vw bus bay window windshield rust repair pt 2

all done,

[@eskieman3948]

Thanks for bringing out the rescue pup - our last two pups have been rescues. Sorry to hear about Mo. It's very hard to lose one of your furkids, and we've been through that sadness more than a few times.

[@rossmoore2844]

I'm enjoying another journey with you, mustie! I've had bugs, Gia's, buses, and campers over the years past. I'm glad you're doing these every man's resto jobs. Thanks for taking me along.

[@davemunch999]

Great job my friend - you made it look relatively easy. My advice to anyone considering this repair is - Don't rush it, take your time and get it right ! Well done.

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Nice work as always. Glad you are going to do some paint. You set the bar pretty high with the paint you did on the interior which still looks really fresh.

[@torbjornlund5339]

I am very impressed of your work. I can spend hours just watching your videos. Thank you so much for charging. 🤓👍

[@TheDaf95xf]

Morning and thanks for your reply Bud.....😊 I’m really enjoying your watching your videos 😁 Stevie 🇬🇧

[@gepettoe]

The way that you repair those rusted out spots is amazing. Love what you do from Virginia

[@suzukiman650]

Looking good. Can't wait to get working on my Bug. It is going to need major work but the fun is in the journey.

[@WaveAction777]

You make things look easy, I'd say that's a perfect job.

[@ItsAlwaysRusty]

The repair looks really solid. Great Job..

[@garynicholson1678]

awesome job love it , i think you should repaint it root beer brown and white with a cream and white interior, and the bow canopee in tan .

[@Bearlake1624]

Will be great to see that one come back to life ..great job !

[@ziggassedup]

Good stuff..I'm enjoying the ride...Thanks Darren...I with ya on the bondo and paint...I'm a little impatient.too

[@jameshengl5230]

Nice Job With the Windshield Channel Darren. The rear floor looks good as well. Keep up the Great work& Video's.

[@1ton4god]

great job mustie1 looks good.

[@udizzy1969]

Very nice work brother, should hold for the long haul. cheers man

[@RobertGSolomon]

Awesome job my friend! I learn something new every time I watch your show or a smarter way to do things I learned from pros who are always right ,not, thank you.

[@CryhavocMike]

Beautiful work!

[@coffeefish]

Nice repair. Lots of work into that thing, they must be pretty valuable.

[@dtadpole]

Awesome work man! can't wait to see the rest of the process!

[@cutworm59]

You can be proud of yourself on this very difficult repair D. I sure am! I love big dogs, well all dogs. If I may insert a colour....Hiwian Bronze Metallic / Cream White.

[@rheidtech]

that's wierd. i was thinking the same two colors....with pinstriping. kept it to myself though not wanting to interfere with his creative thoughts. 👍

[@leadpelletinass]

You are a inspiration to do bodywork correctly. Repair or replace the metal then primer & paint. I personally do not like bondo. I feel it is a dirty back alley cheat to the real work needed to get sheet metal to look its best. Perhaps someday I can do my own rust-or-ation on a antique. Thank You for posting videos of your work and continued progress on all your projects.

[@tiporari]

when used properly, Bondo is a useful tool. never meant to fill through holes, big dents and whatnot. It's a surfacer like primer, and the back alley hacks that use it to cover their inexperience in metalwork give it a bad name.

[@Vein1986]

+tiporari instead bondo, use some solder tin, back in a days it was used instead of epoxy fillers.

[@tiporari]

I've got much respect for the craftsmen who made stuff beautiful and lasting without all our modern tech. People who would start over when a paint job had orange peel. New cars look like hell right off the showroom floor. I shutter at the fools who pay 80-100k for BMW'S painted with wavy luster less paint by soulless machines. Yuck...

[@mustie1]

+Bounty B. Wolf thanks for watchin, l figure its a good learning tool for me, and each time l geta little better and faster,,

[@TheDaf95xf]

Great job and unbelievable body beating 👍

[@mustie1]

thanks, it was a good chalenge

[@GregsGarage]

I think that area would drive me nuts... I'm glad it's in your hands.

[@mustie1]

+Greg's Garage l did like the challenge,

[@Goomer]

That was a brave venture, I'm sure I'd just bondo mine again out of fear of distorting it beyond repair.

