old newbe

bak home after a good week cruising the west coast loovved it all


back home and more work started
dash out and repairs to window surround







not in too bad condition

 

did things a bit backward but i wanted to use it in the summer of 2011
so had loads a fun along the way


cut a bit out of the window surround
and made a piece

 

cleaned and painted the dash in 2k pastel white




and finished the rims




luved these babies

 

put it all back together and painted the vents white :-[
then black : )

got the dash back together

 

then it was time for camper jam really liked this show

 

some knob head !


and back home to pick a colour found these for inspiration


took me a full year to settle on the colour

 

anyway loads more sanding filling and priming and i managed to get some mellow yellow on the main body ^-^although not the finished artical it will do for 2012 season got a big tour planned!






and started on the interior

been a joiner i thourght this would be easy





but lack of funds and time didnt help me get the finish i was after

anyway it was show season so fook it i thourght
O0

 

enjoyed santa pod first time in a bus was buzzing and no tent to put away lol!

 

more pics to add but i think that will do for now hope you enjoy )

 

Glad you re-posted this, as you've said on Rusty's resto thread, they are almost identical vans ;D

Its actually your original thread that switched me onto TLB , I was trawling looking for resto's similar to mine when i first got the van and came across your thread. It was so similar (down to rusty arches etc) that seeing the progress you had made sorta convinced me I hadn't been totally mad buying a bucket of rust to restore ;D

Love the Mk1 BTW, doing anything special engine wise?

Cheers,

MM

 

8)

 

engines now in and got 150miles under its belt
tweeking the carbs as i runs it
seems to have loads of power
will ad more pics when i can get cam going
ended up in north yorkshire moors near grassinton
love it
soothed the pain of the cost of engine rebuild a bit
main jobs to sort for mot are the horn and small bit of welding to rear torsion tubes
and a pas side door rubber to fit
oh yeah and the interior to finish
never ending ???
but we luv it >

 

been busy today checking things over for mot
fixed the horn
part changed the gear selecter not as sloppy now
fitted a duel relay and second battery
wire 10 inch sub upto a amp
mega bass now (my be getting to old for it but just luv dub step since rtts last year )
few other jobs
oh yeah drank loads of mexican beer
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took some more pics of the new engine install hope you like 2100cc of pure growl )

 

must take some pics of the interior i made it last year in a rush
so this year i will be getting the front seats and rear bench recovered and finishing of the rest of the interior