Heres my '69 crewy, picked her up this weekend. been after one for ages and this ones just what ive been after! the perfect daily driver
Bought off Scott Wilson of vwclassics. needs a few bits and pieces to get here on the road but i want the bigger jobs done and out of the way. the front bumper comes off tommorow and the lower valance gets started(hopefully:lol
cheers guys. along the lines of John Kings green doublecab. but SA sprints, Just T2D adjusters up front til i can afford spindles and creative adjustable springplates on the back. cant got uber low because im gona be using it to cart stuff around for work hence the adjustbale spring plates.
looks like a decent one to start with - I'll be keeping my eye on this for sure / maybe I'll steal some ideas for mine, mines also a RHD not many about.
need to finish my beetle first, then I can play with 'Tricky'
doesnt need all that much for the mot but ill be getting anything sorted that needs to be done while the bus is off the road, needs front valance, small repair on the sill under the crew door, cab floors, tinware rewelding in (south african diesel engine conversion got rid of these) windscreen repair while the screen is out as all the window rubbers are shot. then ill be removing the all the running gear and rolling it over to bare metal the floor and stonechip etc. then full mechanical overhaul:crazy: cant chuffin wait!! in with all that ive got to refurb the wheels and get a cover made for the back so the rain cant get in.
Both making a stainless frame thats (easily) removable and gettin my mate to knock up a cover in PVC typa material. also found a mosquito net that im gona use so the bugs cant get in lol. cant be bad
:lol: its not the thickest ive seen but considering it says 8th of an inch max on the cans normally, its held up pretty well:lol: looks like its had a spare wheel ccarrier on it at some point(need more space to store stuff??) and then been run into a wall lol. gona do a bit more now see if i can get the interior and dash out.
never thought of that:lol:. dont think they would fit though cos you need the fixed glass to support the other seal for the qtr. dont think they are all like that, not sure though.
Got the dash out today and decided not to go any further with it until the repair panel from scott has arrived.
Had a proper look under the van today and am seriously chuffed with how solid the chassis is!! couple of litttle holes on the cargo floor area under the load bed but thats to be expected. had good look at the sills aswell. the filler man has played with the N/S sill too but Scott had mentioned this so it wasnt much of a shock. look good though dont they!
after a slight bit of proding with a hammer and chisel this was revealed.
the other N/S sill section in need of tlc
picking the repair panels up from Alan Scohfields on saturday.
starting on the drivers cab floor tommorow as i already have a repair panel for this. the fibre-glass man has also been playing here.
hopefully have some real work done tommorow rather than just recking it :lol:
Nice to see another bay crewie getting some love. looks pretty solid all in all. Good luck with it fella.
Got mine a couple of years ago and it's gradually getting there. Lots of welding to do - see the link below if you're interested.
Cheers dude. been following the progress of yours for a while now. youve fair put some work into it havent you!! looking good got the front panel off yesterday and its all looking quite good, ill put some pictures up later. picking all the panels from Alan schofields on tuesday and Scott has kindly agreed to drop the ront clip off there tommorow and the nice folks at schofields have agreed to hold it for me, meaning ive saved a possible £100 on shipping
Thats a result. Schofields are good. I'd better get a bit more progress on my thread if someone's looking at it! There should be a lot of progress to report over the next couple of months. Looking forward to seeing the work on yours.
ive only had about 3/4 of an hour on it since thursday and ive managed to get the front panel off and make a start on the inner valance. sorry for the crap phone photos.
doesnt look bad at all under the clip. the airbox has been pushed in abit but nothing drastic.
Schofield inner valance looks realy good! bit of creasing on the back side which i might cut out and replace with smmoooth metal but apart from that it looks good. just hope it fits :lol:
Havent done one before so decided to take it slow. i made cuts up the outer-inner (??) panel about ever 6 inches and this allowed me to twist the spot welds off rather than spending hours drilling them or bending them off, i then found out that the vertical panel is part of the inner-inner valance which ill remove anyway.
nearly just repaired the lower edge of the inner valance but when i took the outer skin off all this came out. its about 3" deep when scott told me to clen the sills out i didnt think it was this bad!! :lol:
so this is how she stands at the minute!
If all has gone well for Scott today ill be picking the panels up from schofields tommorow. So i can crack on weds morning getting the clip to fit.
bit of an update. Got the the area around the valance cleaned up and clamped in place on friday.
then tacked it in so i can move it if needs be when the clip goes on.
chuffed with that. started on rempving the air intake vent on the front as it also had been bodged after the bump.
137 spot welds later!!
made worse by the fact that i now have to do the same thing with the replacement :lol: As you an see ive removed the inner winscreen panel as well after bracing the front pillars just to be on the safe side:lol:
started to strip and pop mark the replacement clip tonight aswell.
if i get the clip ready for welding by weekend ill be a happy boy!!
found this while cleaning the spot welds up, the original coul0our. think ill be respraying the bus this colour
nice one, should be really cool when its done, i like following the threads with plenty of cutting and welding going on especially with lots of photos to back it up. more of that please
cant WAIT til its done! ill be puttin more pics up dont worry lol.
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