Andyo11's 1969 Kombi - Shortys Old Bus

[Shorty]

I collected my engine tinware and firewall from the powder coaters last night... OMG! they're nice! pics to follow!

Ever thought of powder coating your dash top semi gloss black. A friend of mine has his done whenever he builds a bus and they look beauty. Just a thought to keep the bad paint reactions away. Still such a cool bus.

Yeah, in hindsight that would have been good, I painted the dash in-situ, to powder coat I would have had to have taken it out.... It's all good now, I'm very pleased with the end result, it's just the games I had along the way!!!

 

[mr scoops]

Any more updates for us?

 

[Shorty]

Any more updates for us?

Progress over the last few weeks has been slow but steady.. the bodywork is still being detailed, the engine bay is still being stripped back to bare metal (not 100%, just the bits that had some random black stuff - looked like underseal(?) - sprayed in there..).. both these jobs are nearing completion...

The long block components are going to Stateside this friday to be cleaned, tapped for full flow and built up for me... I was going to build the engine myself, but for several reasons I have opted to get an expert on the job...

I've got so many bits n bobs to bolt on now it's untrue! All will be revealed in time....

 

[Shorty]

Here's a pic of the engine bay that I took last night...

It's not finished and ready for paint yet.. STILL got yet more work to do on it..... :roll:

This is how it started...

 

[Shorty]

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[Shorty]

I etch primed the engine bay and rear valance tonight...

 

[Shorty]

Brought my bus home this evening.....

The red bay in this picture belongs to Mark (Howling Wolf!) Lewis... one of only 2 known Early Bay Westfalia Turret tops around! (This one if From Norway)

Shows of the new shine quite nicely....

And now tucked up in my garage at home...

 

[Shorty]

So, I've decided to follow many great wise men and go down the King & Link Pin Beam route..

This beam was very very kindly donated to my project by Jon (aka Faux). It's a pre-64 bea, with Bakelite bushes..

I have just had it sand blasted to clean it up, I am so so pleased with what I found, this beam is in A1 condition under all the grime...

I know plan to fit TransporterHaus, '63 only dropped spindles, beam adjusters, and give it a like of 'Edd China Special' satin black!

 

[Shorty]

Collected and fitted a set of split screen 15" steels this afternoon

 

[the irv]

you can't go wrong with splitty wheels

 

[squareweave]

Love this bus!! keep the updates coming

 

[Harry UK]

Collected and fitted a set of split screen 15" steels this afternoon

Just needs a westy roof and a luck if white paint :msn4:

 

[Shorty]

The pieces of the puzzle are slowly coming together!

Some exciting updates coming in the next few weeks all being well!

 

[Shorty]

Painted the beam last night...

 

[Shorty]

Not much to report really, just a bit of cosmetic rebuilding to keep things interesting... The mechanical work can get tedious, especially when you can't actually see it!!

Today, I redressed internally and externally the drivers door and re attached the reflectors on the near side...

 

[Shorty]

Offered up the louvred windows this evening.. They need cleaning and polishing and the roof lining fitting before I screw them in properly! I just wanted to have a look-see!

 

[Shorty]

A couple more little jobs done while the kids were napping this afternoon..

Re-dressed the front passenger door..

And fitted the chrome trim around the grill... (got fed up of knocking my head on it where it was hanging in the garage!! LOL!)

Oh, and the louvred window has been removed too.. I've decided to go for solid windows instead for the time being...

 

[Shorty]

RHD headlights fitted

 

[Shorty]

My buddy box arrived yesterday... I couldn't resist a test fit!

 

[Myvanway]

My buddy box arrived yesterday... I couldn't resist a test fit!

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Hope you like, Looks Awesome.


Paul.