[@mostlymoparih5682]

It looks better than janky to me. Good progress nice job. TFS

[@dotty1549]

Good show as usual!

[@gmag1969]

that turned out good. nice job. keep up the good work.

[@mmanut]

Love the dogs.

[@punkbloater]

As Jay Leno would say, nicely done!

[@PapiDoesIt]

Looks really nice! Like you said, you're not going to Pebble Beach. That should be plenty water tight with the windshield rubber.

[@johnrw2012]

great job and thanks for the videos

[@TheFred1952]

great job on that window frame

[@zx8401ztv]

Looks smashing to me :-D, you have a ledge for the windscreen to sit on again. Im sure with a smear of filler you can make it look flawless.

[@petervanhelvert6952]

Looks good!

[@TheShadeTreeFixitMan]

Very nice job Darrin.

[@yourbeekeeper]

Came out real nice!!

[@sixtyfiveford]

Well that turned out nice.

[@niceguy2171]

Agree that the windshield frame would have been a lot easier to repair for you if they would have left it alone and you could have had it from original. Turned out well though. You want to paint that bare frame before the seal goes in with some of that Rustoleum you used for the frame probably. And what a nice visit from the friends dog, when I 1st seen it thought it was a Mo flashback, but it's always sad when a animal is afraid of men, as you know one was harsh to them in the past, and you can tell a lot about a person how they treat their animals, and everyone says they want to come back as mine, so that should say a lot right there.

[@shartne]

It looks good.

[@joealbert7773]

Great job on a hard area to repair.

[@mikescudder4621]

Nice work Mustie!

[@mikescudder4621]

I love the double cab... would love to find one of these in my neck of the woods.

[@nvega55]

Nice work!!

[@tertessa]

window frame looks fabulous.... puppy looks like he should stay...

[@rogernichols8194]

I used Massey Fergison grey paint from tractor supply on my son's Toyota hunting truck, it really turned out good no runs no sags, three times around covered really nice, needs very little thinner..............guy at tractor supply tole me I couldn't paint a truck with tractor paint, so we took it back and showed him, that was four years ago, still looks good......

[@wtbm123]

Lookin good

[@1crazynordlander]

I enjoy all of your videos but this two part video on the that lower windshield area is the best! I get you on loving metal work but not liking the body filler part. I compare it to I like installing drywall but I HATE taping and mudding! Back in the 70's I had my '67 two door Buick painted by an old German that could barely speak English. I pointed out a rust spot on the rear deck next to the rear window and he did not want to try and replace the metal there because of the window being too close. He told me to put some "Ale" on it. I asked "Ale"? He said yes "Ale" Puzzled I asked again "Ale" like Ginger "Ale"? He looked over at his employee in disgust and the employee said to me he meant "Oil" So In that area where the windshield gasket goes and it dips down in that area do you put a coat of ale, I meant oil on that spot on the underside to help prevent rust?

[@Chris-Fennimore]

Nice sheet metal work. Applying Bondo is like applying Sheet rock spackle. It is an art. I can't do either :(

[@jimmccoskey8253]

Thanks for all the great videos! I haven't seen you do any lead work yet; do you do that? I've tried lead a few times and end up with more lead on the floor than the panel but, oh well, the end item is what counts...practice, practice etc. Thanks again for all the informative, educational, entertaining videos!

[@eds1994fatboy]

The embosses for the shield whipe winds can be reconstructed very easy using USA Farnicastaffs......they are known to take almost any shape or form with a BFH

[@orbits2]

Will be interesting to see the windshield placement

[@tarbeau8561]

Mustie1, What size welder are you using sir? Looking really good love the metal work that you are doing . I've got a friend that does body work owns his own shop and uses very little fillers , as least as possible . Looks like that's your cup of tea as well . Excellent work , keep the videos coming , thanks .

[@2jeffs1]

Not a fun area to repair, turned out very nice! A quality repair that will last now! Your dogs sure are sweet. Wonder if they still do pizza night.

[@MrGunPilot]

Good job. So is this one a keeper or for sale once you complete it?

[@hkm_865]

Do you have enough vise grips musty?

[@granskare]

you are really lucky to h ave those nice doggies to help you out...:)

[@fuzzwack1]

Shes,Comin Along!!

