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  1. baron

    Hello again, and goodbye : ( I'm selling up

    Dear forum friends, it's not you, its me... I've fallen for a Belgian Eriba and am selling up and bailing out (see the for sale board) I'll be sad to say goodbye, we've had some great times together particularly the Deluxe lineup I pulled together for Vanfest 2007 and all the times at Stanford...
  2. baron

    Amazing 69 deluxe w 1776 & complete running gear overhaul

    Hey guys, long time no see! This is one of those 'cant believe I'm selling' posts :cry: My van was meant to be a keeper. In the 15 years I've owned it I've taken a solid original stock deluxe to the perfect mix of custom cool, amazing driving and comfy camping. Its an outstanding, rock...
  3. baron

    White powder coated stock 14inch rims w whitewalls & caps

    These are in great condition, and are a full set, including spare. Bolt straight on and get whitewall style. Removed from my van couple of months ago to fit 15 inch rims. Had them powder coated fresh about 10 years ago. Couple of slight scrapes since, but nowt serious, see the pics. Rims are...
  4. baron

    Set of brand new whitewalls for 15inch rims

    A combo set of brand new whitewalls to fit stock or mildly lowered van on 15 in rims. Grab yourself a bargain, there's £520 of tyres here, get them for half price. For the front: 165/80R15 American Classic 3/4" Whitewall...
  5. baron

    Wagenswest 2.5" dropped spindles

    I am selling a pair of used Wagenswest 2.5" dropped spindles, as I have upgraded all the suspension on my van (along with seemingly everything else!) I'm after £200 for these, they were about £350 new and I've done 4000 miles on them since They fit straight onto a stock van and give a nice...
  6. baron

    Mooneyes speedmaster x4brand new, boxed, half price!

    I really wish I didn't have to post this, but I have to sell my brand new set of the best wheels in the world (IMHO) These Mooneyes Speedmasters are mag grey with polished rims, 15" x 5 205 pcd ET+13mm They are brand new and still in their shower caps in the box Each comes with centre cap...
  7. baron

    mmmm... shiny rack ladder

    if you've got a rack, bet you're fed up climbing ontop of wobbly camping furniture to put stuff up there and take it down again, i certainly am so i bought myself a shiny rack from custom & commercial in their olympic sale (amusingly, the image is upside down on their site!) it's always good...
  8. baron

    Can't fit my new rims, gutted, any advice?

    Hey guys, I've been spending the last of my redundancy money, going through the running gear on my van Last on the job is disc brakes & 15 inch alloys So I bought some brand new mooneyes speedmasters, a rim I have been after for about 10 years Trouble is, they wont fit under the rear...
  9. baron

    front suspension advice needed

    hey guys, long time! I just fitted my bus with a BRAND NEW 1776 from VW hertitage, and had cogbox rebuild my box with higher final gearing. its totally changed the bus, a delight to drive around town and on the motorway. you've already spotted the flaw in my plan though haven't you... it's...
  10. baron

    Gearbox upgrade in 69

    Hello strangers! So, I'm looking at upgrading the box in my 69, but told the gearbox mount limits my options to reworking my existing box. But I know lots of you are running 5 rib boxes etc U guys know the score, please fill me in on options
  11. baron

    EB videos

    So, anyone seen any GREAT videos of EB's on the web? I spend half my life on youtube but there dont seem to be much quality in the way of videos on there. Watching the first 20 seconds of the video embedded here...
  12. baron

    3 minute supervan

    I'm sure we'd all agreed, we're no match for the supervan GQblh6veP9M :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
  13. baron

    Forum rules?

    I'm a good boy, so tried clicking on the Forum Rules, but got an error So what are they, can we make our own up?! ;)
  14. baron

    EB forum is teh bestest

    Once again I'm gobsmacked by the helpful nature of folk on the forum I posted a while back asking for decent quality repro wing mirrors, and in no time at all Steve92 has offered me one for free Met up yesterday and swapped mirror for a couple of beers. Jobs a good un Love this place. I'm not...
  15. baron

    cleaning off ingrained roof grime

    I finally got the extension on the house to put the van in :mrgreen: so I gave it a good clean as it's been hiding under a tree for a good year and the roof was flithy but there's some ingrained stuff I just cant remove, short of running it off with my fingernail any tips on cleaning...
  16. baron

    The Foose subtle custom split

    Just having a lunchtime squizz at the Oldbug.com, and noticed a split for sale for $110,000!!! Which did the job of sucking me in, and have to say I'm really impressed with what i saw, customisation, but so as you would barely notice it. Much as it would usually pain me to post on here about a...
  17. baron

    who sells original wing mirrors

    some muppet smashed off my right hand wing mirror a while back by driving down the middle of the road, I wouldnt mind so much but i have a LHD and my little lad was in his car seat on the side that nearly got hit :evil: anyways, i need a replacement, who sells original quality? I got one...
  18. baron

    Is this a good offset wheel combo

    I've never entirely understood offsets, but is a set of 5.5 15inch wheels with an ET of +21 a good combo for a mildly lowered EB (2.5 drop @ front, one spline @ rear)
  19. baron

    Soft alloy rivets – as used in Creative Westy repo roofracks

    I’m hoping someone can help me with this query. I’m looking for one soft aluminium rivet, as used on the Creative Engineering westy repro roofracks. Afraid I don’t know the exact size, though diameter is about 1/8 inch and length just over 1 inch. I have searched the web and hardware...
  20. baron

    lets talk about friges....

    ok, so I would apperciate your views on fridges in your vans, as I'm wondering what my options are for replacing the one I have. It's a campigaz one, like this: http://www.camping-online.co.uk/camping-fridges/12v-electric-cool-boxes-coolers/campingaz-36lt-classic-free-mains-converter.html it's...
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