Completely Restored VW Bus Wheel Well (Seat Pedestal) 

Awesome! As a Brazilian fan of classic cars, I was amazed watching this restoration video. Witnessing the craftsmanship and creativity involved in turning wood into metal was fantastic! The dedication to preserving the original metal, despite the tool limitations, truly shows the love for the vehicle. Congratulations on the incredible outcome! 🇧🇷🚐💪

Amazing metal fabrication skills Brandon! Be proud of your work brother.

Very clever and amazingly self reliant.

A person who works with his hands, his heart and his tools.....You sir, are a craftsman! Very well done!

Cracking bit of fabwork there brother.... Good to watch 👍

Great job man.Very great job.

My Father was a teacher and an avid VW Bus and Bug man. As a child, every summer we would pile into our bus and go camping and travailing around the North East. Those memories I hold dear. I love watching your channel because because those old busses mean so much to me. Thank you for saving one more and letting me watch your process.

Always loved to have another bus but such a massive project. Finally got my beetle underway after 20 years. Good work

Good job,.Bravo,.....

Ich bewundere deine Arbeit!! Grossartig deine handwekkskunst. Die holsschablonen gefallen mir. Das werde ich bei meinem Peugeot 404 auch versuchen.

Really enjoy the raw no fills approach to the restoration and channel..for going any flash warnings or any other concerns for the viewers..Thanks for keeping it real..never change..never bend a knee to this weeks PC nonsense..

Good job man ! 😉 Métal to métal ! Tankard 😜

It’s a joy to watch you make these repairs 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Nice! Reuse, good, pre-shaped metal, the wooden mold, heating the metal before forming it, removing the paint in order to cut as llittle as possible (and to not miss any rust). It all makes so much sense. Small , fast and superhot welds, would be interesting to compare the heat transfer to the surrounding metal with an infrared camera.

Amazing. Technology in repairing the wheel well and seat frame. Wood used as a template. Genius of a idea. I have learned a lot. Keep up the great work.

Hi I like resourceful people who share their knowledge. The part to be repaired is not simple. Help, demonstrations and advice, thank you from France

Great job Brandon. Very smart to reuse good old sheet metal. Impressive process !

Super práce si fakt odborník

Always amazed how much fabrication it takes to restore these the were simple things of beauty no frills the original RV in my opinion.

txs for sharing...

Nice work 👏 👌 👍.

So nice to watch how much can be done with only simple tools! Congrats my friend! I am also learning and trying to restore rust with only simple tools, it is so satisfying to see the sheet metal taking shape

Brandon. a piece of advice. try to cut straight lines. it is much easier to make the parts and cut the metal. Your doing great for a person who has not done this before.

Like the original 356's hammered on wooden bucks. Beauty!

Nice work

Glad your making longer videos it's so enjoying watching your great work and skill great job Brandon. It's coming along well..

Interesting how you used other metal with similar forms to repair your floor panel. And once you did your magic it looked near flawless. Thumbs Up!

love the wood block method it works hay ;)

Well done Sir! Both fun and encouraging to to watch.

Just seen your short video. Awesome work. Subscribed so I can see new content

excelent work!

I would have built a wood block mold too and banged those channels into place. That's how i know its probably wrong, but you cant argue with the results. The channels give it structure and strength, and the panel fit in place, way to save some bucks not buying a whole new panel, yeah you had to throw some extra work at it but it fits nice and nobody is going to see it, it'll have flooring or a seat on it. I like it.

Thank you

Thoroughly enjoying following along!

Nice work. Well thought out. Mending the panel is the way to go. 👍

Love from india brother iam you're big fan

Another great video and repair! That wooden rib jig will come in handy all over the bus. The smoke in the intro was a nice touch!

Amazing work!! Greetings from Argentina

Just stumbled across your channel! Awesome stuff man, thank you! 🤘

You may be a hobbyist, but you work to very high standards and get excellent results. Often, a talented and patient amateur can get better outcomes than professionals who are pushed for time and the need to make a living I look forward to seeing the completed project. Thanks and best wishes.

