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  1. Clem

    Early Porsche 911 Steering Wheel on a 71

    Kempy has sold his bus now, but someone else may know.
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    Bay in The Guardian

    I bought a Westfalia trailer from Martin Dorey who did the cooking in a camper tv series. He got an MBE for his 2 Minute Beach Clean work. :)
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    Bay in The Guardian

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/17/52-year-old-cecil-the-campervan-still-helping-clear-uk-coast-of-plastic Yeah, it’s a late, but a cool tale. :)
  4. Clem

    How many buses were built?

    Yes, they would be.
  5. Clem

    Group buy- Delrin bush for shift rod

    Done ☑️
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    Carol Nash + £113 for the same thing...

    Yeah, insurance policies are just going mad right now, it’s across the board. Parts and costs have increased generally and it’s knocked on, with companies adding a bit too!
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    A favour ….

    Yeah, I know…. Sorry! If anyone can help …. Hannah my daughter is attempting the London Marathon 🏃🏼 this weekend, it’s her first go and she’s pretty nervous right now. She’s running for two local charities to Gloucester , the Gloucestershire Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre for whom she works ...
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    Raising the suspension on adjusters

    Quick pic of the ball joints will show us what type. Essentially, if ball joint bolts are below the spindles they are standard. If the bolts are above the spindles they are reversed.
  9. Clem

    Which oil

    In the event of a nuclear war where everything is destroyed and devastated, I forsee a lone survivor, crawling through ruinous rubble and after days of survival eating algae and cockroaches and drinking his own sweat, he happens across a gutted building that in the basement, has an abandoned 486...
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    Raising the suspension on adjusters

    There used to be some calculation around 1cm adjuster movement equated 1 inch of wheel/arch height - but I may have misremembered that. There are variables in moving the adjusters - if its a bespoke custom beam, then usually the adjusters are free in the torsion tubes and move ok. If adjusters...
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    Raising the suspension on adjusters

    Are you on reversed ball joint spindles? If so, as SparkyWig says, you will have to dismantle ball joints etc to move them as the tension is far too high otherwise. If you are on regular spindles you might get away with leverage - worth a go to begin with.
  12. Clem

    Rear valance

    Model years 68-71 Only difference is the number of bolts. 71(?) have two bolt fixing, earlier had four bolts.
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    Group buy- Delrin bush for shift rod

    Paid by bank transfer- thank you :)
  14. Clem

    1969 Westy parcel shelf above the bed

    68 & 69 - net 70 on had the open shelf. I think the closed cupboard came in around 72 onwards?
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