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Hello all, it's been three years since I bought Harry so I suppose it's time I said hi!
I'm Jamie and I have myself a '71 Microbus Deluxe although he wasn't registered to the very day I was born five years later, that's got to be fate right? After a 12 hour round trip to collect him from Kent and bring him back up North to Wakefield way which included such highlights as:
The missus: "Why are you breaking on the motorway?"
Me: "I'm not, the pedal literally won't go any closer to the floor!" (we were going up a slight hill near juncion 40 of the M1)"
and ...
The missus: "Are you cold?"
Me: "I don't know, I can't feel my hands"
Anyway we made it back and after a bit of digging around discovered that the seller's idea of welding was a few tacks and a boat load of underseal. Fast forward a year of sitting on my drive, Harry went to the welder for a "two week" job which lasted a year as the welder knew how to drag his arse. Harry came home and some of the jobs I wanted doing weren't even touched.
Today he's sitting on my drive waiting to get back into my garage with a pile of parts mounting. The 1641cc engine the seller proudly proclaimed he spent a fortune on needs a new exhaust and carb to be able to breathe properly and the the new alternator and Pertronix ignition kit fitting. We have a gorgeous interior from Delilah's waiting to go in, carpets from Madmatz and a new headliner to add some comfort back while we save for some cabinets. Add to that a full soundproofing and insulation kit from Coombe Valley Campers, a huge Retro Sounds Ice install and gps tracking from Heritage Insurance.
The downside to all of the above, we cannot find anyone to touch the paint work up here that doesn't want £15k+ and Harry has a factory fitted steel sunroof missing the outer skin, covered with a very badly fitted Paris Beetles rag top sunroof. Still, he's an old Bay, I'm not daft enough to have expected him to be perfect for under £9k and half the fun is putting them back together right?
Anyhoo, I'll start a progress thread wherever they go, stick his old doorcards and bench seats up for grab in the appropriate place and carry on hunting for the unicorn that is an outer sunroof skin (before I decide to carefully remove it and find that a new home too).
Jamie
I'm Jamie and I have myself a '71 Microbus Deluxe although he wasn't registered to the very day I was born five years later, that's got to be fate right? After a 12 hour round trip to collect him from Kent and bring him back up North to Wakefield way which included such highlights as:
The missus: "Why are you breaking on the motorway?"
Me: "I'm not, the pedal literally won't go any closer to the floor!" (we were going up a slight hill near juncion 40 of the M1)"
and ...
The missus: "Are you cold?"
Me: "I don't know, I can't feel my hands"
Anyway we made it back and after a bit of digging around discovered that the seller's idea of welding was a few tacks and a boat load of underseal. Fast forward a year of sitting on my drive, Harry went to the welder for a "two week" job which lasted a year as the welder knew how to drag his arse. Harry came home and some of the jobs I wanted doing weren't even touched.
Today he's sitting on my drive waiting to get back into my garage with a pile of parts mounting. The 1641cc engine the seller proudly proclaimed he spent a fortune on needs a new exhaust and carb to be able to breathe properly and the the new alternator and Pertronix ignition kit fitting. We have a gorgeous interior from Delilah's waiting to go in, carpets from Madmatz and a new headliner to add some comfort back while we save for some cabinets. Add to that a full soundproofing and insulation kit from Coombe Valley Campers, a huge Retro Sounds Ice install and gps tracking from Heritage Insurance.
The downside to all of the above, we cannot find anyone to touch the paint work up here that doesn't want £15k+ and Harry has a factory fitted steel sunroof missing the outer skin, covered with a very badly fitted Paris Beetles rag top sunroof. Still, he's an old Bay, I'm not daft enough to have expected him to be perfect for under £9k and half the fun is putting them back together right?
Anyhoo, I'll start a progress thread wherever they go, stick his old doorcards and bench seats up for grab in the appropriate place and carry on hunting for the unicorn that is an outer sunroof skin (before I decide to carefully remove it and find that a new home too).
Jamie
I’ll have a search around and I’m guessing it was a bay group on social media and probably face book. So big old welcome and glad you joined us. Looks to be a lot of van for that sort of money.
