Messing around with my new buffer I picked up today...

Chris- your bus and ghia have a very similar paint scheme going on...tan/beige with iron oxide highlights

I like how the buffing didn't distort the look of the rust

looks good

talk about ruining some great patina.......

Yeah I treaded lightly over the rust. Actually it's rust run-off from the belt line and looks almost painted on

Doug you calling oxidized and powdery paint patina? That's the only thing that I have removed. All the rust or 'patina' won't be going anywhere until it's cut out.

Thought I would do my part and post something up since the board is pretty slow...

Been finding more time to get something's done on the bus, here lately

Finally was able to find a late 1970 fuse panel replacement (easier to pan for gold than to find one of these) and started installing it




Got as far as powering the radio; still need to hook up the wires from the column and turn switch


Then I took a break from the wiring nightmare and started to see how clean the headliner would get with a little oxy clean action.








Went from this:


To this:


Then went to the panels:




Then finally got the one year only steering column/turnswitch housing installed; what a pain that was to find (PO daughter stole the original one long time ago... )

Nice work!

real nice work on the interior indeed!!

You have a toilet for a back seat!! No seatbelt?!?!

Outstanding work Chris P.