1972 Crossover Dormobile - Full Restoration Work In Progress

[Haveacamper]

well the doors are off, and shorlty be up for sale. the windscreen is out and the two windows on drivers side are out. this has shown a few "corner cutting" jobs by previous owners. YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!! a mixture of fibreglassing, bad metal plating and filler blobs probably sums it up. more pics to follow soon...

 

[Haveacamper]

so after a long time research and looking which parts i need, my progress is once again on the move.

thanks to jabbo, i purchased this beam from him:

then, after some hassle from vw speed shop sending me **** **** **** quality adjusters for £60 i went to coolair and got a proper pair. last week went up my old mans factory where he was kind enough to weld them on:

zip cut the steering damper bracket off the one tube and moved to the other side (the beam i bought was from a LHD):

then i sent it off to be shotblasted and powder coated. £50 later and half a week went past. and here are the results:

 

[Justin & Muttley]

That looks great - will removing the end plates affect the powdercoating at all?

 

[gninnam]

Well thats red :shock:
Good job by the looks of things :wink:

 

[Haveacamper]

those end plates and just tacked on. was just put there so not to get the powder up inside. i'd prob just be able to pull it off without cutting.

thought i'd go red. you arent going to see it really but like the look i've got with it.

been down to replace the old ones this eve and boy george am i glad i got a replacement.

photos wil follow this w/e.

NaFe

p.s. maybe i'll get my backing plates done red aswell, lol

 

[jabbo]

Good job dude, the beam looks awesome. 8)

 

[Haveacamper]

REMOVAL OF MY OLD BEAM

 

[Loxy]

That floor looks a bit messy, better take a broom down and sweep it up.......

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Nice to see the old beam off - just a bit of patching to do now...

 

[Haveacamper]

A FEW MORE OF PREVIOUS OWNERS WORK AND 35 YEARS OF RUSTING:

A BIT OF CRUSTING AROUND THE FLANGE:

NOTICE THE SILICONE AROUND BY THE SPLINE FLANGE. mmmm...

CLOSE UP OF SOMEONE'S HANDY WORK WITH THE SILICONE GUN:

WITH A LITTLE PRY OF THE SCREWDRIVER A REPAIR PATCH POPPED OFF!!!.... NOTICE ANY SILICONE (that isnt grease)

IF YOU CANT SEE IT, MAYBE A CLOSE UP WILL HELP .....

All in all i'm very glad that i bought the beam from Jabbo's m8 as an impulse purchase. i had a little thought that i may need to replace my existing beam, but that has easily been demonstrated. I'm just glad that i didnt have an accident with the old one in place. Because i'm not too sure whether it would have stayed in place....

 

[Justin & Muttley]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

That is shocking!! :evil:

 

[Haveacamper]

and i was starting to think it was jjust me and loxy being a pair of drama queens.

NaFe

 

[easy]

That beam is not to bad dood, ive seen one removed and then one side fell off! great work on that new one tho, i think you may have started a new trend there 8)

 

[Haveacamper]

Well saturday morning was a very progressive one with the removal of the cab floor ready for the new one to go in (once it arrives). i left a tab around the whole floor as i'm unsure as of yet what exactly the floor consists of.

i used a 1mm disc cutter to zip around the cab and removed the floor in sections. the pivoting pin on the handbrake cable under the floor is somewhat stuck at the moment so we've cut around the handbrake.

just the start of the clean up to see what metal is gd or not so...

as you can see, some places need to be patched up. some of the PO welding is good enough to grind down and be OK. however, any bit that look dubious will be reworked.

the last little bit which is a pig to get off so will wiat for the new floor before doing anything

anyone wanna buy a rust free floor plan. being described as a USED NOS panel. how much do you think??? maybe i'll post back to PO

 

[Chris]

fantastic job you're doing to keep this camper on the road, keep it up

 

[Haveacamper]

well my manifold kit arrived on w/e too so have something to put my carbs on. just missing an engine to put those on hehe. at lewast its a bit of shine to keep me going

 

[Haveacamper]

and here is the evidence....

 

[Haveacamper]

thats a true type 4 lump between the carbs

 

[Loxy]

Is that a dormobile interior in your bedroom as well? :shock:

 

[Trikky2]

Doing a nice job there - looks good. Very interested to see your new interior too. Penultimate picture on page 1 - priceless lol.