Restoration of 1971 VW Baywindow Microbus: Restoration Complete

Rudra Sen · 25th March 2009, 16:30

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Originally Posted by PAVAN KADAM

Now the Bus is coming home this weekend. : )

Don't take it out before I finish shooting..

pulsar56 · 25th March 2009, 16:38

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Originally Posted by PAVAN KADAM

Thanks for the offer $@~t#o$#, but yay...... today morning my immediate neighbour parted with 15 x 6 ft covered parking space for me.

Now the Bus is coming home this weekend. : )

That's great news Pavan. Waiting to see some more pics during the weekend now!
I am driving to Bangalore in May. Would like to have a look at the mini!

PAVAN KADAM · 25th March 2009, 16:41

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Don't take it out before I finish shooting..

Sir, my home is 500 meters away from the workshop.

You have a special invitation, pls accept it.

PM me when you intend to come, will keep my schedule free.

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Originally Posted by pulsar56

That's great news Pavan. Waiting to see some more pics during the weekend now!
I am driving to Bangalore in May. Would like to have a look at the "mini!"

Most welcome buddy.

But i dont own a "MINI"

, eventually i would love to own one someday.

Rudra Sen · 25th March 2009, 16:45

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Originally Posted by PAVAN KADAM

The work shop is located just before yelahanka,any aliens from any planet are welcome to visit. : )

And where do you stay? I thought you're close to Ulsoor..or that's your office area?

PAVAN KADAM · 25th March 2009, 17:01

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

And where do you stay? I thought you're close to Ulsoor..or that's your office area?

I stay at Vidyaranyapura, just after Hebbal.

Ulsoor- Indiranagar is where my office is.

srikant · 25th March 2009, 22:39

Wow, so you are staying somewhere near my house and i still have not seen any of your cars?? how come? will surely try to visit your place and check out your beauties next time i come to Bangalore.

Great work going in there sir, Kudos to you !!

avishar · 26th March 2009, 02:13

Lovely restoration work.A project which has been carried out with a lot of attention to detail and excellent craftmanship.Kudos to you.
I have been following this thread from the beginning and its nice to see the Bus almost done.I wish i could see it in flesh but your place pretty far from my college.

shajufx · 26th March 2009, 11:59

You said 'any aliens' are welcome, but have not received any PM on the landmark !! Hope you dont expect me to peep into every garage that are on the Hebbal-Yelahanka direction, that would take me 3 days !

I will be honoured to have a glance of the mini-bus that might soon become the celebrity member among crazy team-bhp club !!

PAVAN KADAM · 31st March 2009, 12:20

This is what happened yesterday night.

Its home.... Its home

pulsar56 · 31st March 2009, 12:24

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Originally Posted by PAVAN KADAM

This is what happened yesterday night.

Its home.... Its home

Congratulations Pavan. Everything completed now? Some pics of the Interiors and some Videos also please!

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But i dont own a "MINI", eventually i would love to own one someday.

My bad, instead of the Micro I typed Mini!

PAVAN KADAM · 31st March 2009, 14:39

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Originally Posted by pulsar56

Congratulations Pavan. Everything completed now? Some pics of the Interiors and some Videos also please!
My bad, instead of the Micro I typed Mini!

The tinkering and painting has almost taken one year

with loads and loads of money going into this project.

The interiors will take some time, i want to achieve the best and i am willing to wait

The engine is almost done, waiting for one Intake manifold.

Though me and my brother wished the Bus ran on its own engine yesterday night, but you cant have all your wishes fulfilled every time.

Pending work:
1) 2 window glasses to be fabricated- broken during transit : (
2) Engine needs one LHS intake manifold
3) Carpeting-Material ready
4) Door pads-Designs being worked presently
5) Seats to be upholstered-Designs being worked presently
6) Brakes needs some job-Spares ready, waiting for the mechanic

Quite a long list, But happy its home, and happy that my neighbour has lent me his parking space.

