Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 22:28:35 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: From rags to westy in a week.
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dear craig
i hope you are storing the propane tank outside and away from errant sparks
while you work
hook it together with brass wrenches ... check for leaks constantly
use only new fittings and hoses
be safe
yours
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 7:40 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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)
>
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roger w
There are two kinds of jobs in the world:
Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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