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Plastilina Mosh

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Kempes Barndoor Resto
« on: May 15, 2010, 02:44:09 AM »
Found in a ditch and dug out of the mud. The real deal:












 

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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2010, 07:32:27 AM »
awesome find man!!! what are your plans??

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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2010, 04:23:43 PM »
Does it have barndoors in both sides?

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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2010, 09:20:48 AM »
Holy shit!  That thing is bad, and in amazing shape for the condition in which it was found!

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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2010, 11:35:03 AM »
awesome find man!!! what are your plans??
It's not actually mine. A friend from Europe sent me these progress pictures. We have been finding and restoring lost or abandoned VW's for years. The plan is always to get them mechanically new, tight and back on the road. Then we attempt to keep the original weathered paint and repair the body utilizing metal with little or no bondo. New rubber seals and clean interior etc.

Holy shit!  That thing is bad, and in amazing shape for the condition in which it was found!
It's almost like it was preserved in the earth. I find old VW's in this condition all the time. Most people make the mistake of stripping them and "starting over". In the process the originality is lost and cheap parts are often used. I found the quality of a build is in the re-use of factory pieces.


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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2010, 03:02:50 AM »
awesome find man!!! what are your plans??
It's not actually mine. A friend from Europe sent me these progress pictures. We have been finding and restoring lost or abandoned VW's for years. The plan is always to get them mechanically new, tight and back on the road. Then we attempt to keep the original weathered paint and repair the body utilizing metal with little or no bondo. New rubber seals and clean interior etc.

Holy shit!  That thing is bad, and in amazing shape for the condition in which it was found!
It's almost like it was preserved in the earth. I find old VW's in this condition all the time. Most people make the mistake of stripping them and "starting over". In the process the originality is lost and cheap parts are often used. I found the quality of a build is in the re-use of factory pieces.



this is so true
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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2010, 01:45:11 PM »
awesome find man!!! what are your plans??
It's not actually mine. A friend from Europe sent me these progress pictures. We have been finding and restoring lost or abandoned VW's for years. The plan is always to get them mechanically new, tight and back on the road. Then we attempt to keep the original weathered paint and repair the body utilizing metal with little or no bondo. New rubber seals and clean interior etc.

Holy shit!  That thing is bad, and in amazing shape for the condition in which it was found!
It's almost like it was preserved in the earth. I find old VW's in this condition all the time. Most people make the mistake of stripping them and "starting over". In the process the originality is lost and cheap parts are often used. I found the quality of a build is in the re-use of factory pieces.



this is so true

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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2010, 02:38:00 AM »
Kemps update. Spotted at a show in the UK





Great find... dug-up from the grave remind you.



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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2010, 10:33:00 AM »
 :lol:  OMG !!! I F***ING LOVE IT !!!! the perfect hoddie ! awsome find ! :D
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Re: Kempes Barndoor Resto
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2011, 09:15:39 AM »
So good to see another one saved!!!! love ur work!!!!