vw bus bay window windshield rust repair pt 1

repairing the common rust area on bay window type vws

[@OhZone62]

That stash of tools that you have acquired over the years certainly comes in handy. Who would have thought that one man could have so many vice-grips!!! :-) Chris Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

[@mustie1]

+Chris G the hoard pays off again

[@johnholmes6570]

+Mustie1 hoard gave me vice grip envy. nice work

[@TedBishop1]

@@mustie1 the hoard seldom fails

[@thomasg5103]

Bavarian Roadster in progress. Your videos give me inspiration and new tricks. Yesterday I was tuned in for 6 hours. You have an amazing personality and ability on all things motorhead related! You are now my mentor.

[@1crazynordlander]

A man of patience, you are! I would have gone berserk, folded that piece of tin up into 30 folds stomped on it, drove over it, said the heck with it and filled in the holes with DAP house caulk. Good job!

[@montanawildcat5198]

never worked on a VW to that extent. gotta love those vans with NO crumple area before it gets to you. i love watchin' this guy piece these European cars back. Nice work.

[@ericsweet8370]

you know you're a pleasure to watch somebody loves what they do special you know you got the best man I've ever seen you have got the gift to manage there's only give you you are is very much a pleasure to watch you I don't know how long I've been following you and it's definitely inspiration or my cup of coffee in the morning god bless you enjoy your videos keep them coming god bless you

[@mustie1]

+Eric Sweet well thanks eric

[@thomasg5103]

Many VWs in my motorhead history. 1962 sunroof beetle, 1966 splitty window Bus, 1976 window Bus, 1973 Convertible Super Beetle, 1974 411...what a mess, sure wish you were around when I was working on this one! But I got them all running and driving and down the road they went--with a small profit along the way!

[@peterorro883]

Binge-watched all the Crusty restoration videos recently...loved it all! Really enjoying following along with this double cab too! I have no skills or experience in this regard but am fascinated!

[@james.black981]

hi mustie. I've got to do this to my 79 bus aswell, but seeing you do this has given me a huge confidence boost. repair panels are never a perfect fit, but easily adjusted to fit. Love the full restoration series/ longer videos.

[@NoiseEverywhere]

I enjoy watching your videos so much. Thanks for making them.

[@mustie1]

+Erik De Backer thanks for watchin

[@Jim-ie6uf]

+Mustie1 D, you are the man all your vids are great. Can't wait for the next instalment. Jim

[@Koloherides]

You sure make me feel better about me doing mine. Thanks your smooth on teaching and master hands

[@cutworm59]

Outstanding work Darrin! Great idear to tuck the piece under. Thank you very much for your kind help.

[@mustie1]

+cutworm59 tour turn is coming soon

[@cutworm59]

+Mustie1 YOU are a great blessing.

[@TheEZGZ]

with your determination and patience I know you will succeed. Looks fantastic so far. Without those tools it would really be a challenge. I think I am going to buy stock in Vise grip corp. hehehe enjoying the process

[@GarageTime]

Replacement sheet metal is painful. Your a talented guy, nice work. Thanks for sharing.

[@GeeenJ]

nice job making after market repair panel fit

[@dtadpole]

Looking great, giving me a little more confidence to tackle my windows when it comes time!

[@granskare]

I see the UK flag showing where it was made. I have shared this with an apprentice at Rolls Royce so he can see you work :) I shared again today and maybe he will check you out...He is mrcrispin a super machinist as Rolls Royce.

[@imfrcd]

Having done restoration work just like this, perhaps folks will now understand the cost of doing such work.... and why restored vehicles are so expensive. And this is for work that is "just ok." Meaning not concourse judged. I've done both, I no longer do either. Mustie1, you have kept me up till dawn too many times....

[@soggz4246]

Good job. Need to do this on my ‘72 bay. All the best.👍🏾🛠

[@samwisegamgee289]

I too am amazed at the amount and variety of tools in your garage

[@luckyeddie4454]

Really enjoy your vids, nice to see someone who cares about keeping the old veedubs alive, cheers from England

[@mustie1]

+luckyeddie guess im going to have to get a vw tattoo

[@GhettoWagon]

That is the deal forsure. Do the best you can do TODAY with what you have today. Its the attitude to have. If you wait it out it will never get done.

[@1ton4god]

I love doing metal work. Fixing to restore my old trailer my old enclosed trailer routed out. Just got the wood floor out of it this today.

[@59chevt]

Nice job, you do things I did not know could be done.

[@geertvandermeer4938]

Catching up on your older stuff. Like it.