Everyday morning i can now wake up to see the Bus standing happily next door. : )

I will do some DIY on the fittings from today evening.

sharanramesh · 1st April 2009, 12:22

That looks jus incredible. we shud all meet up jus to see the bus. did you tow it back home with the suffery? (safari).

S@~+#0$# · 1st April 2009, 12:50

Update: I picked up this part for Pavan's bus here in Melbourne today. Pavan saw the pictures and confirmed over phone just now that it is the correct part.

Restoration of 1971 VW Baywindow Microbus: Restoration Complete-dsc05796.jpg

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Originally Posted by PAVAN KADAM

The engine is almost done, waiting for one Intake manifold.

You still have to wait another two weeks for me to arrive with the intake mate

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Originally Posted by sharanramesh

did you tow it back home with the suffery? (safari).

OT: Pavan towed the bus with his safari not suffery. One stray incident(s) does not make safari a suffery. No, I don't own a Safari but know many happy owners. Please, we need to treat vehicles with respect and not generalise them.

PAVAN KADAM · 1st April 2009, 13:11

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Originally Posted by sharanramesh

That looks jus incredible. we shud all meet up jus to see the bus. did you tow it back home with the suffery? (safari).U]OT[/u]

: Pavan towed the bus with his safari not suffery. One stray incident(s) does not make safari a suffery. No, I don't own a Safari but know many happy owners. Please, we need to treat vehicles with respect and not generalise them.

Yes, its true, We need to respect each other's cars on a forum like this.thankfully my Safari or any other cars for that matter has been faithful to me over the years, i treat them that way. Kindly don't generalise.

Thank you for the compliment. You are welcome any time to see my VW's

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Originally Posted by S@~+#0$#

Update: I picked up this part for Pavan's bus here in Melbourne today. Pavan saw the pictures and confirmed over phone just now that it is the correct part.

You still have to wait another two weeks for me to arrive with the intake mate

Thank you S@~+#0$# for your time. Its really appreciable. I remember the Goa incident when i had to make my brother run behind few T-BHP'ians for this part that was available. Still all the effort went in Vain. You get a 4 hr drive in my Bus for your effort

Thank you again for the manifold. I've waited all this years for the Bus buddy. I'll wait for you to return dont worry.Thats a great Karmann Ghia pic you've sent me.

shajufx · 1st April 2009, 13:17

Now I understood why there was no ring on my mobile whole weekend ! Hopefully waiting for a sweet call when initial things are settled with the mini-bus. You got the new mobile number buddy ?

25th March 2009, 22:39	#156
srikant BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 489 Thanked: 12 Times	Wow, so you are staying somewhere near my house and i still have not seen any of your cars?? how come? will surely try to visit your place and check out your beauties next time i come to Bangalore. Great work going in there sir, Kudos to you !!
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26th March 2009, 02:13	#157
avishar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: kolkata/bangalore,india Posts: 2,907 Thanked: 4,236 Times	Lovely restoration work.A project which has been carried out with a lot of attention to detail and excellent craftmanship.Kudos to you. I have been following this thread from the beginning and its nice to see the Bus almost done.I wish i could see it in flesh but your place pretty far from my college.
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26th March 2009, 11:59	#158
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa Posts: 1,808 Thanked: 832 Times View My Garage	You said 'any aliens' are welcome, but have not received any PM on the landmark !! Hope you dont expect me to peep into every garage that are on the Hebbal-Yelahanka direction, that would take me 3 days ! I will be honoured to have a glance of the mini-bus that might soon become the celebrity member among crazy team-bhp club !!
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sharanramesh BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 170 Thanked: 7 Times View My Garage	That looks jus incredible. we shud all meet up jus to see the bus. did you tow it back home with the suffery? (safari).
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1st April 2009, 13:17	#165
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ottawa Posts: 1,808 Thanked: 832 Times View My Garage	Now I understood why there was no ring on my mobile whole weekend ! Hopefully waiting for a sweet call when initial things are settled with the mini-bus. You got the new mobile number buddy ?
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