Hi everyone about time i joined as been watching for far too long. Here is my new 70 deluxe that i am working on at the moment.
Its a really nice bus with only a little rust around the arches and the outer sills. Its gonna be VERY low and narrow cant wait!
here is some pics.
Got the rear end all notched and ready for the engine/box. Not sure if im gonna go with a gearbox raise or 1303 box as its higher up. gotta do something as my old blue bay use to drag box sometimes. It will sit a lot lower once engine box is in.
It sits really narrow up front. The beam is a 10" scratch built beam that mounts inside the chassis and is 1" raised as well. With the raise the trailing arms sit almost level and the bus sits on the floor so its gonna drive awsome.
Will have to make a front shift rod that curves over the raised beam but should not be a problem.
Had to clearance the chassis for the beam tubes to fit in the chassis looks like factory once done though. the chassis is having some big old extra bits of chassis put in to make it STRONG. Have to put big hoops in the chassis as well for the tie rods.
More to come!!!
Its a really nice bus with only a little rust around the arches and the outer sills. Its gonna be VERY low and narrow cant wait!
here is some pics.
![PICT2563.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0d8/0d8ece78523612f38f9522cf47a4d2c8.jpg)
Got the rear end all notched and ready for the engine/box. Not sure if im gonna go with a gearbox raise or 1303 box as its higher up. gotta do something as my old blue bay use to drag box sometimes. It will sit a lot lower once engine box is in.
![PICT2577.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0e7/0e71b05f696085a2d5638b2b3ab255cd.jpg)
![PICT2561.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/463/463977855b11e900ec602610564b7ddb.jpg)
It sits really narrow up front. The beam is a 10" scratch built beam that mounts inside the chassis and is 1" raised as well. With the raise the trailing arms sit almost level and the bus sits on the floor so its gonna drive awsome.
Will have to make a front shift rod that curves over the raised beam but should not be a problem.
![PICT2559.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0ed/0ed0e3960beaf2814c97f3a16a85edcd.jpg)
Had to clearance the chassis for the beam tubes to fit in the chassis looks like factory once done though. the chassis is having some big old extra bits of chassis put in to make it STRONG. Have to put big hoops in the chassis as well for the tie rods.
More to come!!!