The Clitorbus - my '69 Deluxe

[BenSSP]

Belts came up nice after a good scrub in a bucket of soapy water, love seeing the results

 

[Matty18]

Very nice bus mate.

 

[BenSSP]

Off to Wolfsburg Wizards today

 

[fat duk]

Its looking good dude keep up the good work, nice shifter! 8)

 

[BenSSP]

Its looking good dude keep up the good work, nice shifter! 8)

Cheers Cuz

 

[BenSSP]

Drove it home for the first time today, didn't make it to Wolfsburg Wizards today as it was crazy busy at work (thank you all)

Couldn't help but stop off down the road & take a few shots







Also re-fitted the front belts & cleaned out the top & bottom sliding door runners, It was more like glue so I used some 'dry lube' that I usually use on my bike chain.

 

[BenSSP]

Picked up the bus from Karl @ Wolfsburg Wizards this evening, in for a flywheel & engine bay seals, general oil change/service & steering idler, very happy with his work



Changed all the brake hoses after Karl found this beauty on the rear

 

[BenSSP]

Picked up a hitcher on the way home from work!

 

[BenSSP]

Laid the laminate this evening, just need to trim the last piece, then it's bedtime!

 

[BenSSP]

Fitted the cab mat today, lovely quality & fit

& the rusty lee bed is in

& this was on the doorstep when I got in

 

[fastfred]

can you still use the middle seats with that rock n'roll seat ? can you send me some pics of the installation ? quite interested, i have bought a Rock n'roll set (not the one like you have) here on the forum, but only consists of hinges ... never got it installed because i couldn't use the middle seats ...

 

[BenSSP]

can you still use the middle seats with that rock n'roll seat ? can you send me some pics of the installation ? quite interested, i have bought a Rock n'roll set (not the one like you have) here on the forum, but only consists of hinges ... never got it installed because i couldn't use the middle seats ...

I suppose if you had the middle seat against the bulkhead, I've taken both rows out. think the hinges you've bought need to be used with a wood base/back & foam

 

[fastfred]

you can bolt the seats on the hinges, or the hinges on the seats ... that's no problem i suppose, i'm just not fitting them because i need to get rid of middleseat then ... choices, choices, choices ...

 

[BenSSP]

you can bolt the seats on the hinges, or the hinges on the seats ... that's no problem i suppose, i'm just not fitting them because i need to get rid of middleseat then ... choices, choices, choices ...

Going through the same thing at every stage, still haven't sussed where to put the subs etc....

 

[Steenfeldt]

After looking round EBI last month for inspiration , I decided to call it 'the Clitorbus ' as there were so many beige deluxe's , I think the only way to make mine look different is to keep it stock.......... For the rest of this year anyway [/quote]


Nice choice! Stock is the Shi...t

 

[fastfred]

yeah, stock is the new way, high is the new low !

 

[BenSSP]

Temporary cover on the bed

Changing the light wiring to euro spec using the reverse lights as indicators after we checked the lights and no brake lights, after removing the speed cluster we found that the hazard switch had fallen apart, the new ones don't match the old layout so new wires need to be run.

Also replaced the centre guide on the sliding door and replaced the grease etc, just need to put the cover back on.

Found this site very helpful:
http://www.ratwell.com/technical/SlidingDoor.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Grazy]

Nice steady progress Ben , Looks like it will be a winner !

I too used that ratwell link when i sorted my sliding door , As people will say i'm no mechanic but it made th whole job really straight forward !

Looking forward to the next update fella

Oh where did you get your rubber mat in the cab from ?

Cheers G

 

[BenSSP]

Nice steady progress Ben , Looks like it will be a winner !

I too used that ratwell link when i sorted my sliding door , As people will say i'm no mechanic but it made th whole job really straight forward !

Looking forward to the next update fella

Oh where did you get your rubber mat in the cab from ?

Cheers G

The mat came from work (vw heritage ) it will need cutting for the berg shifter, it's a Wolfsburg west mat, we make a similar quality for a right hooker

 

[Supertramp]

Lovely bus. Looks very similar to mine. Out of interest how come you didn't go for chrome inserts in your seals?