[@rogeroconnor5182]

windshield frame came out nice,gorilla hair is what i use. both my dogs are rescues,best type to have in my opinion. the last few days were brutal weather wise,it was below zero here at night and not much warmer during the day.

[@johnwallace7465]

That looks great! If it wasn't for the dents they put in trying to fill it with bondo it would look factory!

[@kevinhornbuckle]

Would TIG be a better process for managing warping and distortion? Also, is lead a material you would apply to get a more workable surface? I've seen some videos demonstrating the method, I think from England.

[@jonlowe8727]

great video again. we're you happy with the pieces you bought overall? it looks right what you've done. I'm pretty confident that windscreen will fit good.

[@spanermantim]

Really good job there.

[@huckboyd]

Good job man

[@rickkoshak4919]

Do you use gas when welding or flux core? I only ask because I too would like to do work like this on my 78 Westy and am going to buy a welder soon.

[@rheidtech]

guud job man. should fill nice using a tape to get a strait body line maybe. don't be scared. lol.

[@JeffreyStrader]

Mustie1 have you ever given a try using LED as a filler for the indentations?........(old school method)

[@73VWsuper]

that was a fun journey

[@Foxfatherracing]

I would be happy to do the final body work, But im afraid it would take forever I love to scrounge the sales and scrap yards as well we would be bringing back stuff every day.

[@jamesfreddys]

Reminds me of the video you made giving your dogs some pizza on pizza night.

[@jamesfreddys]

I'm goodish at bondo work.

[@mustie1]

+jamesfreddys ill buy breakfast lunch and dinner and breakfast lunch and dinner and well you get the idea,oh and pizza

[@rheidtech]

+jamesfreddys don't lie. you suck at body work...lol....yeah right. Did someone say show quality!. 💃💃💃🍕🍺lol

[@niceguy2171]

Dogs LOVE pizza night! They always know they're getting some crusts, with a bit of the good parts on it as well ;)

[@queenofyeay]

Now, why would MrsMustie say "say, I won't talk" ??? It was nice to hear her voice again! She's funny, too. Tell her I said hello!

[@huck01955]

Turned out real nice

[@59chevt]

Very nice.

[@jeep2003]

Nice job atleast it was at a nice working height rather than underneth or something. It sucks that bodyshops get away with filling rust holes with bondo. My 914 had those surprizes over the whole car.

[@mustie1]

+jeep2003 underneath was today, worst part is the hot bits getting ya in the shirt,,

[@dogit1840]

Marson Mar glass and don't try the cheep stuff you will get bubbles cheap stuff has chunks in it that. Never gets any hardener in it

[@joshuagengler111]

coming along good

[@vw64manyrd]

good stuff! Thanks for the videos!

[@bc65925]

Looks dern good.

[@8790176]

Good job

[@Joe.Dillion]

looking good

[@zzzdogutube]

looks nice!

[@luvr381]

Why is there an indentation in the right rear passenger door just behind the front door handle?

[@mustie1]

door folds forward and has a indent for the front handle,

[@luvr381]

@@mustie1 Oh, now that you say it, it seems obvious. Thank you for responding!

[@RodderFiles]

looks propper

[@sebby_cnc]

looks good to me :))

[@phillipmccormick1508]

do you that you do you are the man

[@rpeek]

Mighty Awesome...

[@thederrick1966]

that thing is cool

[@ka1dza]

Do you use a grinder too?

[@mustie1]

not much

[@rowenamagallanes2514]

Great job but I think it would have been easier to lead fill that front end

[@niceguy2171]

Lead is heavy and very poisonous, this is from somebody who worked with it for a longtime, 20 yrs., and there is a reason it fell out of favor, as better repair materials became readily available, but the best repair is always metal..which is exactly what he did.

[@danieljohnson7171]

What colors was it originally?

[@mustie1]

+Daniel Johnson off white

[@marcio83154]

Muito bom em irmão

[@junkman6456]

GOOD Job mate. You made butt-welding for the new panel?

[@rbc5829]

Are the 2 thumbs down from the guys that made the original mess?

[@toddster772008]

I think I have 3 pairs of visegrips. Lol

[@toddster772008]

Oh ya thumbs up!