spooners westy now with boost

[spoonerdtg]

So been on here for a while thought i would post some pics of my bus i bought in august last year, i had wanted an earlybay for a couple of years but after bugjam 25 and the rain on friday i was laying in my tent with the wife freezing cold and i turned and said " we need a camper" to which her replie was "sell the bug and you can get one!" so monday after bugjam i put the bug up for sale and then found the westy same day viewed it on the tuesday with the wife she gave the thumbs up so put down a deposit, the bug sold on the wednesday and i picked up the westy on the saturday. I have got some before pics as in the day i collected but photobox is playing up :evil:

Here we go
1600 tp, M code says it was designed as micro bus deluxe, trims missing thou, lowered on 2-4" ez rider coilover kit on the front horse shoe plates on rear and 15" steels 165/55 on front and 185/65 rear

my wife re covered the bed and the head board, got some buddy seats of the ebay and she trimmed the cushons as well, curtains were of ebay as well, i trimmed the fronts with tmi covers from vw heritage, stainless tailpipe from JK

put a work light in engine bay

porsche 944 tacho

now fun stuff

hope you like

 

[spoonerdtg]

Im sorry for the 2 photos round the wrong way i did rotate them on photobucket and saved changes but still loaded them like that! :roll:

 

[sparkywig]

Nice bus.

 

[OLIVE-BAY]

cool bus very nice indeed....where did you get your gear stick extension?

 

[spoonerdtg]

Gear extension was from a guy on vzi, im thinking about copying it to make a batch?

 

[bluebay]

Nice bus dude you won`t regret the sale of the bug a bus is much more practicle,bet you can`t wait for your first camping trip .Your doing a great job of the interior.

 

[spoonerdtg]

Yeah can't wait have done a road trip already went to bude in cornwall and didn't miss a beat there and back.

 

[dubscum]

i like that dude

 

[spoonerdtg]

Thanks for the kind words guys

 

[Bwuttonmoon]

Great looking ride! Where did you get the GB badge on rear bumper? I would love one of them

 

[spoonerdtg]

so here is the bus when i first got it

this was before i lowered it
When bought the van it had a monza 4 tip on it which i hated so i bought a full exhaust kit from heritage and went to fit it now usally i would just feel for the bolts and crack on removing the bumper but this day i poked my head under th rear valance to locate all the bolts and found this

YEP alive black widow spider to say i crapped myself is an understatement, so sprayed with carb cleaner which knocked it out of its nest ( its a web but looks like a nest ) i found out it was a black widow from GOOGLE as it had a red heart on its belly anyway trapped it phoned london zoo and they said to kill it so i did, since finding it i stuck the van on the ramp and checked everywhere and no more to be found , have also stripped the van bare and still no more( thank god )

Anyway this happened after the ace cafe meet on tuesday

After 5 hours i got home only 2.3miles from the breakdown i had told them it was carb troubles but its a long story and after a complaint i recieved a cheque from the AA for 35quid to help compensate for my inconvience.

So will update with new pics when my new twin 34's arrive and i fit them.

 

[mister]

Nice bus, is that a real Banksy rat stencil on the back?

 

[lard]

Nice bus, is that a real Banksy rat stencil on the back?

good spot, if it is the bus will have been a very very good investment - I like it!

 

[spoonerdtg]

The stencil was bought from the banksy shop and then just masked up and sprayed on

 

[spoonerdtg]

twins fitted and bay tidy'd up

 

[amrn4s]

Nice looking engine. Digging the duals!

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[spoonerdtg]

Sorry no pics but started to scrape the crap white paint off to expose the original savannah biege paint

 

[spoonerdtg]

So update time.

Painted lower half and fitted alloys, toyota mr2 seats, sold the twins and went back to single carb....

And this is as of yesterday. ..........
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Need to fit deep sump as at present the oil returns to the rocker cover which is fine when driving but ticking over it puddles and comes out exhaust, also modded pump for boost pressure and have modded rear valance to clear turbo will keep updating.

Costs so far

Turbo £20 of ebay
Manifold £20 from bugjam
Stainless steel pipes/bends £50
New fuel pump £19.80 gsf
Vac pipe £3 ebay
Dump valve free as its of my golf gti as fitted an uprated one.
About a week of fabrication

 

[spoonerdtg]

Trial fit of modified rear valance, just need to sand filler down once rear bumper is on it should look pretty stealth

 

[panchocrossover]

Trial fit of modified rear valance, just need to sand filler down once rear bumper is on it should look pretty stealth

What kind of difference does it make?