I got flash spots from the welding footage. I didn’t think that was possible. Nice repair 👍

Good job mate, well done 👍👍👍

Nice work 🥰🥰 I do an 1956 in very Bad konditon 😅

Pretty sweet dude. I just subscribed to your channel to learn more from your work dude!

How long before you can star on mine?! 😱😝🤪🤣😁👍👍🇺🇲

Hi Brandon, Real nice and clever metalwork forming the pieces in the woodblock excellent welding skills as well. greetings. Hubertus

Salut pour le travail du bois les gouges c'est bien et les ciseaux a bois aussi 😁

Impressionnant, vous êtes doué, bravo je suis vos travaux avec grand intérêt 😊

There is a guy called fitzee on youtube that does metal fabrication in a similar way to you. When he has a gap to fill such as the one you had with that green metal piece, he fills the gap as he welds using the metal from an old coat hanger, works well for him....😊

Brandon, as ganado nuevo suscriptor, excelentes tus videos saludos desde Mexico.

Great job 👍 dont know if you know this, but if your repair panel has some gaps in it bigger than what you can spot weld together use a copper block behind the gap and fill in from the edges. Weld metal wont stick to copper, then flip the part over lightly grind out the backside being careful to not go all the way through, and spot weld the back side so you have full penetration 😁👍. Love the attention you have to detal 👍

I look forward to seeing how you convert it to a walk through

Being on a fixed income I also reuse blast media, I have a dedicated vacuum ($10 garage sale) and 2 screens to filter it before reuse. One point is every use dulls the media to the point of not doing its job, I don't think I've ever gotten 7 uses from it.

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Be real careful when it comes to welding anywhere around the perimeter of the door openings, especially the bottom of the door. The fit from the factory isn’t great and sometimes the doors rub even in stock form. Definitely fit the doors and add some weight to them to replicate the door glass and stuff. Make sure everything closes and also that there is room for weatherstripping. You DONT want to find out after paint that the weatherstripping doesn’t fit. On all my projects I buy high quality weatherstripping and test fit as I’m doing metal repair.

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You reckon Brandon,I think you good work

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that mold you made You should have made 2 wood mold (Male and female) and use the the pressure to make that metal pieces

Hola q buena restauracion de vw estoy haciendo algo parecido no tan profunda, saludos desde argentina 🇦🇷🇦🇷👍🤙👍🤙👍

I've been metal fabing for a long time professionally. And honestly using OG metal is my preferred method. New metal isn't the same thickness as OG metal. OG German metal is exactly 1mm thick and OG American metal is exactly 19ga. For new metal you have 2 options 18ga or 20ga. Which isn't 1mm or 19ga

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Sandblasting should be a last resort it changes the metal chemical and wire brush stripping is the best

Awesome dude, I used to have a Brazilian like yours in RSA, gave up on the rust eventually. High carbon content in the sheet metal apparently 🥴

Making your own form blocks is dress the metal into shape is brilliant. Most pannel beaters I have met would look at you like your mental patient if that was suggested to them.

Вам не здається, що прямі розрізи полегшили б подальшу долю відновлення цієї зони?))

I wish I could think of a better word than “gobsmacked”. But that will have to do.

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Do you have the part number for the klassic fab part?

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Nice work but are you really welding with latex gloves?

Aqui no Brasil Kombi e mato tem uma enferrujada em todo lugar kkkkkkk

Ik snap nooit waarom je overal kleine stukjes in gaat lassen als er ook hele panelen leverbaar zijn , dit scheelt je ook zeer veel strak maak werk

Lo normal en el oficio

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Why ??!

Shave off that beard & you'd be HANDSOME !!

Beautiful job welding fabricating but to be honest with you I think I would have spent the $400 on the new piece and spent my energy and time somewhere else on the bus project

Cisti amaterski posao.