My viking resto, Now for sale

Cheers for the advice zed on the plug welding, i was thinking of doing one and missing two, what did you do around the edges on the return lips?

 

Double/tripple tacks on the edge - I'm not a fan of plug welds for thin stuff, they can make a mess if you can't get the metal faces squeezed together with zero gap.

 

been to see the work in the flesh today, looks cock on, enjoy the jack d mate you deserve it!

 

Cheers mate sounds good to me

 

Nice to have a chat and a catch up, cheers for for the jack, will have to wait till next friday before it's opened, on-call till then

 

Yep,what he said ^ Great work/Great help.

 

Was at a lose end tonight after work so did the last couple infill bits on the floor

Areas that needed bits making up





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Card templates cut out



Infill bits cut out of steel and folded where needed



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Then welded them in, welds ground and a lick of paint to protect the bare metal







Thats the lot for tonight

 

Nice jigsaw shaped piece going in there.

 

Done some more on the bus got not pics mind

The remaining out riggers are all welded in, so thats the chassis finished off just needs cleaning up, seam sealing and then it all can be painted
Got the gearbox out, gear linkage and a few others bits and bobs to make access for chassis painting better and to get bits checked over and cleaned up

All so started to strip the impreza, have sold a fair bit of it on ebay like the front end and interior
got the dash out to make life easier to remove the wiring loom





should be fun sorting that lot out and trimming down to just what i need

 

I dont envy you in the slightest having to deal with that scooby wiring loom

 

Done some more on striping the impreza

All the loom is now removed



and now seating in the back awaiting modification



some parts removed ready for engine extraction



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By the end of next week i'm hoping to get the engine out + any other parts that i want to keep and get the shell scrapped

Then i can get back on the bus, it's been nice having a break from welding

 

Also had an idea about my wheels
I want to keep steel wheels on the bus when finished but have been thinking for a while about fitting some larger ones 16inch steels

Having looked on the internet i knew that the PCD 5x112 of the camper was the same as all current 5 stud VW's, and as luck would have it i have a full size(labeled as a space save) spare in the my Jetta


The only problem is that the hub bore on the camper is a lot bigger than the 16inch steel



So armed with a spare rim i picked up yesterday and went on the hunt for an engineering shop to rebore the wheel for me, stafford engineering came up trumps with having the kit to do it and should have it done by the end of the week

Using the jetta spare for illustration purposes this is the look i'm after

Extra width compared to original but with 205/55 16 tyres the rolling radius is nearly the same


More steel rim less sidewall and should to able to make the original chrome hub caps fit too


Hopefully i'll be able to say "i love it when a plan comes together" when i get the tester wheel back

 

i thought the modern ones were 5/100? the new beetle (as in 2011 on) are 5/112 now

 

When you fit this engine are you going for the fellows adapter plate and their flywheel or for the rjes bell housing,or have you something else in mind?

 

Polo, fox and middle beetle 5x100, everything else from mk5 golf, jetta, passat, brand new beetle etc 5x112
http://www.wheelfitment.net/vw

 

how old's your passat then? my bora is 51 plate i thought they were 5-112 my beetle was

 

I'm going for the fellows adapter plate, flywheel etc, been down and seen the parts and spoke to the guys made my mind up for me really, plus their local so handy if i need help