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Personally I wouldn't bother with the shims on rebuild. I'm sure most of us have engines without dished pistons and no barrel shim (almost all recon's are that way anyway) The compression ratio even with the non dished pistons is very low and its one of the reasons that VW's were so popular in...

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Full 13 piece Deluxe trim set from Wolfsburg West in USA . Brand new, unopened in the original package Set includes all mounting clips and screws Ideal if you want the original deluxe polished alloy trim look, or original trim is getting tatty. Will fit both RHD and LHD Cost over £200 new...

Basic roller was bought off ebay , but crossbar linking two rollers together was an upgrade I made to stop the whole thing trying to twist. I also added the support legs that bolt on the bumper mounts. Made it one heck of a lot easier and safer to jack up.

I took engine and gearbox out to reduce weight , removed battery and covered over the brake fluid reservoir. If I was doing it again I would probably not bother with removing the gearbox. I also felt much happier with the supporting legs that you can see in the picture

Complete tintop roof from a 72 bus. Will fit all early bays from the vents up. Roof is pretty much rust free and would suit someone needing gutter repair sections :) or a complete roof transplant :shock: £100 but you need to collect it (Southampton area)

Personally I have a stock setup , dual ICT's and Dellorto 36's in my current busses Dual ICT's will give you a bit more go and about 2 - 3 MPG more in my experience. I wouldn't hestitate to recommend them for a stock 1600 The Dellorto 36's are lovely carbs and my favourites, but I do have a...

When I'm not messing about with the busses, I pretend to be the Technical Director for an Aerospace engineering business. Its actually quite good fun, but would be better to have a little more spare time. :)

Odd how people post on a public chat forum and then find alternative views so unacceptable that they have to get personal. If you can't see the irony in driving a gas guzzling VW to protest about fuel prices then I suggest a deep breath and a little more sense of humour is required. :roll:

Can't help thinking there is nothing to protest about here. Demand for oil is increasing, but stocks are finite so prices will inevitably rise. As for the government tax, its always possible to create enough political pressure that fuel duty will be reduced, but at the end of the day if we...

Couple of photo's of the earlybay line up. Good to meet everyone

Mine 21 years of ownership - first show :shock:

Guess it depends on the design of the roller frame , but I needed at least 2ft more than the height of the van.

Its the back end of a splitscreen doublecab. Front end is visible in my avatar. Interesting history on that one as its featured on US TV in a seriies called Mythbusters. It was owned by one of the presenters an used in a lot of the early serries in the filming. Not many people have seen the...

Thing that made it safer was the supporting legs clamped to the bumber mountings points on the chassis. Using these it could only ever fall back about 6 inches as I was jacking it up ( and up and up and up.... ) Was actually scapping the bus in the photo's. It really was beyong saving (and...

After a year of owning the kit I finally plucked up the courage to roll one of the busses Was less traumatic than expected and certainly gave the neighbours something to talk about :lol:

Chandlers Ford just north of Southampton me Cruise could be fun

will be staying at vic farm. Will be bringing splitscreen doublecab and 72 early bay crossover to camp in. Would be fun to join early bay line up as we have never done that with the bay before. Amazing how early bay interest is hitting up these days. Almost get as much interest driving my other...

joe sent you a pm let me know if u are interested as ihave got a couple of other people interested andy

Mine can be confusing when people meet me as my real name's Andy and i'm normal proportions Sid came from Sidney which was a name that got given to my 72 bus many many years ago which evolved into Big Sid At that moment when I first had to chose a name on a forum it was hard to be witty /...