[@Enkiel2]

Love your videos, helps gives me motivation to working on my own bus..

[@mustie1]

+Enkiel im your motivational speaker, l live in a van down by the river,,

[@canadacatalyst]

holy vise grip batman! that's a nice welder tool

[@brickapolis-vg8bs]

Nice work keep the vids coming and we keep watching!

[@mustie1]

+brickapolis 2014 thanks l will

[@robertcoliganii9783]

Very nice before and after.

[@jimaylward2396]

Great job a wonder to watch your work ! Just a mad tough wat if you drilled a few holes fixed some thing like a bleed neple on the under side from them maybe fule line to take water away from the win screen to stop further rust .Sorry i know to much time on my hands. like to hear your thoughts

[@805ROADKING]

Ya gotta love aftermarket replacement panels eh!! Ya spend more time trying to fit them than if you built them from scratch!! Lookin' good Bud!!☺

[@mustie1]

+805ROADKING fits like a glove,,,on your foot

[@ziggassedup]

+Mustie1 A club foot.!

[@gracielatriantis]

805RO

[@rpeek]

You do such good work!

[@charlesdavidson4815]

Dude, I wish I'd known you 30 years ago when I was 18 and trying to restore a 63 beetle.

[@ziggassedup]

Nicely done.

[@dwaynewhitaker7577]

You made it look so easy lol good job man

[@mustie1]

+dwayne whitaker its all smoke and mirrors,

[@huck01955]

You did far better then I could looking good

[@colin8532]

Wow, very impressive work!

[@mustie1]

+Colin Keevil thanks

[@shartne]

Hey cool you put the spot welder to work and it worked nice.

[@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC]

When you get older it's normal for your patience to wane....thus...in 5 years when you look will be very pleased with your windshield work of today!!!...trust me. When you get older you might not even want to tackle that kind of repair again.

[@wgoldenny]

When filling or let's say body work use dynaglass instead of bondo dynaglass does not crack over time like bondo. Also use butyl sealer in the window frame along with the rubber seal it helps seal better and will keep it from rubber squeaks coming from the seal during certain temperature conditions.

[@Goomer]

Excellent, just what I need done on my Bus.

[@pixiepqueen]

I'm going to have to try and do this some day when I can afford it.. Our Kombi was in an accident (not our fault, someone T Boned my hubby and the Kombi rolled over) anyway.. the windscreen popped out and the rust around the window is shocking.. bit embarrassing that the windscreen just fell out in one piece.. even after the car rolling over.. no windows broke.. so weird! we lost a side mirror and worst luck the firemen cut the steering wheel off.. dammit.. those things really cost heaps to buy.. Hubby and daughter were fine after the accident but damn.. the car is pretty wrecked. probably should give up on it.. but.. we've had it for so long.. love that car too much.. gonna hold onto it for a bit... see how it goes..

[@jameshengl5230]

Nice job getting the patch panels to fit. How long did it take you to bend the patch panels to fit?Keep up the great work Darren.

[@pixiepqueen]

had our van since 1993 and it got crashed into and rolled! the other day. Thankfully my hubby and daughter came out of the car accident fine. A lady drove through a give way sign and t boned them. When the accident happened the windscreen just fell out.. it was so rusty that the windscreen just popped out and fell onto the road all in one piece.. I've never heard of that happening before.. everyone is expecting us to get rid of the car now.. I have very futile thoughts of trying to fix our car.

[@queenofyeay]

"Five years from now I may look at this and be like, wow... but then again five years ago I would have been like, wow" I loved that! The written word does not do that bit of wordplay justice. Way to wrestle a piece of poop into some semblance of a windshield gutter! I'm saying "wow!"

[@mustie1]

+MISTERComaToes kinda true in everything in life, but there comes a point that it starts goig the other way and your best work is behind you,

[@queenofyeay]

Mustie1 Yeah, well having retired going on 5 years ago, I am happy to say that "work" is ALL behind me... AND I just finished paying off my house! It's all play now even when it's making me sweat like bullets! ; D

[@mustie1]

+MISTERComaToes congrads, do you still have the ranchero

[@queenofyeay]

Mustie1 Yup, sure do

[@anthonysinclair5721]

That seat and steering wheel look pretty darn good , throw something over them before you finish your beauty of a welding job! ; )

[@Mikefngarage]

damn I think you have more vice grips than me. I usually would weld in the section you vice gripped with hole punch plug welds then just lapped the bottom.

