1968 Roadrunner

[faux]

Some great work going into this, good find! 8)

 

[squareweave]

Nice work. I absolutely love it. Nice to see a non Westy hardtop camper! Keep the pictures coming. That camper interior is so 60's!!

 

[Bryan67]

The latest. Its almost ready for some spooting in of the Lotus White.

 

[Bryan67]

I went to see it today and the bodywork is done and looks great! Tomorrow a test spray of the paint to check the match and if it looks good it should done this week!

 

[Bryan67]

Picked it up from the paint guy finally. it came out really nice. The paintmatch is almost perfect. I don`t think I would ever know if I didn`t know. Only problem now is I`m broke. Better sell something.

 

[issit]

:shock: that looks sweet fella top work

 

[squareweave]

Any updates? Love this van.

 

[Bryan67]

Been trying to get it back together. I had someone come out to put in a new windshield which was a good idea since they cracked the first oneand had to cover the cost of the second. That took about a week. had the dashtop powder coated, fixed the speedo, found a nice dashpad too. Worst thing is, and this seems to be the case with every painter I have ever dealt with, is overspray over the whole Bus! Why can`t they just mask things off? I spent days reviving original paint back to its smooth glossiness and now its covered in overspray! I still have to recompound the roof and somehow clean it off the powder coated engine tin. Other than that All thats left is a wheel alignment, respray the wheels and mount the back bumper. Oh, and disassemble and clean the camping area but that can wait awhile. I`ll post some pics later.

 

[Bryan67]

Some pics.

 

[squareweave]

Updates?

 

[Bryan67]

Not much to see. Been changing window rubber a little at a time. Took the closet and icebox to do so and thinking about leaving them out. If I do I`ll make the bed full width and build a second jumpseat in place of the icebox. I did manage to clean and rebuild the slider. New seal too.

 

[Bryan67]

Took some pictures yesterday. I`m now collecting parts to do the lowering thing soon.

 

[gingerporsche]

Very nice bus you have their dude
Cheers
Wilf

 

[CHILDSEY]

Top work mate, looking so much better.
Now get her lowered
Cheers Paul.

 

[Bryan67]

Thanks. I`m working on the lowered thing. In the meantime my friend cooked this up for inspiration.

 

[Bryan67]

3.25 inch drop plates installed today. Front end is next. I have a new set of Flat Four 5 spokes and 185/55`s and 205/65`s but I don`t think they will fit on the back so I may have to do something else. i am converting to late discs so maybe Gasburners.

 

[davebug]

GORGEOUS,would really suit gas burners too,love it... :shock:

 

[vintage-autohaus]

VERY NICE BUS Love It!!!

 

[Bryan67]

Thanks for the kind words. I`m going to start on the front end this week. As far as wheels go, I have a new set of flat four 5 spokes with 185/55 and 205/65 tires. I am planning on running them with adapters on the front discs but So far cannot get them on in the back. I stll have to grind off the 3 little bumps and the rear drums but I don`t the 205`s will fit. I haven`t tried very hard though. Maybe if I let the air out? has anyone here managed to run these? I was saving them for my 65 Panel project but that is way off so I wanted to use them if possible.

 

[srfndoc]

I run 205/65/15's on the rear with 3.25" horseshoe plates with no problem. The key is the offset
of the rim as I run bus split 15's. It's tough to find an aftermarket rim with the same offset as the stock
split 15" rims.