Date:         Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:40:37 -0400
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      From rags to westy in a week.
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Well the weekend has passed, and boy do i have alot to show for it! I
started out friday night with a 1980 westy in deplorable shape, and a 1985
vanagon with a full interior, and after only 26 hours of work (14 hours
saturday, only 12 today), i have a fully gutted westy, with the entire
interior in my garage and most of it cleaned up, a fully gutted '85GL, all
the curtains and curatin hardware has been transfered to the '85, the rear
cabinet has been cut down 3 inches and installed (It worked out great!), The
propane tank and all the westy accessories are off and ready to go, i've
removed the westy floor, and the vanagon floor is recieving some holes. I
borrowed a welder today in anticipation of cutting and welding in the seat
brackets (And the one under the kitchen), have removed the rear heater core
(which will have to be relocated or negated for the time being), Replaced
all my rear seatbelts with the westy configuration, and cleaned up and
addressed the start of some rust behind where the fridge will sit on my '85.
Oh ya, i also found time to pull the engine and transmission, and they went
off to a loving home. I would say a pretty fullfilling weekend as a whole.
Tommorow evening i will try to get these holes cut, the floor secured, and
start cutting/welding in the brackets that need to be addressed. I also plan
to figure out how to mount the propane tank on the '85. I'm guessing i need
to drill some holes, send some bolts through, and weld the heads inplace?

I hope to have a 'roof removal party' friday, so i need to have almost
everything done by then so I can gather my friends with their favorite
cutting instruments, to do some serious damage. So, who thinks a westy can
be built in a week?   : )

-Craig
'85(Gutted)