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Hi. Spent some time in the garage, and I have some pictures for you :D . Got new better quality valves, and got them mounted. Then the heads were were flowtested in the testbench my friend made, 135cfm at 12mm lift(0.47inch?)( no manifolds) no porting, just improved chambers for better low...

Good evening... Sorry for not posting for a while. When adjusting valves I discovered a pit in one of the valveheads. The flat part was not at the valvehead but the round, causing the pit... :x Winter was coming anyway here i Sweden so I removed the engine to change valves. The bus looks not...

1971 was the first year with the new wider fender from aug., 68-70(june 1971) has fender like buses pre -67. 71 was also first year narrow five and discbrakes in front(one year only 82mm pads and one year only rear brake shoes ) //Daniel

today was a good day! Me and a friend of mine took a drive to a nearby vwmeeting today. First time driving for like two hours. The engine was really strong and felt solid and limitless :D :D :D Temp was ok, oilpressure was ok, The AFR got to hot and shut off, this because the exhaust are...

It's stock height. The profile of the tires raise the bus a little but suspension is stock. Its a little heavy in the rear now because of the weight of the interior,about two centimeter, so it's about to be raised 4cm to compensate for packing it up... Thanks for your nice comments! //Daniel

Cool bus! Whats the plan with the interior? It looks empty now? What size are those tires? I think it was a splittie that had a sofa in front like yours, but it was flipable so when in camping mode, it was used to sit the other way, facing backwards. I'll follow your build for sure! Again...

The probe is connected to data logger in the engine room then hooked up to the analog instrument at the panel. there is digitalinstrument also to buy, but the analog one look more like the VDO ones, and Ionly need it to show any changes when driving... so I dont bust the engine. Thanks for all...

My bus is red again! L30H montana and 581 cloudwhite roof and bumpers. It was delivered to Sweden white, then prepared for the fire department, painted red, interior, blue lights etc. Then it was made a camper, and white again. Then made to a hippiebus with flowers and so, the I got it and now...

It's a fuelpressure regulator, the pump is a Facet redtop hided next to the gearbox hooked with a hidden switch as a antitheftgadget Thanks for your comments! I'll post some more pictures soon. //Daniel

Hi again. Have been working with the bus every chance I've been given, and it's finally ready to drive. So, i'll post some more pictures from the garage and and a vid first time driving it. It remains to tune the engine with the AFR, that currently shows 11.. :? took it for a drive anyway. By...

Hello VanillaBear. I also like the metal dash, so when restoring my 71 I scraped of the padding. there were some hided holes at the passenger side predrilled so you just have to do a hole in the padding to put in a new switch or so. There also were four holes on each side of the dash for...

Hi everyone. I have had busses on and off for 15 years. My last one I got hold of last cristmas. It had been used by divers in the fire department in the beginning. Then in was built as a camper. After that the next owner got busy painting it like a hippiebus. Then the owner before me welded...

Exellent work!

hello everyone. Daniel Olofsson from Sweden here. I've been sniffin around for some time now here at earlybay. I've just registered, and posting here just might improve my english... (please feel free to correct me if I express myself in a clumsy way). I have a 1970 bus. It looks like this...