1992 Dodge W250 Cummins / VW Vanagon Abomination *MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS*
- Thread starter Karmann Vandiego
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Karmann Vandiego
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Karmann Vandiego
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I definitely considered this. The conclusion that I came to was that it would complicate the build and offer less space than a box, and as you said, would require more donor Vanagons. In the planned configuration, using the body of the donors as a crew cab made more sense to me. Also, I could turn the rear end of one donor van into a little trailer for my DD Vanagon!
Karmann Vandiego
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The trip to pick up the second donor was LONG. A solid 26 hour round trip straight through. I AM BEAT!
After almost 50 hours of combined road time, everything is in position to start the build.
After almost 50 hours of combined road time, everything is in position to start the build.
FreedomTraveler
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Matthew,
My 93 W250 Sunrader project was a "little crazy" yours is way crazy, in a good way. Great score getting the free donors, I look forward to the build. Attached are some pictures from my project to give you encouragement.
Safe travels,
My 93 W250 Sunrader project was a "little crazy" yours is way crazy, in a good way. Great score getting the free donors, I look forward to the build. Attached are some pictures from my project to give you encouragement.
Safe travels,
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Subscribed.... This is definitely my kind of redneckery!
locrwln
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Karmann Vandiego
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A little overview of the donor bodies
Thanks for all of the encouragement, friends! I'm as excited as you are to begin this crazy build. This week is supposed to be beautiful! let's see how productive it turns out to be...
Thanks for all of the encouragement, friends! I'm as excited as you are to begin this crazy build. This week is supposed to be beautiful! let's see how productive it turns out to be...
calicamper
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Theres Nothing like a Westy with a wheelie bar and fridge full of cold brews!
Karmann Vandiego
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Starting the tear down of donor #1
Karmann Vandiego
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The weekend is upon us! Hoping to let some sparks fly in the next couple of days. A little recap for those that don't want to watch my annoying videos.
Donor #1 is in the process of being stripped down. Very little is left of the interior, and most of the wiring has been pulled. I am still working to carefully remove the air conditioner from the body, since it is rare to find them in this kind of condition. Through the path of discovery, we have discovered this will be the body for the main part of the build. Donor #2 is extremely rusty and full of bondo.
A shot from the other side shows the body is down to nothing but a few interior bits, and the suspension.
The plan is to cut the body of Donor #1 just behind the rear sliding door. This will give us the base to the crew cab for our build.
A (poorly) manipulated photo of the front of the van shows the abomination in amazing technicolor. Just wait til its on a 4x4 Dodge Cummins frame...
Unfortunately, Donor #2 has plenty of flaws that keep it from being the beauty queen. From bondo, to rust, to random holes and everything in between, this thing has it all. I think the only good part of this van is the center section I need to cut out...
The main contributor in my decision to condemn Donor #2.
The amount of bondo in this body is staggering. Initially, I thought this was the better of the 2 bodies. I was very wrong...
Stay tuned for weekend madness!!
Donor #1 is in the process of being stripped down. Very little is left of the interior, and most of the wiring has been pulled. I am still working to carefully remove the air conditioner from the body, since it is rare to find them in this kind of condition. Through the path of discovery, we have discovered this will be the body for the main part of the build. Donor #2 is extremely rusty and full of bondo.
A shot from the other side shows the body is down to nothing but a few interior bits, and the suspension.
The plan is to cut the body of Donor #1 just behind the rear sliding door. This will give us the base to the crew cab for our build.
A (poorly) manipulated photo of the front of the van shows the abomination in amazing technicolor. Just wait til its on a 4x4 Dodge Cummins frame...
Unfortunately, Donor #2 has plenty of flaws that keep it from being the beauty queen. From bondo, to rust, to random holes and everything in between, this thing has it all. I think the only good part of this van is the center section I need to cut out...
The main contributor in my decision to condemn Donor #2.
The amount of bondo in this body is staggering. Initially, I thought this was the better of the 2 bodies. I was very wrong...
Stay tuned for weekend madness!!
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utherjorge
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I'm just waiting to cackle "it's alive....ALLIIIIIIIIIIIVE"