Project rehab 69.

[MiniSpdRcr]

Well hello there,

My name is Marcin and just this weekend I bought a 1969 Bay. This is a 2 owner bay and well I will be the third. Buying if from a older couple who drove it around to camp in around the country. It has been sitting for a year as her husband had a stroke and developed dementia. And she cant drive it, so she decided to sell it.

It has all of the original tool kit, mesh screens, everything is in GREAT shape. Has some surface rust and is all original. The passenger door on the bottom that is just surface rust.


Sorry for all of the pictures.

 

[easy]

Hello mate and welcome :mrgreen: looks like a quality bus you have there iwth all the right bits! welcome to the fold. 8)

 

[sparkywig]

Nice bus. 8)

 

[who?1]

:shock: :shock: :shock: What a bargain - love it - also love lots of photo's too

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

Thank you all for the comments

The rack comes with it as well

Cant wait to actually get it to my house. Right now it is on jacks waiting for two new rear tires (getting them today)

And off it will be on a trailer to my house

 

[Danbury Doug]

Hello and welcome!

Lovely bus you've got there. 8)

By the way, I'm also the happy owner of an old Mini!

 

[lard]

nice 8) - looks like you got a bargain there! - welcome to EB, we like lots of photo's

 

[Airtime]

Eight..... Hundred.....Dollars....? :shock: Very well done! 8)

Welcome and enjoy it! 8)

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

Well thank you all for the wonderful comments I cannot wait to get this on the road

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

Hello and welcome!

Lovely bus you've got there. 8)

By the way, I'm also the happy owner of an old Mini!

Fun little cars Not much of them here where I live.

 

[steve92]

69 westy tin top gets the thumbs up from me
looks real nice, and very solid.
oh and umm nice rack

 

[gninnam]

Bargain price for what looks to be a nice looking van 8)

Keep us posted with the work you do

 

[89Rallye]

Awesome bargain dude, keep up posted with your progress 8)

Oh I'm a newbie too but welcome along!

 

[mister]

Hello Sir...looks like you got yourself a peach there, have fun!

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

Thank you all

I got her cleaned up and nice...now just have to polish the paint, which I did one door and it looks great.

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

well well well here is a update on this

This is what I had

and what I did

What the engine looked liked afterwards

and a picture of the undercarrige

and a little video, the ignition switch is bad hence runnign weird cause I cannot let it go

Oh and its the first time it ran in about 2 years
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v33/MiniSpdRcr/?action=view&current=2011-10-02_14-00-04_129.mp4

and a longer video
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v33/MiniSpdRcr/?action=view&current=2011-10-02_14-04-40_652.mp4

 

[MiniSpdRcr]

Time for a little update.

Changed the gear fluid in the transmission (it was nasty)
adjusted parking brake cables
took out sapphire radio to add a jack to it (for mp3 player)
put new SS braided Goodridge lines on

Here are some pictures of the brake lines

They went on like a charm

They include a silicone sleeve right here

These two I had to pull a bit on the metal hard line to get it to connect as the fitting they use are shorter then original, but when I looked at the back where the hard lines came from it was not a problem at all to do that.

 

[dubdubz]

Those look nice...they possibly do nothing more than stock? , but I like the fact they are not so bulky.

It's on my list but so is many many other things..... :lol:

 

[Trikky2]

Nice solid original bus and coming together nicely.

$800 is such a bargain.

I suspect it was not only the husband that was suffering from dementia.

 

[creationblue]

Great original bWesty 8)

Just