the progress!

[John Jones]

#32308

😎  body work is in our future…. 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[mdubg]

#32328

Hey Pat, I never checked back in on whether you filled the hole that was drilled in the fresh air vent to hang a non-VW rear mirror?  Apparently earlier commercial trucks didn’t come with a rear view, so most people added a mirror similar to the other buses.  Mine had a mirror off something else, that I removed.  I have a VW repo that screws to the standard location, not the bottom of the vent. One less place to collect water and leak on the dash (I know the safaris will be the biggest source of leakage).

[Pat K]

#32367

Yes Sr. that hole has been taken care of.

Cut open the backside of the engine lid mount yesterday. Broken nut cage and no nut plate that I could find or fish out with the magnet. 

 

Made a new nut plate and cage. 

All back together!

We will build it if it comes.

[mdubg]

#32374

Looks great!  Is there a place where the old nut plate could escape during rollovers?  I ask because I know one existed, as I had a bolt in it previously. Probably doesn’t matter now, but wondering if it’s still in there.

[John Jones]

#32377

I am hoping it fell out. 😎    Pats widdling away at the list of things to do before we start body work… I had to dig out the rain gutter the other day…. It had some serious hard seam sealer.. might have been mud.. hard to tell… but coated in there and hiding more surface rust,,, So I am gonna have Chris touch that up before I do any body work…..   Although.. I am going to do some pin work on the nose this morning..  😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Wren]

#32400

Looking great! Perfect!

[John Jones]

#32417

Chris is prepping to dust off that rain gutter for me..  Pat has the DC all torn apart again.. welding done, dust it off, start body work tomorrow… 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[John Jones]

#32425

It’s pretty handy to have a blast booth…. and a guy to do the work too… 😎

 

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[mdubg]

#32431

Great updates!  Can’t wait to see the body work progress.

[Franz]

#32463

Bo hooked us up with a steering box. I packaged and sent it to wolfgang for rebuild.

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