Ex-Grizz 1963 Taunus Transit FK1250 - Hydraulics DOWNNN BOY

Last 5 days were taken up pretty much by the building of Nicola's kitchen.
...........................OUCH !!! Coz she's worth it, at least so she says... OUCH, OUCH, OUCH !!! ;D


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Two more ideas from my top secret laboratory



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Still working at ideas on how to incorporate something clever , and something traditional.

Grizz,

I like the chequered pic with red writing much better than your first pic. Think the one you have pasted on the roof with the dino looks a bit too much, it kind of takes away from the dinos on the side (from that angle anyway) which look fantastic

Think the whole scheme looks really good, any timescales on when the paint is going on? I think this van looks brilliant!

Barry

p.s. good work on the kitchen!

V6 conversion!!!! I like it...........would it be going out of the country to a certain man with an "oldbus"??

I totally get what you mean about playing with it. When I was doing the mini, I couldn't wait to get the paint, alloys and chrome on. I thought this would be the best bit but actually it kind of was an anticlimax and I lost interest thereafter!

Top thread keep it up!

Tach!
Some of your roof-design i have seen on another Bus...........mmmmh...can't remember......!?HIHIHI! ;D

When you got the plates.....add the alloys!

See you soon

GREASE NIPPLES ;D ;D ;D ;D

Loads of them under the bus.

I had the bus up this afternoon and greased all the points I could find, not sure how many, but many.

Lubrication is probably one of the most important parts of these old busses' upkeep. Oldbus warned me in no uncertain terms to grease up regularly.

I had what seems to be the lubrication plan, but interpretation was a bit difficult. Hope Dave points out just how many points I should have attended to.



And up ....




Ms Grizz got a hold of the camera too.... loves me in compromised positions.





AND IN OTHER NEWS:

ALDI had a sale again this week, so for under £30.00 I bought all these bits, to make up a dedicated toolbox for the bus, along with duct tape, WD40, a thrashing tool, cable ties and other bits like a spare complete fuse box.



Added them to the toolbox I found over Christmas on the pavement.




Been planning this add on room or tent since last year, then the price was £140, now it is £199 .... blame the Chinese

Adds to the rear or side of the bus, attached to the roofrack, or free standng, also has a large 2 man tent that fits inside it, so room, gazzebo and tent all in one.
Best of all, it is 8foot x 8 foot, and also 8foot tall, so the german contingent should fit.




Lastly, bought another 2 plate cooker and grill for £10 at my almost local MOT station, ex-BT fleet vehichle interior equipment. half an hour and some Cif later we have a decent little stove.
I had one before that DisasterBus now has, and then I could not get one for a long time, now got one for myself




And that has been my week so far.


Wednesday I have a 09.00am appointment at the DVLA in Maidstone , for inspection of the chassis number, after which I would hope to be allocated a numberplate number for the bus, then just order and buy some silver on black plates, though in spite of Oldbus's thinking it is a bit, OK a lot silly, I am tempted to have him make me a set of "replica German plates" and to roll with them.

Opinions on the German Plates ??

Did not follow the plan Dave, just went and found every one I could and pumped a load of grease in untill it squirted out clean.


I have given the German plates a rethink, based on your comment above, and have decided to give it a pass, It would be like people trying to make a number like JJ 05 GSP spell "William" just rubbish.

Oh, and you have PM.

::)Right Update time again I guess .

I previously posted about being impressed with the DVLA being very efficient.... well today it went a step further, and the bus a step closer to being on the road.

I had to present the bus to the Local DVLA on the back of a Recovery truck.... "no wheels may touch the ground, or else we will not consider or process your application for UK registration"
So I called in the help of a propper recovery guy.... £75 later, we had the bus in Maidstone, got there 40 minutes early, and was done 5 minutes before appointment time.
Bob, the recovery driver and owner has a couple of BMW M3's of the Mk1 series, wide arches and all.

Anyway, I was off to work by before 10am, so a great result there.
The DVLA guy recons I should have my TAX FREE Tax disc in the next 5 working days, as well as being informed what license plate has been allocated. Then I will order some Vintage Black and Silver plates for the bus.

On the way to inspection.




In the mean time I have also cleaned up and Hammerited the original towbar for the bus.... These are worth their weight in gold, as they cannot be had for love nor money, and will sell for silly money.
In Germany a towbar is seen as a part of the engineering integrity of the car, truck or van.... I hope Oldbus or Totti will explain further.
Cleaned it up and painted, bought a new modern plug as well.

Hope to fit it on Saturday evening when Oldbus and GTVSaviour (John) are here, we need to fit a towbar to Dave's new T4 as well.
Westfalia towhitch "License"


Before....


After....


Lastly tonight after work, I took the wheels off the bus, and fitted my German custom engineered adaptors. Tomorrow the alloys are being fitted with the tyres, and other swop job that is going to cost £60.00. But worth it.

I greased the hubs, copper greased all the threads, and then pulled it all together.... I do not want to battle if I ever want to remove the wheels from the bus, or even the adaptors.





Parked up, awaiting sexy alloys.



Look out for the updates tomorrow with new alloys
fitted ;D ;D ;D


Oh, and I bought a 6foot roofrack off one of Mystery Machines mates, need to fetch in Bournemouth on Saturday morning early.

Had to modify my bike trailer , which is just a spine trailer a bit with some old decking last night.



Hope Plod does not pull me....

EXTRA PLATE...... well spotted Batman.

Thanks Seth, yep, I had forgotten.