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Yeah I was very surprised when I saw that lol

@@VWBrennidon Hardcore!

Thanks! Just subbed to you as well.

@@VWBrennidon ah cool thanks

Thanks Hubertus! It's a slow process but it's getting there!

Just making sure I won't run out of content lol.

It is a big learning curve and I've still got a lot of learning to do but it's been fun so far. Good luck with your project!

I'm not quite sure. The bus project has been put on hold until I finish the bug and it is currently full of parts and being used as storage. If I can get in there I'll get a measurement with my caliper and let you know.

Normally I have my earbuds in.

I removed the front panel off my baywindow,it wasnt as bad as yours, as mine still had the windscreen lip. The awkward part is bending over the thin edge that runs along the hinge sides.

@alan23463 hopefully here soon the bus will come back into the garage so I can finish it. Trying to knock out the last of the bug metalwork first though. Still nervous about doing the nose on the bus

Yeah it's worrying fitting the front panel,making sure it's all lined up snug. I've had to weld in some metal on the step area on both sides as the bus had had new arches fitted by the previous owner but the were a bit out.There was a big gap below the lowest point of the door.I finished my 72 Beetle last year.That was a big job.

tell me about it! Id love to keep this one but that auto trans scares me esp since they arent as common to find. If this were the only project I have id keep it and fix or possibly manual swap but since I have 2 other projects this one needs to go sadly. I also thought about keeping it and putting it on the backburner but the extra cash would be really nice to finish up the bug esp since im almost done with metal repairs and ill be buying all the paint supplies. Hopefully the corvair works out. Not sure wht the plans for that will be. Might just make a video trying to get it to run then let it move on to someone else. Glad you enjoyed the video. filming over such a long period i found myself sayign the same thing a bunch of times because I would forget what I had said from the previous day lol.

@@VWBrennidon It was long but I am at work lol. I really got into it. Cheers!

It was lol. I thought about splitting it into 2 videos but figured if I did that then the first half would be kind of boring so just threw it up as one long one.

Sadly it's on the other side of the room. But I do plan to move some stuff around

its a hard habit to kick! esp when you don't realize you are doing it lol.

The oval with the semaphores was sold. The other more damaged oval I still need to pull out of the woods. Since it has no front beam or transaxle I'm still trying to figure out how to get it out since it's a good ways back in the woods. I'm in VA

@@VWBrennidon thanks for the response. Good find for sure. You talked about the mosquitoes being bad I figured you had to be east coast. I’m in SC.

Oh it gets worse sadly. Hoping to have the new video out soon

Glad you enjoyed it!!

Yes it is and it sucks lol can't seem to find parts or much info about them

I feel you on that. I've only had the garage for 2 years and before that it was all outside working in the rocks and weather.

Doing good how about you. And if you are talking about the junkyard I believe there is a low light westfalia with a full camper interior along with a late bay interior

Hmm let me take a look and see which part you are actually talking about. Because when I did my 71 bay there were 3 pieces to it. The inner rocker which welds to the tophats(cross beams for the floor) and then the middle section of the rocker which has a bunch of circle holes and then the outer rocker which is the skin of the bus(the part I replaced with license plates lol) if you look back through my videos and find Ep. 18 I did the repair on that one

Also if you have Instagram look me up on there and it will be easier to talk. @vwbrennidon

@@VWBrennidon I did watch that episode. It looks like this drop in (inner rocker) is notched so you could just slip it up around those top hats. Can't even find the middle rockers. My issue is that my floors are good and everything under is bad. In my mind I'm thinking I can do these repairs from underneath without disturbing the floor. But it's probably just wishful thinking. Might be easier to cut a section of floor out and do the repair and welding from the top.

@pstreetgarage7304 I think with the floor in will be easier. Well partly. Getting all the old out might be harder but when putting new in I think it will help keeping everything in line.

@pstreetgarage7304 I got all of the rocker sections from busdepot.com it's called rocker panel and it's 79.95. There is another one on there that is notched in a bunch of spots also which in your case might be easier but I'm not sure. The brand I got is from the UK(just kampers I believe which is great quality)

Thanks Joe! Hoping to get a better video out soon. The camera work on this one wasn't the best and it was rushed. But yes very glad my hands weren't in there lol.

Yup he had a few of them there. Along with parts and such for them. I have a couple spare valve covers for these engines so I may do that on one of them. Not sure the plan for this engine

Got it for 300 bucks which I thought was a good deal. Also thought it was cool that it's a non sunroof car

I'll give that a try. Still learning how to use the welder so I'll take all the advice I can get.

Yeah I need to invest in a heat gun. It will make life much easier.

