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Unfortunately now back up for sale but revised price at £26k :sneaky: Can also be seen at https://www.vwdownunder.com/1972-vw-tin-top (albeit advert title is wrong, definitely 1971!) Any question please shout

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1971 VW ‘Early Bay’ Camper van – Full bare metal restoration with 2276cc engine Kyham drive away awning and internal bedroom included in sale. Will be sold with 1 years Mot 96,000 genuine miles on clock Original VW service book inc dealer stamps up to 30k miles in 1973 It was originally a...

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Does it use the standard steering box? And does it take away any of the steering searching are motorway speeds?

From memory I think I changed my sealed USA units for Golf mk 1 which use the H4 bulb 🧐 Also work better at night which is handy 😂

Think I will attempt to do it myself, did you use a 12v or foot pump? Didn’t think they could reach the pressure required 🤷🏽‍♂️

Quick update, seems Firetec have moved on and Coolair stopped being a stockist a few years back. Looks like a DIY extinguisher charge is next on my list!

Thanks 👍🏼

I have one of the Firetec extinguishers installed and it needs another re-charge but am struggling to find Firetec’s details. Does anyone know if they are still trading or whether there is someone else who can do it? Thanks for any help.

From memory I think it may be cheaper to get ‘72 spindles and new calipers than buying the ‘71 spindles 🤷🏽‍♂️ Can’t quite remember if that is correct or if I have made that up 😂😂

Drop spindles 👍🏼

Still after a LHD version of anyone has one :lol:

Thanks for the info, now need to buy the shocks without knowing the correct measured length :shock: