Andyo11's 1969 Kombi - Shortys Old Bus

[Shorty]

I'm genuinely pleased with it... All this stuff I'm 'having a go at' I've never done before, so it's nice when it goes well..

 

[aspro]

Top job there Carl. Hats off to you for having a go. So when's this beast on the road?

 

[Shorty]

Top job there Carl. Hats off to you for having a go. So when's this beast on the road?

I haven't got a particular date in mind, I'm just doing what I can when I can, time and money allowing.. Hoping to MOT in October... We'll see eh!

 

[john the horse]

Just needs a nice interior now to finish it off :lol:

you have pm

 

[Shorty]

Had a productive evening this evening.. I made my own ply flooring (made from plans from here: http://www.eeza.co.uk/Camper/Westyfloor.zip" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false, 2 plys - 1x9mm, 1x6mm

Before:

After:

Top ply is bowing a little at the moment, this is just from where I had it leaning up against the wall in my garage for the past 2 weeks.. It should sort itself out.. I will put an edging strip on anyway once I decide what to put over the top of the ply..

 

[Shorty]

a little more progress to report, I fitted the rear lights back in....

the reverse lights are OG and went straight in taking just moments to fit.. the main lights are repro, fitted purely to pass an MOT and will be removed straight after.. I'll spare the supplier by not saying who they are, but these lights are disgusting. The quality, reproduction of the original, fit, finish - every aspect of them is frankly ****. They don't even fit together as a supplied unit...

Anyway, here's my evenings work:

Before:

After:

and a close up of the offending article: ****, absolutely ****. These will be gone ASAP!

 

[Shorty]

Work continues!

The Rusty Lee RnR bed is now fitted along with new securon rear seat belts for the little people:

And I fitted new engine bay seals too this evening:

I wanted to change the petrol tank filler pipe too this evening, but given the difference in length between the existing and the new pipe I've left this till another day until I get confirmation that I've been sent the right part:

 

[*Sam*]

Nice work bud that engine bay look clean.

 

[Shorty]

Cheers *Sam*

 

[Shorty]

So, after fitting a new hose (I returned the one shown about and sourced a different one from outside the VW scene) and installing the freshly powder coated firewall, I think I can say the engine bay is just about finished (at long last!!!)

Before:

Now:

New fuel filler hose installed:

It's a silicon hose with a flouro-carbon lining to make it suitable for contact with fuel and oil

 

[aspro]

Very nice Carl. 8) Looks great.

Amazing what can be achieved with some elbow grease and rattle cans.

 

[68_early_bay]

8)

 

[Shorty]

Twin Dell 36's re-jetted and fitted with a CB Performance offset manifold kit:

 

[Shorty]

Don't you always find that the obvious becomes apparent just after you realise you've cocked something up! :roll: :lol:

I'll be doing the hex bar linkage again and properly tonight then!

 

[Shorty]

sorted now! CB performance Hex bar linkage and coil installed this evening..

Clutch is tomorrow's job.. I've had too much cider now! :beerchug:

 

[Shorty]

Today I fitted my clutch after watching a couple of really helpful (if you've never done it before) YouTube clips:

http://youtu.be/MtOMR0-T45c

http://youtu.be/arvPBz7gW2o

And here is the result!

I also cleaned the the inside of the gearbox bell housing, this was REALLY dirty, partially through 44 years of grime build up, plus I think a lot of crud got in the when my bus was transported around at the start of the year going to Slamwerks and Bromsgrove Auto Trimmers on the back of a wagon.

nice and clean now though!

 

[Shorty]

Reverted back to all red lenses as VWOA meant it to be!

 

[Shorty]

I have a big smile on my face right now!

Engine installed this evening with help from Clockwork.

 

[aogrady]

Hi!

Looking really nice, engine looks very smart!

Cheers,

Alistair

 

[Shorty]

Hi!

Looking really nice, engine looks very smart!

Cheers,

Alistair

Thank you