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12 August 2010

I.R.Sin it

Zoe and John brought there split down for a creative IRS conversion and dropped spindles. Looking a lot better now with its more purposeful stance.

here's how it rolled in.

The old frame horns were cut out and then the new ones welded in.

They then got a liberal coat of etch to keep the rust at bay

Then Chassis blacked for full rust protection. The new rancho box was installed then new cv's, mounts and linkage coupling

Then the new adjusable spring plates, torsion covers, rubbers, entire rear break system and the hubs were also blasted, painted and then new bearings installed.

And here's the finished article with its new shoes and tyres on too. Although Zoe's plans of not lowering the bus went out the window its looking and driving a lot better for it!

Cheers,
Tom AVW

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06 August 2010

The Green Heavy

Anyone remember this pic we posted a little while back? Well Gordon's bus, dubbed "the green heavy" just because it was so heavy to push around the yard, with it's new motor, gearbox and a page full of other jobs has now been and gone. So heres the full story...

Here's the mess in the engine bay that we started with

First job was motor, gearbox and old eberspacher heater came out, the heater was replaced with a normal front to rear heater tube.

The new gearbox was then built up with the old bellhousing and starter ready for install.

Then it was time to tackle the awful wiring job. As the bus used to be a type4 powered there were a lot of un-nesasary wiring and components left in the engine bay so i whipped them all out and tidied up all of the wiring in there. Including fitting a new split charge relay and redid the leisure battery fusebox wiring so that it actually worked.

Then the 1600cc motor finally turned back up as a 1776 with new twin 40's.

All the old tin was mocked up and modified / repaired for a snug fit to keep the cooling at its best and the brace bar also got clearanced for the new oil pump outlet.

It was then sent to be blasted and coated in satin black.

Built up ready to rock with all new hardware everywhere, breather box, clutch, fuel lines, exhaust and oil cooler.

All that teamed with a facet fuel pump mounted above the gearbox, fuel king pressure regulator / filter and a full oil cooling setup under the van. Including a cooler n fan, thermostat bypass and filter.

Here it is after installation, ran up, oil flush and tweaked. Running sweet, looking great and pulling the bus along like a train!

Thanks,
Tom AVW

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30 July 2010

FiftyThreezay..

all up in the hezay!

Our barndoor projects commin on well.

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28 July 2010

Insane in the membrane.....

Insane in the brain! We had this nuts guy come for a visit last week with his "interesting" air-cooled powered motorbike and side car.

Ben and Si were lucky enough to get a seat in the sidecar. after the stories the old boy was telling us, they were pretty glad that they weren't going for a ride!