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I'm looking at £1500- 2000 or less. For that money I expect an absolute disaster area with maybe no doors, interior, engine but with loads of rust. All I need is a nasty shell that in theory is repairable. I dont mind replacing roofs, floors, fronts etc. I just need to get back into bay...

Hi all After a few years enforced baylessness I am trying to get back into bay ownership. I've had one late and two earlies before, followed by a year or two with a T4 Caravelle. The T4 was reliable, practical but basically a soulless lump of plastic. The wife is less than happy about me blowing...

Looking good Ernie. When are the bumpers and overriders going on? And I never doubted for one second that the screen wouldn't fit...........;-)

Cmon Ernie lets see the girl in paint...

Lookin good Ernie, no doubt she will soon be in paint. What colour are you going for? Have you got a date in mind for her first trip to Gib?

You'll be thinking of paint soon... any colour ideas?

It drives? Well done Ernie, off to Gib in it this summer then? The photobucket thing is easy. Go to your album in photobucket, and under the pic you want to use, you will see an IMG code. Copy the code, and paste it into your reply on your thread in early bay. You can always preview your post...

Go for it Ernie, I'm glad she's in such good hands. Although I'm kinda liking my T4, I took the dog for a walk the other day and found a very rusty 1970 microbus in a farmyard.......

Good to see you getting back onto it mate. Garage looks a lot tidier since last time I saw it :-)

Hi again, big push now to get the bus road legal. I still have to finish the front, put an engine in, fix the front brakes and replace the battery tray. I have been having a good go at the front and now fancied a change, so I am having a shot at replacing the battery tray. It seems to be normal...

Got some new tips for the welder, so pressed on despite the lurgy. Finished the windscreen pillars and flange (fnaaar) and the a-pillar fold. I spot welded the indicator plates over the high level holes that I'll not be using, and welded up the gap between the bottom of the airbox hole and new...

There was a little distortion, but to tell the truth I think I hurried the welding. I've seen some other panels that have had the badge bulge removed and there has been very little distortion. I am in two minds as to leave the bulge on and cover it with a spare wheel mount, although I know its a...

I've been doing the front panel on mine, take a look at http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23031" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. The front panels available can vary slightly in width; I am on my second replacement as the first one I fitted needed widening. I pulled it...

Its been a while... had the lurgy over New Year but finally fit enough to get in the garage. I spent a good while checking the fit of the new front before tacking it into the windscreen pillars. Then I started to lay the fold over round the A post. Next job was to finish weld the pillar joins; a...

The second panel came from Vw Heritage. However, I'm not convinced that the original producer of the panel is different. I've heard from a few people who have noticed a variation in size of these things.

I've had no end of trouble with the last front panel I fitted to this van, not least it needed widening by about 5mm each side; coupled with the misaligned screen aperture I just wasn't happy with it and so I ripped it all off and started again. I prepared a new front panel, sat it in position...

No going back now! Sorry about the poor pic. I laid on some masking tape and put some datum points at the top and bottom of the screen hole. As I suspected, the heights of the windscreen ledge varied from one side to the other. The offside was 5mm higher than the nearside. The screen was a good...

Hi Rob Just been to do some work on my van but unable to get any decent pics of the inside as it is crammed full of bits while I redo my front panel. you might like to take a look at http://www.rivieraregistry.com/index.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It doesnt get used much...

Here's an example of my extreme cack-handedness: Because I didn't double check the panel fit in the screen area, I was left with a bit of a gap under the nearside lower edge of the screen, plus a too-small windscreen hole on the offside. The brown stuff is the remains of some parcel tape I...

Hi Rob Its gusting 55mph in a blizzard outside right now... might be a tick before I can get out to the garage to get some more interior pics. Might be later tonight if thats ok. Ta, Nick