68 torvette olive

[68_early_bay]

still trying to find some resto pics
i thought these might be of some interest though
pretty much a full service history

MOT certs from 1971 to present day

trying to make this out,its the first 6000 mile service

heres one from 71 with new money

You've gotta love a bus with this kind of history 8) 8)

And £6.50 for a service and 92p for oil bargain :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[the irv]

That resto work looks very familiar, mine was dodgy in all those areas ( and more ) :roll: .

its that worthing sea air mate

You've gotta love a bus with this kind of history 8) 8)

And £6.50 for a service and 92p for oil bargain :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

how times have changed :mrgreen:
i'll try and dig out the receipt for the remtec engine (back in the 80's) see how much that is

 

[bananacustard]

its that worthing sea air mate

It was rot well before it came to Worthing, 14 previous careless owners and all their bodges including, unbelievably one rusty front clip stuck on top of another even rustier front clip with blobs of weld and filler, all hidden under some fine sculpture work and some shiny yellow paint :roll: .

 

[joaonar]

(...)

Hello the-irv.
If I may ask you ( ), do your tires rub on the bus?
cheers.
João

 

[the irv]

its that worthing sea air mate

It was rot well before it came to Worthing, 14 previous careless owners and all their bodges including, unbelievably one rusty front clip stuck on top of another even rustier front clip with blobs of weld and filler, all hidden under some fine sculpture work and some shiny yellow paint :roll: .

exactly the same as both my front arches just tacked over the originals :?


hi João,they rub a bit tell the truth but i have got a 2" narrow beam so its not too bad
on full lock. I am running GAZ adjustable shocks so there is room to set it up a bit
the 165/65/15 gives a sidewall slightly larger than 175/55/15 which is popular.
i think if i ran them i'd get no rubbing at all
hope that helps

 

[joaonar]

thanks the-irv.
It helped a lot ... and if possible, can you tell me how you dropped your bus? Sorry for bothering...

 

[the irv]

thanks the-irv.
It helped a lot ... and if possible, can you tell me how you dropped your bus? Sorry for bothering...

sure mate,cb performance beam (2" narrow)
transporterhaus king and link pin dropped spindles
creative adjustable spring plates on the back......
beam is on it's highest setting it could go a lot lower

 

[joaonar]

once again, thanks for the info the-irv
cheers from Portugal.
João.
8)

 

[nicko_1982]

(...)

Hello the-irv.
If I may ask you ( ), do your tires rub on the bus?
cheers.
João

Who do you get to the the white walls on the wheels? they look mint

 

[Turnerw]

This is a lovely example Of a van, how low have you gone, and what size tyres/ rims are on her??

 

[lobie]

i've been on here a while never had my own thread
so i thought i'd finally put some pics up.
this is how she is now..

i'm looking for some photos of how she was/through the last 4 years when i find them i'll post some more

what the sticker on the sliding door say?

 

[the irv]

Who do you get to the the white walls on the wheels? they look mint

they were originally done by a bloke in essex but to tell the truth they didn't last long

the other half quite liked them because they went brown,(my fault,your supposed to put some milage on them before striping,somithing to do with oil in the rubber)
anyways i decided to do them again and i pretty much copied this.....

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469930" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
hope that helps.

This is a lovely example Of a van, how low have you gone, and what size tyres/ rims are on her??

using the earlybay/wheel arch measuring method.....front 56cm,rear 45.5cm,its not "slammed"
the wheels are splitty 15"(i like to keep it old school),165/65/15 fronts and 185/65/15 rears

what the sticker on the sliding door say?

its the devon door badge mate,a bit like the caravette one but not made of metal

 

[surfbus]

Thats a good looking bay!

 

[the irv]

cheers mate

 

[the irv]

i thought i'd stick a couple of pics up of what i'd been doing today,i've been trying to work out what to do with one of chris's (aspro) superb tachos.
i came up with this......



i'm lucky enough to have a clock so it was a bit of a compromise,i was going to mount it on the dash but to me it didn't look right so underneath it went....



it was made from a "JML cheese grater thing" i cut it up and sprayed it mat black (inspiration from sparkywig)

 

[Dave.P]

Love everything about your bus !
:mrgreen:

 

[aogrady]

Hi,

Love your bus! Nice tacho placement, sits very well there!

Keep the pictures coming! Top job!

Cheers,

Alistair

 

[the irv]

thanks :mrgreen:

 

[Grazy]

One of my favourites ! 8)

 

[the irv]

One of my favourites ! 8)

i can honestly say the same about yours mate,iconic bus