[@reiserdog]

As a kid I had only an oxyacetylene welder. No migmags etc.. And I welded with it a LOT. And I mean welding, not brazing. This is the exact example where I could do pretty good job with it fast. Red hot steel obeys much better. But welding large flat areas took ...some practice. Also welding "tissue steel" is much easier/possible with OA :D

[@MasonNesson]

Yeah yeah beat it into submission what a great idea Darrin !

[@1966scoutcheif]

Hey good work looks awesome. FINS UP

[@MikeGuy993]

Making great progress!

[@vincenzosanti6133]

yay. I noticed the union jack on the repair pannel

[@LifeofCrane]

nice looking bus. i have a 68 bug that needs the rear window repaired in the same way. where did you get the patch panel?

[@vw64manyrd]

good stuff catching up! Thanks for the videos!

[@rogernichols8194]

looks nice, better than the rust...

[@slimjim119]

it's looking good ans stronger well done

[@sigmanfloyd7179]

Hey Darren, I don't know if you'll see my comment here but just in case you do, can I ask why you did not simply mig weld all the rust holes or is the whole area too weak? Thx

[@jamespotter936]

Beat it to fit and paint it to match...is what we used to say at work.

[@mustie1]

+James Potter wrong part, bigger hammer

[@danielnatola5773]

looks good what you heating your shop there in NH ?

[@phillipmccormick1508]

do that what you do you are the man

[@andyhamilton8940]

If there was only a vice grip hall of fame!😅

[@spanermantim]

Nice neat job I like it.

[@wtbm123]

Cool

[@Lfig012]

That repair job is 100%

[@gordonmcmillan883]

Better it was before, for sure. I was wondering why you don't use that spot welder more, rater than plug welding all the time?

[@mustie1]

+Gordon McMillan it needs to have the room

[@gordonmcmillan883]

+Mustie1 I'm with you on that. I bought a set of the longer jaws for mine which are better for some of the awkward access jobs, though they make the machine even more difficult to handle.

[@theirishviking9928]

Clearly I. Need more vice grips

[@jonathanw4942]

Very nice to see someone doing quality work, but just takes too long. I would have used 20 minute drywall mud, it sets fast, sands easy, and holds paint after 30 or 40 coats. That is the most vicegrips I have ever seen at one time.

[@mustie1]

+Jonathan W duct tape

[@jonathanw4942]

We actually done that in Wva to pass inspection, but the aluminum tape worked better.

[@rheidtech]

nice

[@ItsAlwaysRusty]

Looks liked you almost were building an Aircraft panel. Will have to find you some Cleco fasteners. They make short work of connecting metal sheets together. More drilling though..

[@mustie1]

+ItsAlwaysRusty l already have them but dident want to drill the holes,,

[@johngassmann9581]

I can't believe how poorly those panels fit. Where did you get them? I'm planning to get the same thing from Bus Depot.

[@mustie1]

+John Gassmann bus depot but just kampers have the same ones $15 cheaper,

[@johnnutt2021]

After a job such as this ,upon completion (and I've said MANY TIMES ) NEVER AGAIN !! A year later,"Here,hold my beer " !

[@tertessa]

that looks a lot better...

[@MrHevyshevy]

If you could have held a dolly under there it would have worked good. Hard to do by yourself a lot of times. Since we only have two arms.

[@tomasalvarez6040]

Hi. Its april 2020 and im watching this cool vid, since I am in need of fixing the rust on my 69 baywindow under the windshield. Anyone know of reliable place where I can find a good replacement metal piece to weld in? Thanks

[@MrHevyshevy]

Looks good. No way to get in there. Makes it harder

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Tidy!

[@vandoghuman]

Cheers.

[@davessmallenginerevival2847]

if the measure of a man measured by how many vice grips he has I'd say you're the manliest. you should name the truck patches😃

[@punkbloater]

Perfect!

[@zx8401ztv]

You did well with that crappy part, i did think right at the start that the part should have been held in a jig and heated up by the manufacturer, looks like i was basically right after you heated it up. :-) Do you have enough vise grips do you think? ha ha ;-D :-D

[@ProjectRescues]

Thats whats gotta be done to mine

[@jamestibbs5268]

david wallace it’s you

[@buddylight2191]

maybe a different company would have a better made windshield piece?

[@mustie1]

+BUDDY LIGHT there was not much out there without ordering it in a much bigger piece

[@jackjacke4654]

I don't think you own enough vise grips. : )

[@eds1994fatboy]

That channel could be easy to mold if you incorporated a Farnicastaff into the mix......they can o about anyting if you apply it just right

[@williamroberts8670]

Cut a section out of another bus that isn't rusty. LoL

[@mustie1]

good luck finding one,