The Barn bus build

[dansam]

Well I am kinda into old split busses. And when a niebor told me they owned an old bus (58) with a blown motor that has been in a barn for 10 years and would I be interested in getting it going again I responded with a resounding!! "well let me look at it ...first".... it was of course love at first sight, and well if you cant own every vw you lust after you can at least repair and service it and let the owner pay for your fun test drives So the saga begins..

[dansam]

So anyway this is what Allys engine is going into. And of course it needs brakes and lines front to rear, and lord knows what else. Ill update as I get info/pics. The goal is to get it functional by spring and then work on the metal next winter. As stated this is not my vehicle but who knows what the future will bring....

[busdriver]

i see for sale signs on the back seat. you should buy that thing.

[dansam]

Those were from the hippie that sold it to my neibor. But who knows how this will end up. I really dont have the kind of money it would take to own this, as the current owner has dreams.....Soooooo Ill do the next best thing. Ill help.

Dan

[akitsuji]

Dan,
What kind of neibourhood do you live in? one of your neighbors has a porcshe and another one has an early bus. After this one you may find a karmann ghia.

[dansam]

I live in the kind of nieborhood where nobody ever sells anything!! I find em and help em back on the road but they are still not mine!! While you guys snap up old bay westies left and right and rag bugs left and right (for under 1000.00!!)I get to work on other peoples cars At least I get reinbursed and it aint my money !!

[barndoor]

that is cool would like to see a pic. of the deck lid ..if it is a 58 it is a real lat 58 because of the bumpers are 59

[dansam]

After I get it home tommorow Ill take pics and post late in the day.

Dont think much of anything is original. Its an old hippie bus that looks like it was kinda just kept going.

Id love to know some of the stories of where its been! Im sure as I go through it Ill learn some stuff by what I find.

Dan

[dansam]

Well Its home. Ive pressure washed it off. The body is a little worse than I thought it was but overall its a good start. And Im only responsible for getting running not pimp their ride
I checked the gas and the tank was pretty much full. I let some of it out and its actually pretty clean. Ill drain it all when Im closer to start time. So I guess next Ill take out the motor. According to the #'s its an h motor (h0604864) so its a 65 type 2 1500 single port. Ill probably tear it down later just to see what failed in it. The veh # is 420650 which probably means its actually a 59. Hear are some more pics.

[barndoor]

If you need any help with the breaks i am a master at them ...old buses is were it's at....

[dansam]

When I get to the brakes I may have questions. Till then (not for a while) Ive got the motor part down. Middle of oct, engine swap, then brakes little at a time.

[dansam]

Coulda had the engine out last night but Im not in that much of a rush as I dont have a motor to put in till after the 18th... SO Ill pull it soon. It is only 4 bolts away from being out.




I have not and really do not intend on really diaging the old motor. It actually all looks there and looks as though it was well taken car of. Frankly Im just not a big 40hp fan. Not enough bearing or oil passages for me. Plus the whole single port thing is not my cup o tea. I do agree in stock form (which this is) they are good little motors. So in goes the 1645... soon.

[dansam]

my new invention, the engine taker outer



my work was throwing out a very fine floor buffer base (say 5 times fast then I dare you not to smile )



Huston we have separation



look how nice that sits!!



Ready for reentry



Uh Oh.....

[dansam]

Drained around five gallons of stale fuel out of the bus, it came out clean which bodes well. Im glad there was gas in there during storage or who knows what the tank might have looked like. I redressed Allys old 1641 to Amish standards. It looks so.... plain . Anyway I had to use lots of tin and a carb from my old buggy motor. Glad I keep old vw parts! Most of the old single port tin/carb would not fit. Anyway its ready to install but I want to wait for the new swing axle boots to arrive. It will be easier to install that way. Then goes in the new battery I got and then the engine goes in. Easy Peasy. Then we see if we need to rebuild the carb (cleaned the hell out of it earlier).

Next

brakes.


Dan



cheesy air filter came with bus so lay off. Its not my veh and they are on a budget



Allys motor looks so boring now. I hope it likes its new home. It was a great engine for me.


before depimping de auto...

[dansam]

Engine is in. Im exhausted.... Ill get pics later. This thing fought me all the way. Moslty it was heater box and exhaust issues. Anyway its in and wired and plumbed. Just need to fill with gas and figure out a starter issue and Im done .

Dan