big shout from coventry

hi all ;D after owning many many beetles have finally managed to get my first bus!!!
its a 72 rhd westy bit ratty but mot and taxed till june 2013 90% all there





just need a table, some front seats,some proper westy plaid curtains,some wheels,some paint,some.....you get the pic im sure :
it came with spare doors,engine lids,engine,sill,complete front arch/step repair,new westfalia bellows for the pop top etc not perfect but a good starting bus i think,it was my mates and he had it for 23 years,the plate says jay but im calling him"STEVE"after my mate lol
cheers nic

 

Hello and welcome, good to see another local on board

 

cheers guys,been tryin to prise this out of his grip for 3 years as he only uses it once a year to go to devon so its parked up 11months and 2weeks of the year what a waste lol ,takes a bit of gettin used to drivin as its not exactly a corner hugging hot rod :-[ but the hot air vents work so cant be that bad ;D so when im used to it pod might take a trip down the A46 ???

 

Good evening and welcome

 

welcome

 

Hello & Welcome from The Colonial Contingent

 

Welcome from cold &wet Colorado .
1 K for pictures!

 

Welcome along - should be a good journey

 

Hi and welcome.

 

thanks guys,but my ownership of a bus isnt going to plan went to my mums this morn to check paint codes,and noticed some @hailfrank has pushed my tailgate lock in :-[(no damage to panel thank god as its new just barrel been forced in,leaving just the surround) !!!! an amature attempt at a break in??? well if they had of gone to the side door i had not locked it!!!! i have a 1953 oval beetle uber rare on the road as my daily driver i never lock it no alarm nothing leave it outside my house over night and its never been touched!!! i buy a 72 bus and it gets assaulted on my second night!!!!!! is this a usual thing with a bus ownership???? on my mums drive i have had lotus's,early mg's,triumph vitesses,mk1 escorts, countless beetles of all guises.what do you do to your van to discourage said thieving scum?????well annoyed mum has lived here for donkeys years and never a problem with any of my cars!!! right rant over lol am going to get some grainding discs to check out the dodgey looking sill on drivers side looks very thin to say the least :

 

welcome to the gang,
sorry to hear about some scally trying it on,
make sure you keep it lock up there very popular them westys.... O0

 

Hello and Welcome
Sorry to hear about the problem last night.
K+ for getting a Late bay, posting pics straight away, and to help you get over last night

 

Hi and welcome another midlander! there are a few of us around if you need a hand with anything and we like pictures! ;D

 

Hope you have fun with it. Just wire it up to the mains who ever it was would have been taught a lesson dont touch what isnt yours

 

cheers guys,just been and had a clean out see whats acctually in the bus and what i need,so heres some pics ...you did say you like pics lol
under the bed seems nice and solid....note the nasty 80,s speakers lol


hammoc and fly screen...



cooker/sink and fridge.....



digital propex thermo and light....



discrete pic of me



top bunk......



side shot showing nasty alloys some scabby bits and my daily 53 oval....



the other side....still in process of removing the jimmy saville tinted glass



found some not so good scabby bits........ :-[



back of the sill looks ok....



drivers step needs a plate but have a whole arch/step panel



and the passenger step



my emergency alarm chain lol round handbreak and wheel also took dizzy off!(after picking daughter up from nursery)



and the speedo have the mots since 1990 to back this up



will post as i go cheers guys

 

Hello to you.
I am based over towards Acocks Green /Solihull way,but for my sins
work at Coventry Uni so from time to time you may see my bus on the ring road or the 45.If you do ......Honk
Cheers

 

looks like all the usual places for rot.

you will have to book yourself in for tekenders in april,
its just up the road from you nr lutterworth..

http://thelatebay.com/index.php?topic=16023.0

 

hello , fab looking bus, i (prob not much interest but) run mine "rat" so i think in Glasgow (vehicle nicking central and then some!) when lowlife look in my bus they may opinion " hey ,come and see this , it"s pretty sad" and move on ,though ive had ,people standing on the bumpers ,swinging on my front panel mounted spare wheel,mine lives in street ,it is a worry ,though i think most decent peeps regard them as cute curios,(owned by people who hark back to days of "working on own vehicle!!) good luck with it ! oh and Coventry ? great !! 2 tone ,ska and all that ,love that

 

yes guys cheers for the comments and steveagain terry hall from the specials and then fun boy 3 lived couple of doors down from me we used to hang outside there house esp when bannanarama were there > well just been out in her again lol just for a spin round the block, managed to get the misses and both youngest daughters in the back for the trip kids loved it the misses was warming to it when boom!!! it cut out half way across a junction!!it was my fault i was in wrong gear and playing with the stereo.... it started straight away but being all fingers and thumbs couldn find a gear for what seemed like forever......to say she was unimpressed is the under statement of the year!
pic of my youngest lovin the van she thinks its a play house for her she spent half hour makin my dinner and a gallon of tea ha ha