New Split Van in the area, almost ready . . .

[iceneweb]

Hi all,

I thought I would post a couple of photos of my project 1964 Bus. It's had a lot of work done to it since I drove it back from Edmonton at the beginning of the year, and is now allllmmmmoooost ready for the Provincial Inspection.







Right now it is parked in Cloverdale at a friends house while I work on it, but once road-legal will be in South Surrey.

Cheers,
Mark

[Geoff]

very nice! be sure to bring it out to the GCVWS.

[Alp]

South Surrey will be a better place afterwards.......

[iceneweb]

Thanks for the welcome, guys

I doubt I will be ready for the show, as this project is a series of 'three steps forward, two steps back'.

Left to do, are: alignment, brake bleed and adjust and a few other small things.

I am hoping the RGB's don't leak anymore otherwise there will be another multi-week delay. Another failing point point, might be too much play in the steering box, though I have a good used one ready to go. It's a pain of a job though as the front end of the bus needs to be about 4 feet off the ground to get the box in/out, and getting the steering wheel off can be trouble.

The front end spindles were a saga in themselves. It took a total of two months from the day i sent them (the expensive option with CP), to when I picked them up from The Letter Carrier in Point Roberts. The rebuilder did not provide good communication, and it was overall a dissappointing experience. If you're looking for a quicker turnaround, I suggest you try Rizzag or WideFive.

I am really looking forward to using the bus as my daily transportation, as it's a lot of fun driving it.

Mark

[Batan]

Awesome bus! I know what you mean about 2 steps forward, 3 back and the inspection, I imported my bay window from Oregon last July and few weeks turned into few months as I was sorting out the issues. Steering box was one of them for me as well, completely shot(had 1/4 turn of steering play!) and so on.
Say, is that pain 1/2 polished? Just curious why's 1/2 shiny and top half isn't.

[VW 144th]

Hallelujha Brother!

Another eleven window bus representin !

J

[Crank]

Welcome to the neighborhood brother!
 

[iceneweb]

Awesome bus! I know what you mean about 2 steps forward, 3 back and the inspection, I imported my bay window from Oregon last July and few weeks turned into few months as I was sorting out the issues. Steering box was one of them for me as well, completely shot(had 1/4 turn of steering play!) and so on.
Say, is that pain 1/2 polished? Just curious why's 1/2 shiny and top half isn't.

Yeah, it feels like it's never-ending!

The bottom half is shiny, because the PO in his wisdom only painted that part after rust repairs. It looks better in the photos than real life of course. I think I'm going to buff up the top half of the green and make an attempt at blending the two together.

[iceneweb]

And what to do about the Jesus stickers? They're fun in a way, cus I don't go for any of that stuff. One of them has 1975 printed on it, so it would be nice to keep it. A friend suggest putting some 'praise satan' stickers next to them to confuse the public 

[Alp]

put that sticker on the other side it it looks like the van is a split personality.  Or that the passenger praises Jesus and the driver favours Satan (so watch out)!

[steveo_32]

Looking good dude!!! About fricken time!!



 

[Chris E.]

Looks great Mark!

[iceneweb]

Wahoo!! On the fucking road!!!

Special thanks to Steve O and Ross and the folks at CIP1, especially Bill D

[steveo_32]

Cool dude! Just in time for the canadian