Paras bus resto

Yup im a fan of the kiss principle

Keep It Simple Stupid

There has to be some way of locking them in the swung out posistion though otherwise when parked at an angle it will keep swinging back into the bus
That would not be good if the engine lid was up

 

it looks exactly like the landy one i had, it had a notch and spring fired clip to hold it open, if you remind me i have a pic on my home pc

 

Cheers ricky id appreciate that pic

Im guessing there will need to be spreader plates where the carrier mounts to the bus as there will be a fair amount of force on those bolts

The side bars will bolt onto the jacking points so i should be able to jack the bus up on those if i want
And the front bull bar will mount to the chassis rails so i could be towed out by that if the need arises
It just needs making so i can remove the steering box and other components whilst its still connected
Further down the line ill look into adding a 12 volt winch to the front end

 

Heres a piccy of the rear carrier Burley Motorsports in the US sell for the T25:

Its got a spreader plate bolted onto the inside of the rear corner of the van.

Heres their KISS solution to keeping it in the swung open position:


You could always make it XXL and have a bike rack included.


Or use the opposite side to mount a flip down shelf for a BBQ.

 

Cheers for posting those pics up zeb dude

Do do look very simple to make and it appears they have bearings in the hinges which is a good idea

 

You might have to zoom in, bottom right of the carrier a sprung latch holds it open and shut

 

Spreader plates will help of course, but whatever you do the bolts will pass through outer skin, a 2mm gap, inner "structure" we've all seen on the resto threads, another 2mm gap and the inner skin. I reckon those 2mm gaps will get crushed to zero. Glad it's not me doing this...

 

para see this ebay
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Ahh i se what you mean now ricky

I was thinking of a catch like the one in this pic but smaller to drop into a piece of tube or drilled hole
That way its kept simple but i wont loose the locking pin





There good enough for farm gates then there good enough for a wheel carrier

 

Tonight i dug the rear lights out to inspect there condition

Not only are they very manky but the lenses have cracks in them and the housings are crumbly in places
Ive chucked them in the dishwasher to clean up and actually see how bad they are

Its more than likely ill have to replace them though

 

i have 2 lenses para they are a load better than that - i bought them new when i got my van but they were cheap and the amber pigmentation has virtually gone - i got some genuine nos ones of sheilsy you can have the old ones but you'd need to put amber bulbs in to make them legal.

 

That would be great ricky cheers dude i really appreciate that

 

Will do dude cheers and have some karma

 

https://twitter.com/i/#!/rickyrooo1/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2FT83UOIa2

if this works this is them

 

They will do me fine dude i may even be able to paint the lens back to amber

 

As crumbly as the light fittings are, they are better that the cheap repo ones, the bulb holders on the repros are next to useless to