Well after hanging around here for about a year now I thought it was time to get some photos posted up and have a thread for keeping a bit of history together. So this is Jimmy our Westy. Built on October 18th 1967 and apparently spent most of his life in and around Nevada. He was imported in Feb 2010 and Hannah and I bought him in May that year.
As he is now:
Camping last weekend:
Since buying him we've made a few improvements, originally it was fitted with a 1200 engine (gutless!) and was lowered with an adjuster on the front and 2 splines down on the rear. The engine is now a 1600tp with an LPG conversion and has Transporterhaus dropped spindles on the front with Slamwerks plates on the rear to give a much better ride 8) The front seats were swapped out for some from a vauxhall calibra as the originals gave me back ache on longer journeys.
The front panel was changed at some point in the states and it wasn't done particularly well. This winter we're planning on getting the front panel redone and the rest of the body work stripped back and resprayed. The aim is to have this all done and ready in time to use for our wedding photos when we get married in August 2012.
That's it for now, I'll try and keep this thread updated as and when things happen and hopefully it will give us a running history
Adam
As he is now:
Camping last weekend:
Since buying him we've made a few improvements, originally it was fitted with a 1200 engine (gutless!) and was lowered with an adjuster on the front and 2 splines down on the rear. The engine is now a 1600tp with an LPG conversion and has Transporterhaus dropped spindles on the front with Slamwerks plates on the rear to give a much better ride 8) The front seats were swapped out for some from a vauxhall calibra as the originals gave me back ache on longer journeys.
The front panel was changed at some point in the states and it wasn't done particularly well. This winter we're planning on getting the front panel redone and the rest of the body work stripped back and resprayed. The aim is to have this all done and ready in time to use for our wedding photos when we get married in August 2012.
That's it for now, I'll try and keep this thread updated as and when things happen and hopefully it will give us a running history
Adam