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General 1969 VW Early Bay Rust Free Californian import, with one Californian owner before us. Comes with a file containing stacks of history and receipts Tax free Long MOT Exterior All original panels *with the exception of Windscreen scuttle replacement. Underside & Chassis has been stripped...

Hi All Hoping someone local can help - we've got our bus on drop spindles and adjustable spring plates and have just had a scooby engine fitted by Fellows Speed... Problem is, with the new engine\exhaust setup, now there's only approx 6cm clearance at the back and our normal MOT places near us...

Follow the link for details - it takes you to the Beetle page, but it is the same exhaust for Beetle, Split and Bay. http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Exhaust-SQP-Big-bore-EMPI-T1-1300-1600-T2-7-10-AC2513312_act_shop.product_pID_109169_lang_EN_country_GB.htm?crumbStartPage=1"...

I've tried searching for threads on this but as the search engine won't search for the word "engine" it makes life a little hard! We are looking to replace the engine in our '69 tin top. Have about £5k to spend. Hubby can't decide whether to go with a VW twin carb option, or a Subaru one or...

Hello Hubby has just informed me that he has some cash to splash and he's looking at upgrading the bus engine with Dellorto carbs (and presumably all the other gubbins required for these). He has asked me to post on here to find out if there's anyone reputable in the midlands (preferably East...

Just had Slamwerks dropped spindles and rear adjustable plates fitted to our bus. Really looks the nuts! Trouble is, hubby says even with just his weight in there, when driving the bus home the front tyres are rubbing when going over bumps and going round tight bends. Tyres fitted by Slamwerks...

Pleeeeaasse :mrgreen: Even better would be if the bay was neptune blue, but any colour bay with white empi's will be a start - I've searched google with very little success so far.... Thanks

Going to buy some alloys for our '69 Neptune Blue OG paint tin top. Have to get them this week because need new tyres for MOT. Torn between fuchs and empis. White Empi 5's are currently £225 a set from MWS - I read loads of people say steer clear of MWS but was wondering why? Can someone let...

Looking for a single pane rear side window... Hope that makes sense - currently have one with an opening quarter light but it leaks, even with a new seal :(

Hi Can anyone tell me if this is an early bay or later front headlamp please? If you need pics of a specific part of the light, please let me know. These are what I have for now. We need to replace them and we don't know what we should be buying! The only other thing I have been told to add is...

... In the JPG of the Zig CF9 below what does the 10amp bypass wiring achieve..? Does it aid in mains charging..? or just allow usage of both batteries without switching... Currently Zig appears to charge the Car Battery at +14v when on mains but not the leisure battery ? ... Separate...

We have bought new seals to completely renovate our louvre windows. What's the best product to use to polish the aluminium and once that's completed, to seal it after? Thanks

We want to buy some new alloys for our van. Currently it's at stock ride height on stock wheels (although not wide fives as we have disks on the front) At some point we are probably going to drop the front by about 3.5" using drop spindles and 1 spline on the rear. I think I'm right in saying...

A weird title, but I didn't know how else to put it! See pic: You see the little plastic bung in the floor pan here - my hubby wants to know if he removes this, will he find a box section under there? If so, he wants to put some waxoyl in there..... There appear to be a few around the bus...

My husband has just asked me to ask this question. As he's not usually a complete numpty I assume he's looked at what's on there and can't tell.... So, are there any tell-tale signs to distinguish which distributor we have? Our bus is a '69 cali import... 1600 refurb engine fitted in the...

Anyone heard of these guys? They do roof racks. I'm looking for 6 bow full length rack for my EB and came across their site, I emailed them but got an undeliverable message back saying the mailbox was over it's quota.... Guess I should not take it further, but just wondered if anyone knew...

Hi We're having a new full length headliner fitted to our bus in a few weeks, but we found that we only have the headliner grip rod around the cab area, nothing in the rear at all. We're having the headliner only to the top of the windows, not all the way down the window reveals so I asked the...

Hi Need CV joints and boots replacing on our 68 bus, but our local garage won't touch it because it's so old. Hubby would do it, but he can't get it all apart! Can anyone recommend a garage in the Leicester\Hinckley area that is good with early bays? Also, we need a new headliner fitting -...

Hi As above really. Please can someone measure from the bulkhead to a fully extended full width rock and roll bed? If beds are different lengths depending on make, I think we're looking at VW Heritage or Bluebird (or Rusty Lee but I haven't approached him yet...) Thanks

Need help with a few decisions so I thought I'd start a thread for my bus "resto". It's not really a resto, not at this point, because it doesn't really need any massive work. I want to keep it's patina for now, maybe with the view to full respray at a later date. But I kinda like it's current...