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Thats great cheers I will order an early mount so.

Can anyone tell me if its possible to fit a late bay gearbox in an early bay? Cheers Riggsi

Twas safe enough,I was swinging out of if to make sure before I got under it.I will be getting it up on my mates lift to baremetal and paint the underside but this worked fine for welding the sills.

Its a double skinned sunroof shell will get a few pics for you but It has the mounting place for the sunroof winder if thats what your wondering and the bus was shipped directly to Bahrain from the factory in 1970 so I dont know if it qualifies as a european bus.

I am using gassless flux cored wire so it looks messy and I am spending a fortune on flappy disks,Its a false economy really I need to splash out on a bottle of gas.

I got these JK rear wheel arch closing panels that were marked as 68-79 but they were too short,when I said it to the supplier he told me their was no difference between early and late wheel arch tubs? So I made some out of 1.8mm steel.

Making good progress on the bus over the last couple of months and I am on schedeul to start painting after christmas :D I havent found any dodgy repairs so far so it has been great to work on.

I got these JK pear splash panels but they dont seem to fit.the sticker on them says 68-79 but they are about 2" too short. Has anyone had this problem or am I doing somthing wrong?

"loads of small villages to stop in to get but shit or have a pint" Sounds good,not sure about the but shit though Deckie. :D

I've been cutting rotten panels off the bus all week and I managed to sell my Ghia tonight so hopefully I will have some new panels next week and can get started on this.

You must know Caddy so,I am picking up another westy from Dave this weekend for parts.

Yeah just outside Dublin

only if I can find a matching 8 track player :D

Yeah I will be doing all the work myself and hope to take our first trip in it next easter,Its not that bad really the underneath is totally solid with just a bit of surface rust.

I have been driving aircooleds for 12 years now and have had 2 beetles a squareback,notchback and a ghia but I picked up my first bay at the weekend.Its a 1970 westy that started its life in Oman then moved to Ireland in 1979.I bought it without any interior,gearbox,engine and missing some glass...