1972 Crewcab

[Bearmountain]

Hello everyone !
Andy here from Sweden and here is my double cab bay

From the beginning:

Just a few pics from the restoration:

To the final result:

Photo by Joel Ericsson

Photo: Mattias Färnstrand

The restoration took about 2,5 years 3 days a week.

Regards/
Andy

 

[gas1man]

Nice work on the bus and love the cycle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J & P

 

[Bearmountain]

Nice work on the bus and love the cycle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J & P

Thx dude !
Yes but the bike is not finished yet.

 

[Lee C]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!
That is COOL 8) 8) 8) 8)

 

[Humphrey]

Wow! Mate that is awesome! Such a rare and desirable bus! Well done man.


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[009]

Beautiful!
I especially love the rag top sunroof. Where did you get that from? Was it custom made for your bus or is it off something else?
Crewcabs are quite simply the coolest, most practical vehicles ever made IMHO.
Love it
DON

 

[Bay Cruiser]

like post above, Love the rag top! :lol: 8)

 

[Bearmountain]

Beautiful!
I especially love the rag top sunroof. Where did you get that from? Was it custom made for your bus or is it off something else?
Crewcabs are quite simply the coolest, most practical vehicles ever made IMHO.
Love it
DON

Thx ! It´s from a renault twingo.
Yes the DC is really good to pack stuff and take your whole family with you

 

[Bay Cruiser]

the renault ragtops are populair,
some former guys from my old lupo club build them on a lupo aswell :lol:
anyways awesome mod!

 

[009]

can you buy a ragtop "kit" then?
DON

 

[DubBGood2Me]

Very cool !!!!!!!!!

Lots of inspiration for my crewcab. Top work.

BTW, did you just roll the bus onto its side for the welding :shock: ?? Can't see any rollover type frame on the pics?

 

[Bearmountain]

can you buy a ragtop "kit" then?
DON

I bought my ragtop on ebay.

 

[Bearmountain]

Very cool !!!!!!!!!

Lots of inspiration for my crewcab. Top work.

BTW, did you just roll the bus onto its side for the welding :shock: ?? Can't see any rollover type frame on the pics?

4 dudes one bay.. and some tires !

Just took the jack to the highest and then lift with your dudes until you get to the point when the truck will fall over
3 guys run to the other side to slowly take it down.

 

[CHILDSEY]

Nice restoration.
Van looks great 8)

 

[Syncronaut]

Great stuff Always cool to see a car from a fellow Scandinavian

Did you fabricate the panels yourself (I am thinking about the sill and side panels from the fab pictures)? If not, do you have a good Swedish panel fab source?

 

[Bearmountain]

Great stuff Always cool to see a car from a fellow Scandinavian

Did you fabricate the panels yourself (I am thinking about the sill and side panels from the fab pictures)? If not, do you have a good Swedish panel fab source?

Thx !

It's kind of hard to find panelsheets for the crewcabs I believe.
I had a friend who works with car panels and fix the panels to me.
Outherwise you can find panels for buses easily and modify them.

/Andy

 

[tyg]

What is the front axle setup? First disc brake but now drums? narrowed?
early 15" splitscreen rims?

Jättebra DC .

 

[StuF]

Love the colour!
Very 8) bus!

 

[Bearmountain]

What is the front axle setup? First disc brake but now drums? narrowed?
early 15" splitscreen rims?

Jättebra DC .

The front axel is modify and moved up 174.8mm so the upper torsiontube gose in the cabine...

.. and yes it's narrowed about 100mm

I removed the discbrake and the small 5 bult setup to have the older look on the pickup with the wide 5 !
Yes it's 15" rims !

/Andy

 

[Bearmountain]

Love the colour!
Very 8) bus!

Thx StuF !
I like it to.... oldmans grey !
(lichtgrau L345)