Well hello, have another post on this site but due to my lack of computer skills I have started again, so here is my 1972 V W bus
hope you like it.
She has been in the family for about 25 years and some time ago my dad said he was going to sell her as he want using her any more so I sold my Spitfire 2.0l straght six and brought her for £2000, she had been off the road for about 6 years by then but parked up in a garage, so I put her in for an mot and she failed on one tyre not to bad.
But due to a house move from Cambridgeshire to Dundee I put off doing any thing to her for the first 12 months.
I then set about building a 2500 Cu ft workshop for the restoration job this is a bit narrow but what can you do this is 8.6ft wide but 44ft long sorted ;D.
the first job was the strip but due to a computer f**k up I have only three photos of this.
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and so set about the interior ripping out everything that was old and worn out and ended up with......
Not to much left to save here but undaunted I caried on with the underside, not expecting to much as this passed an mot 18mths ago........ so off I set with the angle grinder and found some rust here and there have a look for your self
This mot guy must have been blind or stupid...Anyhoo some bits and bobs later I finsihed the major welding two out riggers/two splash trays/two rear repairds and a lull seam down each side for the sills oh and a throttle plate.
Then back to the inside this was just cleaning and painting to stop the rust coming back.
easy job for a change, before the engine rebuild, this has been a long slog to say the least I have had all new parts for this as the old bits were ok but I am sad to see so many VW's with s sorry looking motor in the back so mine is to be diffrent I have to fabricate a n outer tray for this a I am using beetle tin ware and this don't fit the bay bit I have the time to do this set aside in the near future.
But for ease moving the bus aroung the place I have installed a 2.0l vege motor and gear box from a donor bus I brought for £80 not a bad deal there as this had a full set on gen VW bench seats
but this one is well beyond repair now due to being rotten...BIG TIME but she will live on as parts as I have stripped the hell out of it, shame realy as she cleaned up ok
but she is off to the scrappy in the sky this week as there is nothing left on it now.
And so here we are up to date again on RR site she has changed a lot but I cant take the photos as it has no front axel due to the org one being holed but once again the 78 came to my rescue
there but I cant find anyone to lower this one in scotland so any ideas HELP here please.
So to the best photos this is what she looked like a few months ago still needs painting and lowering but she is getting there
Hope you like her as she is killing me.....lol
Ok it has been some time and ive done a bit more to the ol Vee Dub, we have a local paint sprayer on the job now and he is taking her in for a new coat in september so I have now ripped her down for all the last bits that I can do and well I got bored wating so decided to sort out the odl 2.0l motor as with it sat next to the 1641 it looked like scrap, but this is a quick overhaul as I havent got the money to rebuild two engines for the same car.
The carbs needed a full on clean and rebuild so here we have one done and the other as it was off the motor, but as you can see the motor needed this clean up BIG TIME!!
But with a weeks hard work and rebuilt carbs new plugs and dizzy she looks a bitty better now just waiting for the new back box from JUST KAMPERS and she will be as good as new.
Just one small note the vege motor will not fit the 1600 gear box so if you are thinking of a quick swap think again you need the 2.0l gear box too
hope you like it.
She has been in the family for about 25 years and some time ago my dad said he was going to sell her as he want using her any more so I sold my Spitfire 2.0l straght six and brought her for £2000, she had been off the road for about 6 years by then but parked up in a garage, so I put her in for an mot and she failed on one tyre not to bad.
But due to a house move from Cambridgeshire to Dundee I put off doing any thing to her for the first 12 months.
I then set about building a 2500 Cu ft workshop for the restoration job this is a bit narrow but what can you do this is 8.6ft wide but 44ft long sorted ;D.
the first job was the strip but due to a computer f**k up I have only three photos of this.
and so set about the interior ripping out everything that was old and worn out and ended up with......
Not to much left to save here but undaunted I caried on with the underside, not expecting to much as this passed an mot 18mths ago........ so off I set with the angle grinder and found some rust here and there have a look for your selfThis mot guy must have been blind or stupid...Anyhoo some bits and bobs later I finsihed the major welding two out riggers/two splash trays/two rear repairds and a lull seam down each side for the sills oh and a throttle plate.
Then back to the inside this was just cleaning and painting to stop the rust coming back.
easy job for a change, before the engine rebuild, this has been a long slog to say the least I have had all new parts for this as the old bits were ok but I am sad to see so many VW's with s sorry looking motor in the back so mine is to be diffrent I have to fabricate a n outer tray for this a I am using beetle tin ware and this don't fit the bay bit I have the time to do this set aside in the near future.
But for ease moving the bus aroung the place I have installed a 2.0l vege motor and gear box from a donor bus I brought for £80 not a bad deal there as this had a full set on gen VW bench seats
but this one is well beyond repair now due to being rotten...BIG TIME but she will live on as parts as I have stripped the hell out of it, shame realy as she cleaned up ok
but she is off to the scrappy in the sky this week as there is nothing left on it now.
And so here we are up to date again on RR site she has changed a lot but I cant take the photos as it has no front axel due to the org one being holed but once again the 78 came to my rescue
there but I cant find anyone to lower this one in scotland so any ideas HELP here please.
So to the best photos this is what she looked like a few months ago still needs painting and lowering but she is getting there
Hope you like her as she is killing me.....lol
Ok it has been some time and ive done a bit more to the ol Vee Dub, we have a local paint sprayer on the job now and he is taking her in for a new coat in september so I have now ripped her down for all the last bits that I can do and well I got bored wating so decided to sort out the odl 2.0l motor as with it sat next to the 1641 it looked like scrap, but this is a quick overhaul as I havent got the money to rebuild two engines for the same car.
The carbs needed a full on clean and rebuild so here we have one done and the other as it was off the motor, but as you can see the motor needed this clean up BIG TIME!!
But with a weeks hard work and rebuilt carbs new plugs and dizzy she looks a bitty better now just waiting for the new back box from JUST KAMPERS and she will be as good as new.
Just one small note the vege motor will not fit the 1600 gear box so if you are thinking of a quick swap think again you need the 2.0l gear box too
