1975 devon revamp - scampervan

They are the original camper steels, just I've had them banded to 7.5 and 8"

 

I'm not very good at this updating business but here's and update anyway.

Rear corners were finished so I finally made a start on fitting the early rear lights.







I also made an removable engine support bar to hold the engine in place





The bar needs abit of adjusting but I'm tempted to remake it using rollcage tubing and have it bent rather than cut and weld

I have also removed the engine again to finish the repairs to the engine bay

Rear of engine bay where wiring loom used to run





I also need to make the side trims of the engine bay removable to gain access to the engine support bar bolts

 

wow, loads of work done since I last looked in on your resto ....its looking great, cant wait to see how you get on with the scooby conversion

 

Cheers diddy. I'm looking forward to seeing how I get on with the conversion also I'm hoping that it won't be long now until I can get some filler on the rear end

 

Been away on holiday for a few weeks but abit if progress has been done

While I was away a mate started on the filler work which is a great help as he's a trained panel beater



And last nite I started to repair the rear window surrounds

 

This eve was going soo well until I ran out if welding gas

I cut a piece of the panel out and gave it to a mate who works for an engineering company and this is the result of a couple of his lunch breaks, a new piece for the bottom of the rear windows/door runner recess

 

Good work. I just bought the very same parts from Schofields.

 

Passenger rear arch flared to fit 8x14



Drivers rear still to flare



It takes ages to do it with a hammer and dolly but once finished I think it will add a nice twist to the rear end as well as being functional

 

Its coming along nicely, looking good.

 

It's slowly getting there. Had the misses working away with the grinder on the front beam so I'll update some more tomo and wed

 

Nice work on the sump, did you have to modify any of the internals, and how much depth have you reduced it by?

 

Cheers. The oil pick up needs to be shortened still but that should be a simple fix (I hope). I'm unsure how much I cut off. About 30-35mm I think.

 

Taken my suspension components into work finally so I can strip them and clean them up prior to painting. I should of done this ages ago as this was only 30mins work during lunch so will free up loads more time in the evenings

 

It's been a busy days today but feel I'm making some progress. I've spent the day stripping, cleaning and painting suspension components. I also fitted my beam adjusters. Not to self, never remove the spring plates from the beam again lol

 

nice work ....havent you finished it yet