It will be when I can get the roof up (motor is being stripped down). I have got some 30mm angle iron brackets which I'll drill through and use domed head allen bolts for speedy removal if we need to use the roofbed
I remember doing the upholstery in chilli, in fact the whole interior revamp took ages and I totally underestimated the cost and time involved! Stick with it your doing a cracking job! Looking at yours, I think I should have stripped the laminate and gone the varnish route.
I think we're going with the NLA VW cover sets and we'll get a pro to do the front seats and the two rear seats. The bed covers should be a doddle! I'm glad we stripped the cracked laminate off but I do wonder now if using the wood oil may have been better. I do like the look don't get me wrong, but will it last the test of time? Will see!
I think any of the wood treatments are good cos you can just touch them in as you need. We used the cover sets from NLA and they are pretty good, however the cost soon mounts up! We managed to fit the front seat covers ourselves but it was a struggle. Warming them up in front of the log burner helped and using a plastic bag over the seat frames made it a bit easier. The pop top and engine seat covers were ready made by NLA and worth the extra as sewing in zips is not to be taken lightly . The rock and roll covers were daunting but when it came to it quite easy. I was hoping to find someone to do ours but really struggled with someone localish without a massive wait. Have a go! You can do it!!
and those too! They are on our list to buy. When I do buy the covers I’ll take a look & see if I can do them..YouTube will have videos I’ll bet.
Been quite a productive day today, started pulling bits off the motor ready to remove it. Because of the mass of plugs, hoses etc, labelling is the key. I have quite a lot of images taken, I'll not post all of them here.
The engine / gearbox is ready for coming out tomorrow in readiness to finish off the bodywork around the panel above the box, gearbox hanger, chassis rails and engine bay. Couldn't do much in removing the engine so I made a start removing the old underseal around the back end of the chassis. After a couple of hours scraping, progress was made, no rot (thankfully) and a good wirebrush will clean it up a treat!
Looks pretty solid there Mark. Horrible job removing under seal it always ends up in your eyes and ears!
The engine and gearbox are removed out of the way and I mentioned earlier I was off scrubbing..I did some scraping too, with good progress! With 42 years of grime built up in the engine bay, old underseal, Dinitrol and surface rust, I set to. With promising results, this is what we have after the first pass: Lots of surface rust on the panels above the gearbox, with slow steps I'll get that area cleaned up, do a second pass of degreasing then a wire brush down, rough it up with sandpaper, rust treat and paint in Rustoleum, same as the other yellow areas.
Yes, that’s true! I’ve got continued problems with my alternator/charging etc so will have to dive in soon. But once it’s all clean under there it’s a joy!!
Indeed. I got another couple of hours in today, every bit counts! Have you got a dry connection somewhere or a damaged wire in the circuit?
Not sure yet but I’m on my second alternator in less than 50miles! I’m going to have a good look in the next couple of days..
If its a reproduction one, I'm not surprised. We had one last 3500 miles then the replacement went at 290 miles (Gusbus) however, the second one was found to have sticking brushes. They where too wide for the slot they fit in and jammed. Gently thinning them seemed to have worked, its now our spare as we got a Bosch one rebuilt
