Time for a new thread i think... Earl the shed of a bay status update...

Right finally getting the shed back togther and my new 1641cc engine with a full flow oil system, should turn up in a few days. Brought it for TES engines.... will post picks when it gets here and show you all the old lump aswell... anyways thought id post a few pics of the van either today or tomorrow but got a few of my engine extras =p













All photos at http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh224/Menthus/Earl%20the%20shed%20of%20a%20bay/

 

The old Lump out of earl, Both cylinder heads split... wrong valve heights helicoiled plugs etc etc..


Brand new from TES Engines =] 1641cc..... full flow oil system. etc... its Sat on my freezer... an its killing me as my tinware is with my painter so hopfully get them this week and start building it up..

This is Earl btw my t2 bay Brought off MajorHangover...


Earls had his bad days ...


And his good ones ...


Well this is it at the moment but i will try and upload more as im planning on going to the volksworld show in march...

 

Ps Can someone link me my old thread Earl the shed of a bay... cant find it since the website changed a while back... =[

 

Awww man that sucks it was a big thread but ohh well =] least the sites still here...

 

ouch... that does suck.. lol

 

Christ ive never seen one with that little left of it
Good on you for restoring it

 

Cheers man lucky i got a donor floor with it tbh the original was damn rotten but now its all new steel, i really need some new pics to show you how much ive done... its pritty extensive =]

 

There is quite a lot missing good luck welding it all back in.

 

Nows that is a rusty bus good luck

 

And I've been moaning about a bit of floating and sanding bodywork
Good luck dude.

 

Jesus Christ man where is your bus. You're only supposed to cut the rust out! Where did MH get it from before you, the Everglades?!?

Hats off to you mate that goes further than any resto i've ever seen! Don't you have to be careful that the roof doesn't buckle though?

 

Nah being a tin top its got braces for roof support plus didnt cut the rear pillars out only the front and we welded supports in anyways to make sure it was solid. Yer i know the rusts pritty bad for a 72 but its solid now. i will try and get some more photos up..

Replacement floor

It will go it i swear....



Floor in place..

Rotten foot wells..

So basically so far my bus had had new centre flooring (ALL OF IT lol) New genuine front arches (recomend getting them for vw heritage rather than justkampers as i had two pairs that were rubbish as i would have had to cut them to make them fit but the heritage ones went straight it)...( im not cutting 170 quids worth of arch lol) new sill kit new out riggers. Jacking points, new battery trays. new front cab flooring....and all this is a yer tomorrow =] nt bad really since i work full time....

 

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wow that is a big big big lot of holes.
good luck with it all
bek

 

Wow......good work
And i thought i was brave cutting the roof off mine

 

Great stuff dude keep it up

 

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Hooray you're back!!! I was wondering how old Earl was doing just the other day and you've done some amazing work on him :mwave:

Hope you can get to Volksworld as we'll be there and it would be lovely to see the new and improved Earl 8)