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Started by Cunning Plan, August 11, 2008, 03:58:25 PM

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Cunning Plan

Quoting: Cunning Plan
I am just waiting for delivery


Arrived!





1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

art b

thats more like it ...

cant you get hearing aid beige...

for you lot with ya drab old vans
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

Cunning Plan



Woah, 'drab', that's too far





I am sure you meant drrraa.......aastically better than Lates.

1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

art b

Quoting: Cunning Plan



Brilliant!

That's an EarlyBay too!  (Note the dull finish). :geek:




well you did mention drab yourself..
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

Cunning Plan

Not as much done as I had wanted, but forward still.

I have made a nice rig to fabricate the wiring loom  




Updates:

The accelerator peddle area was looking crusty, so I sorted that out:







I drilled and tapped new holes, then fitted a new peddle, using stainless fixings.



Steering column off for reconditioning.





A bit of a boring colour, but as the column is a big part of the cab-area / interior, I have planned something a little different for it........  ;)

On-to the rear spring plates.

Here I have decided to fit a pair of adjustable rear lowing spring-plates from TransporterHaus.

Here they are from a previous post, I have had them on my shelf for a while:



Apart from having the benefit of being able to adjust the rear ride-height just by turning a bolt, the main reason I wanted to fit these is that I did not fancy doing this every-time I wanted to take the back wheels off!



I will give this a clean up and put some protection paint on it.



The spring plate had welded itself onto the torsion bar, so I had to heat the spring-plate up and hammer it out  :|  :character0036:





Next to do:
  • Sliding Door Hinge - Find a replacement or fix the original - Still looking!
  • Buy components for headlining along with the actual headlining - soon to be fabricated when my buddy has spare time.
  • Fit Headlining
  • Wiring Loom diagram
  • Wiring Loom component purchase
  • Wiring Loom fabricate
  • Fit Rear Adjustable Lowering Spring Plates from TransporterHaus
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

Quoting: Cunning Plan
:| :character0036:



WTF !!??

Getting there.

Andy

Looking good CP.

Question is, who is taking the longest at finishing their project, RK or CP? Who will finish?!

:| :character0036:

Cunning Plan

Quoting: Andy
Question is, who is taking the longest at finishing their project, RK or CP? Who will finish?!


RK will finish first. That man is a project machine.
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Andy

Bet you could've completed more of your bus in the time it took to find that smilie!

Cunning Plan

Maybe....... But I'm at work

I do like to ensure all smileys are used at some point
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

Quoting: Cunning Plan
That man is a project machine.


I'll be updating the "Pig" thread later this evening . . .

Cunning Plan

Parts drop!

3/4" Breaker bar to help with the rear castle-nuts as I am re-building the rear suspension.

1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

Used my 3/4" set last night to change the oil filter on the Mondeo (it's the only 38mm socket I have).


Cunning Plan

Quoting: Cunning Plan
I have planned something a little different for it........ ;)


... and here is that something a little different:





Back of the deck-lid and the steering column.

Having issues getting the spring plates back on as they are adjustable and have a larger diameter on the back of the plate than the originals, this is expanding the rubber bushing too much to then sit in the axle recess properly to then connect with the torsion bars. So I am sourcing larger replacements now I have the exact measurements.
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

Bet that must've been a mutha of a masking job !!!  

Cunning Plan

Quoting: Roadkill
Bet that must've been a mutha of a masking job !!!  


They are my sticky secret (and that's not just my bedsheets this morning )













It's a sticker sheet my good man, but shhhhh
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill


F Body

Quoting: Cunning Plan
They are my sticky secret


I'd already assumed that it was vinyl checker sheet

Cunning Plan

Parts drop!



The custom-made headlining arrived from MegaVanMats too, but I didn't take a picture of it.
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

I'm jealous of the amount of working space you have.  I'd get things done 10 times quicker if I could work inside.



Get to it, man !

Cunning Plan

I know dude. The problem is time V work V distance.

The bus and all that space is in Norfolk and I'm now in Northampton.

Although, you manage alright, I shouldn't bitch and get on with it. I am trying though. I bring parts back with me to work on during the week and then go back to the bus at weekends where I do not have any commitments.

I did the checkers at home for example.

I need an RK.
1968 VW T2 Bay Bus (currently being restored and upgraded)
1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ (modern classic daily driver)

Roadkill

Quoting: Cunning Plan
I need an RK


Every project needs an RK.  I'm like a tall, less amusing, Minion.  

art b

Quoting: Roadkill
Every project needs an RK. I'm like a tall, less amusing/attractive Minion


ftfy...
This forum needs, ''YOU'' posting,Not just reading ! :moon:

Roadkill