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t25 rust bucket

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I aquired this 1986 1.6 d camper, or should I say once was a camper. I have been working 8n the engine and electrics since I got her in october. The genuis that metalmick8y has been a great source of info and has supplied me with a couple of panels which I have been collecting over the winter, I'm more at home restoring bikes so a complete novise on the vw scene.
The pictures I have loaded up show the van the way i aquired it rust and very rough. I have been practicing welding through the winter on little projects and feel ready to take on rhe challenge of restoring the van to its former glory, well nearly I will be removing the hightop as I hate the look, and turning it into a tintop or poptop if I can get one a decent price. Well I suppose you'll want to see her ?

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just thought i'd put up some more of the horror pictures of the work required. please feel free to give your thought's and advice :ok

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i'm off work for a well earned break so hope to get started on the near side quarter panel and the front arch :idea
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Ach its all fixable :D
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Ah the glass is always half full :D
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Aye just do it one corner at a time.
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Just something to point out regarding changing the roof.

You've got a factory high roof there, fitted by VW in the VW factory, fitted instead of a steel roof, not an aftermarket roof fitted over a steel roof.

As a result, the structure around the top of the van is different, so will be far more work to remove that and fit something else.
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Thanks for the info on the roof ive had a good look around and inside it seems to me as an add on, I can see lots of rivets comming through the roof edges also the hole in tne roof is very crued and approx 48x 50 in size
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Tis definitely a factory roof moulding (I used to have 1, agree with you on the ugliness factor), I guess someone in the past has fitted riveted it onto a normal van then, makes your job easier!
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I really hope so .... but thanks for advice
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