1975 HOODRIDE camper

Discussion in 'Show Us Your Ride' started by GRINNER, Oct 2, 2011.

  1. Not to fear, they're there!
     
  2. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Phew. You can imagine the dismantling needed if you find these essential pieces on your bench when you think you've finished!
     
  3. Nice one Grinner you will soon be back on the road dude:thumbsup:
     
  4. Soon!

    Here it is going in at the weekend.
    I'm clearly supervising while my mate is working!

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  5. i love this bus man!! awesome thread! watching with a lot of interest!!

    i have to ask though, what did you do with the old wheels that were on it before the fuchs??
    i would love a set of them for mine!!
     
  6. Cheers.

    Sorry to say i sold the wheels on eBay very soon after.
     
  7. ah thats a massive shame! those would be exactly the kind of thing for the look i want eventually.
    you dont happen to remember what make they were do you?

    regardless, thats a great bus and im looking forward to seeing it at a show or a meet sometime!
    keep up the good work, its great to see a proper rat bus for a change, is making me question if rats the way to go with mine!
    had a few proper rat cars in my time, and always loved the look.. :thumbsup:
     
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  8. Thanks!

    I believe they're called "centreline" wheels/alloys.
     
  9. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    They were nicer than the things you replaced them with. ;)
     
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  10. i thought they looked liked centrelines, but as they are usually used on US drag cars i assumed they may have been copies of some sort!
    you had a pretty special set of rims there, i hope to god you got a good price for them! (yes okay, im a wheel whore....)
     
  11. I can't remember what I got them, they needed work doing as they weren't sealing.

    I like my Fuchs.
     
  12. oh right, yeah ive had a few sets of split rims that have had that problem. its a pain!

    i like your fuchs too man :thumbsup: they look good on your bus!
     
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  13. Love it Dude!!!
     
  14. Cheers!

    Here is a very short video of it starting up that my Mrs took. Some tweaking to be done.
     
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  15. Had an extra 100mm added to my phat boy today, it was fouling on my engine mount.

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  16. Love the bamboo , I've got the same stuff in my garden ..... got me thinking now !!
     
  17. Nice i love the custom stuff sweet ride fella
     
  18. Seems to be running horrid noise free now. A new pulley got rid of that.
     
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  19. Due to the exiting way my van has been repaired in the past, it's front indicators are in the head light and are not bright enough to pass MOT. Last year I bodged a couple of motor bike indicators on the old light surrounds. But soon took them off post MOT.

    I'm now going to fit old style VW golf/scirocco side repeaters to the bumper as a permanent fit.

    Here that are,
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    Marked out and drilling has commenced,
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    End result ain't pretty but nothing is about my van,
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    Soon realised that old water pumped VW's have straight flat panels. prototype bay bumpers are curved. So here is my curve straightening tool, that I used in conjunction with a hammer!
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    End result coming soon...
     

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