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    Parts For Sale Early bay nose badges / emblems

    I have two different 10" 68-72 nose badges for sale. Neither have pins on their rear, so will need sticking on, or use for deco elsewhere. £25 each. UK postage is probably another £4 for 2nd class or tracked 48. First is a stainless repro, was fitted to my bus for last 3 years prior to fitting...
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    Westy Canvas

    Pretty sure C&C rubbers have cost us a windscreen base repair at some point. I know the PO & It was photographed rust free around there when bare-metalled before repaint & new seals were fitted before I bought the bus, then 6 months later paint started to blow in what had been a rot free panel...
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    Cab door window glass referb - Now window wont lower

    As well as silicon spray I used to rub a wax crayon, or a skinny birthday candle to put a waxy coating onto felt and rubber surfaces for when my windows were sticking.
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    Front badge hole location, measurements?

    I finally got our NOS nose badge fitted, with measurement help from @mike202 I drew a template on CAD, covered it in clear tape to make it more robust, then i folded the top edge to rest into the air box lower edge, masking taped it on centreline. It must have been close as my pilot drill hit...
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    US turn signal / running lights question

    I finally got around to wiring up our dual filament 21w/5w indicator bulbs to work as running lights. I wanted to run these without needing to have the headlamps lit, so found an unused live under my dash, & have put this through a dash switch so i can turn them off if i need. Fresh Hella lenses...
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    Glad to be here

    Hello Justin, Hope you get to make the most of your bus. Failures are part of the charm, keeps your hand in and your mind working.
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    Vehicle For Sale 1968 Bay window T2 Dreamy

    It must have been 1989 when i first went to Wales (as a kid in our 1979 Devon Moonraker, remember it already being full of rust at 10yrs since new) & saw those beige VWs at that house. He had an early bay tintop, & one or maybe two beetles 1968 or 69. All looked a similar shade of beige, all...
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    Vehicle For Sale 1968 Bay window T2 Dreamy

    Pics defo look more like Beddgelert than Jarrow (in your profile location);). Lucky you moving there. Does the guy who lives at "Bedw Arian" still have his beige 68 Beetle & early bay bus?
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    1975 Panel Restoration/Build Camper

    Hi Michael, Try this link below. Somebodies Flickr photo of it static at the kids farm near me.
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    New member from York

    Hi & welcome from me. The aged paintwork looks great, & is such a good colour. Interior sounds intriguing. I'd like to see how it looks now before you pull it apart. The motor in our '70 bus also has a fair bit endfloat, so i take it easy & anticipate replacing it when i can, for something...
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    1975 Panel Restoration/Build Camper

    There used to be one of these Swedish railcars exactly like that at a kids farm near us about 20yrs ago. Used & abused as a cafe seating area but now back in use on the Nene valley railway thankfully. The colour looks well on your bay van, well done. Personally I’d not do that lower black strip...
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    Merry Chrimbo

    Best wishes to everyone on here from me. Yet again I didn’t win anything on Hayburners latest comps drawn today, this time trying for a bug tech bus shifter, so thats another part to go onto my list of VW presents to get myself.
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    Emergency box

    I thought i was on Just Kampers site for a moment there. Thats a very comprehensive set of spares. No doubt built from experience. Spare electrical wire & crocodile connectors are also useful to have. Doing Bugjam 89 we broke down on the way home. Bus coughed a few times on the way there...
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    Emergency box

    It’s been drummed into me from working on VWs since aged about 12 to always chock beneath a vehicle. If nothing else is handy, the wheel you just took off is better than nothing else as others have said. I got a few pieces of cut down railway sleepers, and coach-screwed metal handles onto their...
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    Emergency box

    Is that not normal?…. No lie, it was on my list, if I could work out somewhere I can stash it. First choice would be under the back seat but I have an amp & speakers under there. I considered any cable or brake related failures would involve me getting underneath to sort it. It’s too low to...
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    Emergency box

    I better get my act together, seeing how prepared you all are is giving me anxiety. I've got most of those bits in peoples lists put here or there, but not kept in the bus apart from fanbelt, oil, starter fluid, fuses, test lamp, tools. This will get me into action. Conscious of it not becoming...
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    Winter storage

    A good dose of rain last week seemed to wash our roads free from salt briefly. The roads were bone dry Friday after work, but the big storm was about to land so i made a quick mile dash to the garage to fill right up with E5, plus some Lucas safeguard. Hopefully will keep the tank protected from...
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    Winter work thread

    Out of curiosity, i checked my CSP drums sat under my desk. Mine are both Ø71.5mm for that same measurement, so a bit of manufacturing variation seen here. Good to know i can skim down a touch more if needed.
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    My 71 Bay

    Thats a great looking bus you've turned out. I really like how it looked in the "before" images too.
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    1970 San Francisco westfalia resto

    Thanks for that.
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