I agree lol. To be the only big visible rust I figured it was a quick easy way to cover it up for now esp because I have a bad habit of starting another project before I finish all the others.

Thanks Joe! Glad to finally have a video out. Almost didn't release it because it felt like a jumbled mess. Need to get back in my rhythm

What?

The wiring harness was cut because I will be getting a replacement its old and had been hacked up by the previous owner. I'm glad I did cut it because water poured out of it when I did. Also I do bag parts and I take pictures of how it was for reference later. Even if I didn't a quick trip to Google will tell me what I need to know.

Would have loved to know this when I did it! Great tip!

Seems like a pretty common spot to rust out.

It is! The 100 bucks from Amazon. Totally worth it.

It's really fun. frustrating when you think the metal is good and it blows out more. Once you get the hang of it you can basically do anything.

@@VWBrennidonyeah. That’s what I was thinking. I don’t have a 220 outlet at my house so I found this one that uses a 110 connection. I’ll probably do a video on it so I can embarrass myself learning how to weld. CT Garage I think taught himself how to weld and does great now. Plus my dad was a welder for many years on ships.

@SanDiegoVDubLife mine is also only 110 and I run it with gas which makes for a better weld. The bottle wad expensive but worth it. Yeah I've followed CT and he has for sure come a long way. Hoping I can get better also.

@@VWBrennidon yeah. I’m waiting for it to come in the mail. Then I will pick up some gas from a local welding supply shop. I also bought a flux core welder. Never opened the box. 😆

@@SanDiego_VDubLife I bought one too. Only used it once lol

Ah thats a good idea I'll have to try that! And yes the pinholes are a nightmare. Over that 4 days I felt like I got nothing done. I guess because I was expecting to knock out more than what I did.

@@VWBrennidon Always the way cheers

If this were a oval or something more desirable I probably would have dished out the money to do channels but these weren't in that bad of shape and I already had the spare metal laying around so the repair to them didn't cost me anything but time really.

I wouldn't mind. I'm use to vw parts prices and looking at the prices of parts for these 944's I'm like jeez man

This one I didn't worry to much on because it had the roll cage in it so the weight was on the cage and not the inside of the door area

It was a little worrying lol but it worked out good

I know he told me last night! He said this is my cousins page and I said oh wow that name sounds familiar then when I saw it I was like hey I'm already subscribed to him! Very small world!

Yup not quite sure the plan yet. I'd love to make it a track car again but also don't want to dump a ton of money on them either

Do a little bit of work yeah something I've learned there's no such thing as a cheap Porsche

@TwoDollarGararge I've been looking up parts prices and yeah waaaaay more expensive then the vws lol

@@VWBrennidon I've been told 9:44s are the entry level platform The price is only go up from here once you start to figure out how they work they become way less expensive I'm about $3,000 in parts in my 89 many of which I probably could have not picked up

@@VWBrennidon I just spent $300 getting my injectors rebuilt being there one year only there $1,000 getting a set of wheels and tires that will work for $400 and my fuel lines will be getting replaced for about $700 I'm not even at the 1 year only timing belt set up which is about $1,000

I'm not sure what the plan for these two are. I know my daughter has kind of claimed the white one. Not sure if it will be a restoration or just a get it on the road and drive it type deal

Likewise! Always nice to meet a fellow vw enthusiast

Thanks! I'm very happy with it.

Oh wow that's cool. I will for sure try and get them yard driving at least. Hopefully the engine in the red one is in decent shape and wasn't bashed on too hard.

@@VWBrennidon okay if you're using the factory fuel tank I would flush it first I fried two fuel pumps just because I wanted to hear my car run and now I'm having to pay for that mistake again because my fuel lines got filled with 15-year-old varnish

@TwoDollarGararge yeah I'll probably run a boat tank to it before I do anything. Found a registration that said 2005 and then the license plates I found in it are from 2010 so hopefully the tank isn't too bad

@@VWBrennidon here are the issues I have had with my 89 the pre 85.5 are slightly different sometimes. The DME relay may fail from Age, your seat rails may be frozen since the sunroof seal leaks ruins the passenger rear carpet and floor, sunroof seals leak as-well as the hoses that run to the back they leak or those cause the rear quarters to rot out from dumping water on the metal so much

@@VWBrennidon fuel pressure regulators die from age or shit fuel, DO NOT hit the odometer reset button the plastic gear breaks, door seals leak again old, power steering racks leaks if it's not it's empty maybe that's a 85.5 + issue.

This was my first time. When I rebuilt my engine for the bus I only did the top end. Figured with these cases being in unknown condition that I could play around with them and learn while not really having to worry about messing anything up.

@@VWBrennidon Absolutely