my 72 bay off ebay

welshbay · Apr 5, 2008

here are some pics of 'vinnie' our last van we restored. took me two years on my drive.her indoors done the floor & interior. it was totaly standard and was hanpainted gloss. lots of blisters getting it back to metal.
it was the beat van we have han. never let us down or brokedown. .we used it as we were doing it up. sprayed it on my drive the polished it up. looked very nice.

welshbay · Apr 15, 2008

new bits so far.. new front pannel. 2x rear corners.
2x large rear arches. new inner & outer sliding door skins.
new large sill to drivers side,2x front arch skins.
new sliding door bottom bracket.& new door seal.
2x front door seals.2x new kick pannels & cab carpet.
new genuine vw window seals.new genuine vw boot lid.
2x new rear light units with new tinted lenses.
rust free rear bumper hangers off a import.
new chrone for front lights & eyelids.
2x rust free doors with new skins wich i had with the van.
2x new chrome scrappers for front doors.
new n/s top sliding door hinge cover on top.
dome wheel hubs that came with van.
got 3ltrs of pale yellow & 2 1/2 ltrs of vw campanella white.
also got 10mtrs of cream leather look stuff for interior.
picking rock n roll hinges up on weekend from a guy who makes them
just up the valleys and uses them on his on van.for 20 quid...bargain.
let you know what they are like.also got a westy window slatted type.
too get
drivers side metel mudflap for rear inner arch
drivers top rear cover.new front door handles.
new front indercator lense,also new engine lid
& both rear seals.

Alzy · Apr 16, 2008

I was looking through and old camper and bus the other night and i swear i`ve seen this in the readers rides section??

Great work you`re doing there!! Keep it up :lol: 8)

welshbay · Apr 16, 2008

hi all.id say my old bus been layed up a few years b4 i had it.
the guy i had it of worked in a garage so think he had a favour
for the mot.as all the brakes where binding on and smoking by time
i got home init.it was only 15 miles away.he welded galvinised tin plate
all round the bottom.the metal was like a coke can then 7 inches of filler
hard to believe its still got 6months mot left.3months tax.
hoping the to paint the top half and inside first b4 end of month
then put windows in and il start using the van to veedub shows
as i dont want to rush the bottom part as its a lot harder than it looks.
some people on ere make it look sooo easy.but its not.....
weldings easy or brakes/engine.