O.G paint 69 westy weekender

[irvs]

heres my 69westy weekender ,i bought it of skinny on here ,came with loads of history all O.G paint a real jem now ive cleaned him up ,
jobs done so far full machine polish
got a mate up who doea dent removal and went round the bus ,did an amazing job
detailed and replaced engine as commpression was low (wouldnt idle)
changed the suspension to link pin courtesy of rusty lee ,cheers dude!!
adjustable rear spring plates and 15"split wheels with kdf hubcaps

loads left to do but heres a pic of how it looked before

and hers the bus now

 

[slammedresto]

thats great, i remember seeing it for sale at the time

great job on it 8)

 

[irvs]

cheers dude, i will get some better pics up tommorow to show how the paint has come up just got the bumpers to detail and that will do for now

 

[vwwinston72]

Love those hubcaps!!!

 

[Myvanway]

8) Super cool.

 

[si.]

very nice................love those wheels and hubs

 

[squareweave]

I love the wheel combo. So clean looking on Westy
Are those wheels in the background going on the van? :shock: You can come clean and let everybody know you are going "donk" style. :roll:

For those who have never heard of donk hear is the urban dictionarys meaning:
Any POS late 80's or early 90's American heap (preferably an Impala) that has large enough wheels installed until it resembles (and rides and handles like) a Conestoga wagon. This is done so it sits up high enough so as to be at the same eye level as the Playas with real juice ridin in their Escalades. Adding in a bad candy paint job and Wal-Mart sub box completes the transformation.
With no money left over for necessary suspension and brake upgrades, the lifespan is limited to a few drug runs or the first Police chase, whichever occurs first.

 

[irvs]

Na I carnt imagine those wheels looking to cool bud, I love split wheels on bays

 

[irvs]

so after loads of cleaning and polishing this is were im at ,the only bit i had to paint was were on the side by the sill it was to far in so i knocked it out and blended it in ,,next up is to paint the windscreen panel as its just starting to rust were the paint is thin

 

[68_early_bay]

Looking good 8) 8) 8)

 

[aogrady]

Hi!

Looking great! You still got the kdf caps? :msn4:

Cheers!

Alistair

 

[irvs]

i have mate but there going on my samba

 

[aogrady]

i have mate but there going on my samba

Never mind, just a thought.

They do look nice tho!

Cheers!

Alistair

 

[Myvanway]

Its absolutely perfect, Hope to see it at a show this year! 8)

Paul.

 

[mychatype3]

Wouw Nice Westy, keep up THE good work.
What this you do for the stance? narrowed beam, tires combo etc?

Greetings from Holland mycha

 

[dubscum]

Love those hubcaps!!!

ditto
look a reat bobby dazzler 8)

 

[irvs]

Cheers for the comments everyone ,as regards to the stance I've put a split screen link pin beam on with adjusters and dropped spindles and added coil overs to help with the damping ,I had to notch the chassis at the front ,with the back I fitted t2d adjustable spring plates and a2 spline drop and I used a set of shorter fromt shocks on the back no chassis notching as yet but if I go any lower I would need to

 

[mister]

Absolutely love this bus, it's lovely and original, very clean, awesome stance, great paint...
:mrgreen: jealous!

 

[mychatype3]

Cheers for the comments everyone ,as regards to the stance I've put a split screen link pin beam on with adjusters and dropped spindles and added coil overs to help with the damping ,I had to notch the chassis at the front ,with the back I fitted t2d adjustable spring plates and a2 spline drop and I used a set of shorter fromt shocks on the back no chassis notching as yet but if I go any lower I would need to

thanks for charing what’s our tire sizes up front?
Greetings

 

[irvs]

165,50,15 on the front and 185,65,15 on the rear