Another white westy - Busted again!

Well i have waited 6 months for this to arrive and i'm pretty glad i did. Thanks to Dave is'it who i got it from and finally delivered on saturday.

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1st job to remove the spare wheel carrier!!

Under the bed i thought i may find some treasures
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This is what i found, some may not think these are treasures but those knickers may come in handy on valentines day

This and a battery tray are the only bit of welding needed.
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its got aircon, which must have been handy in texas
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These funky seats wan't be staying to long, they smell abit like an old biddy's home.
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This hole
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Will be filled with this engine
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2nd job was to get the beam out
The arches are excellent
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I'd like to thank egotrippin aka Steve for his excellent supervisory skills, he has always been good at it.
Also Analog aka Barry who stayed to help me get the beam off when everyone else left cause it was getting dark and cold.
Cheers Boys see you at the weekend for the next instalment

Made up for ya :mrgreen:

Looks like a nice project bus to work on

Hi Darius, you got one in the end . Looks good and solid. Engine looks nice. Look forward to seeing it sometime.

Jeremy

bananacustard said:

Hi Darius, you got one in the end . Looks good and solid. Engine looks nice. Look forward to seeing it sometime.

Jeremy

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Cheers Jeremy. weather and money permitting i hope to get it sorted by end of next month. The interior can wait!

Supervising (standing around smoking) takes years of practice

Looking forward to working on it soon Darius

Looks a nice solid bus, what are your plans?

Those seats look like they were made out of mattresses :shock:

Good luck with the resto.

radish said:

I'd like to thank egotrippin aka Steve for his excellent supervisory skills, he has always been good at it.
Also Analog aka Barry who stayed to help me get the beam off when everyone else left cause it was getting dark and cold.
Cheers Boys see you at the weekend for the next instalment

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barrett even, :roll: but thanks.

did that beam hit you on the head when i left?

still think you should hang the thong around the mirror, it could be called the thong bus, then we can park it beside the muff bus


anyway savannah deluxes are the new white westy's

Analog said:

radish said:

I'd like to thank egotrippin aka Steve for his excellent supervisory skills, he has always been good at it.
Also Analog aka Barry who stayed to help me get the beam off when everyone else left cause it was getting dark and cold.
Cheers Boys see you at the weekend for the next instalment

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barrett even, :roll: but thanks.

did that beam hit you on the head when i left?

still think you should hang the thong around the mirror, it could be called the thong bus, then we can park it beside the muff bus


Done Barrett.

Barry was for Steve's entertainment.

Cali_bay said:

Looks a nice solid bus, what are your plans?

Those seats look like they were made out of mattresses :shock:

Good luck with the resto.

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"slam it" as they.
I have built my own K&L drop spindles
I'm building a narrowed beam from scratch with needle bearings
Air shox
drop the back with some horse shoe plates and 1 notch down, if possible i don't like the extreme notching. The buses look good but they family are going in this bus so its got to be usable.

The paint has issues which i will sort later, got to get driving it 1st.

looks sound!

Gonna be bang on it Darius , Nice 8)

Well done Darius, looks like a good bus.

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Supervising (standing around smoking) takes years of practice

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Looks cool already, plans sound like it's going to be ace! I'l follow this. 8)

Quick update
Started on the front suspension last saturday, with inspiration from mycha i decided on my own built front beam.

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Needle bearings too
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Just over 2" narrowed Link pin beam
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I only bolted the side plates up and put the top tube in. My welder and my welding isn't up to welding the beam completly so i left it here for now.

After doing that egotrippin steve came round to help and i mean help this time we stripped the rear suspension ready to lower, but as none of us had used horseshoe plates before we didn't know what we were doing. So never got it finshed last weekend.

So this afternoon i spent a couple of hours trying again, let me warn anyone that is going to fit them-with 2 people it may be easier but on your own its a cunt of a job!! 1 bloody bolt on each side will wind you up so much, the rest is easy.
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Just need to drill the hole for hand brake cable, even though widefive in the states reckons you can get away with running the cable underneath the spring plates. Anyone know if this is true?

looking good matey look forward to seeing the beam complete."another white westy" did they make them in another colour?

Just need to drill the hole for hand brake cable, even though widefive in the states reckons you can get away with running the cable underneath the spring plates. Anyone know if this is true?

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Glad you got the horseshoe plates sorted and Steve helped this time :lol: :lol: , drilling a hole in the springplates is not that easy unless you've got good air tools etc, we had great fun when we did the panel van!!. I have seen the handbrake cable left underneath as widefive have suggested so if it fits I'd be inclined to run it underneath.

I haven't got horse shoe plates, just adjustable spring plates and i run my cables underneath. It is wise to keep a check on them to ensure they don't wear or pull but mine have been on for 4 years now without an issue. When I have to remove the drum to change shoes or cylinders I will move mine through the plate.....just a bit of laziness on my behalf. :lol:

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Quick update
Started on the front suspension last saturday, with inspiration from mycha i decided on my own built front beam.

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Cool looking good there nice long shock towers on the plates.
What are you going to do with the inner bushing?

Kind regards mycha

I bought a length of delrin which is being machined into 4 bushes with grease grooves like og ones. The tubes i used are 60.33 CDS the ID is slightly larger than stock so custom bushes are needed.

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radish said:

Quick update
Started on the front suspension last saturday, with inspiration from mycha i decided on my own built front beam.

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Cool looking good there nice long shock towers on the plates.
What are you going to do with the inner bushing?

Kind regards mycha

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'ere mister, make us one o'those will ya