Midlandpaintwerks westy

[midlandpaintwerks]

Here's some updates we did to my westy last summer.
Old engine out


Ready for paint



Painted the tank cover

Drew laid down some pearl white L87


New 6 rib gearbox courtesty from Leon off here.

New 1776 engine.

New engine going in

We modified the engine bar for the fullflow.

We made these heat deflectors from leons old tintop panel, to attach to the engine tin and j tubes to aid engine cooling .

This is how they look fitted up.



Then we made a air scoop, again from the metal Leon cut out of his tintop to fit a westy roof.


Fitted up and connected to a sandwhich plate , but like trikky2 off here says a proper sorted engine with all the right tinware in place shouldn't need one, This has made no difference to the cooling.


All finished



Fist outing with the new engine, Deva Dubs

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[Heebee_GB]

Is that the stuartrx7 bus? Freakin love that van. 8) Saw it tatton park years ago and it was the reason I bought an early westy. So so cool. 8)

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Is that the stuartrx7 bus? Freakin love that van. 8) Saw it tatton park years ago and it was the reason I bought an early westy. So so cool. 8)

Yes , i am stuart the dad and dogsbody of Drew who runs midlandpaintwerks, i have to twist his arm to paint my own stuff , Thanks

 

[Heebee_GB]

Is that the stuartrx7 bus? Freakin love that van. 8) Saw it tatton park years ago and it was the reason I bought an early westy. So so cool. 8)

Yes , i am stuart the dad and dogsbody of Drew who runs midlandpaintwerks, i have to twist his arm to paint my own stuff , Thanks

Haha. Didn't know the link to Midland! Makes sense now. Your bus rocks mate, and as I said that chat with you and your mrs at Tatton put me onto here and the Earlybay highway. Cheers Stu.


Gary.

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Here.s some of the air suspension. sitting low.


Now high

The back, Low

Now high

 

[squareweave]

Here.s some of the air suspension. sitting low.

I agree with HeeBee. I have always loved this van and think the stance is spot on. I love the fact that it sits nice and level. Great bus!!!!

One quick question, Is it drivable when the suspension is all the way down?

 

[*Sam*]

Very very nice your son is certainly very talented, I have been following hi FB page.
What air ride set up do you have ?
Cheers
Sam

 

[leon]

Hippies have there uses then? Has Leon got any van left? Seems most of it is on your bus.

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Cheers Sam , the front is Air Ride Technologies and the rear is firestone airbags.

 

[sjhjoinery]

Is that the stuartrx7 bus? Freakin love that van. 8) Saw it tatton park years ago and it was the reason I bought an early westy. So so cool. 8)

Yes , i am stuart the dad and dogsbody of Drew who runs midlandpaintwerks, i have to twist his arm to paint my own stuff , Thanks

You sound hard done to Stuart!!

Looking perfect as usual.

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Here.s some of the air suspension. sitting low.

I agree with HeeBee. I have always loved this van and think the stance is spot on. I love the fact that it sits nice and level. Great bus!!!!

One quick question, Is it drivable when the suspension is all the way down?

It drives like this all the time , i only use the air to get over objects. With no air in the system, it still retains everything , leaves , shocks so it drives like any other king & link slammed bus.

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Is that the stuartrx7 bus? Freakin love that van. 8) Saw it tatton park years ago and it was the reason I bought an early westy. So so cool. 8)

Yes , i am stuart the dad and dogsbody of Drew who runs midlandpaintwerks, i have to twist his arm to paint my own stuff , Thanks

You sound hard done to Stuart!!

Looking perfect as usual.

Scott He won't let me work on my other prodjects. so you could say i am hard done to.
Stuart

 

[*Sam*]

Cheers Stuart bus looks sweet

 

[Myvanway]

The first E.B Westy that I came across at our first show in ours, Awesome....Love this Westy.


Mint..8)

 

[68_early_bay]

This looks so good 8)

 

[Foz]

One very cool bus! 8)

 

[shiplee123]

Love it !

 

[mychatype3]

Love your westy Can you tell me how the bags on the rear on top are mounted or do you have some photo’s?

Thanks, greetings from Holland, mycha

 

[midlandpaintwerks]

Love your westy Can you tell me how the bags on the rear on top are mounted or do you have some photo’s?

Thanks, greetings from Holland, mycha

Hi Mychatype Like wise love your bus and great engineering skills, i dont have any pics of the top mountings , the plates are longer than the bottom ones as they are both welded to the upper part of the chassis, they also have a H frame that connects the 2 together ,if that makes sense.
Stuart

 

[mychatype3]

THANKS I understand 8), going to convert my westy to bags in the rear so was looking for some inspiration.