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by hicksy
23 Jan 2017, 10:37
Forum: T25 Alternative Engine Forum
Topic: 914 engine
Replies: 10
Views: 4005

Re: 914 engine

Hello mate,

Ive just sent you an email via this page but I don't suppose you still have the 1600CT Hanging around do you? I'm rebuilding one and could do with a breaker engine!

Regards,

Leigh
by hicksy
10 Jul 2016, 23:55
Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
Topic: Caravelle to Camper self build.
Replies: 90
Views: 86817

Re: Caravelle to Camper self build.

Hi All, Wow, this is an old thread, I do hope people out there can still use it as a reference or inspiration for their own build! Anyway, After many a crappy job in the world of civvie street (I'm an ex soldier) I decided to bite the bullet and start my own business building and converting camper v...
by hicksy
06 Oct 2014, 21:30
Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
Topic: Caravelle to Camper self build.
Replies: 90
Views: 86817

Re: Caravelle to Camper self build.

Thank you mate. I enjoyed doing it and now build interiors for a living at Sussex Kampers :)
:ok
by hicksy
04 Oct 2014, 20:36
Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
Topic: Caravelle to Camper self build.
Replies: 90
Views: 86817

Re: Caravelle to Camper self build.

HI all, Its been a while, how are you all?! Ive resurrected this thread as Ive been hankering after Bulli. Turns out I still had the Email of they buyer so I asked him how its all going. He still Owns Bulli, and took him all over Europe for his honeymoon too which is awesome, but.........since havin...
by hicksy
02 Dec 2012, 08:09
Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
Topic: Caravelle to Camper self build.
Replies: 90
Views: 86817

Re: Caravelle to Camper self build.

Hi all! At last I have returned to finish this thread once and for all! Unfortunately I have now sold Bulli to release some pennies for our little girl (having kids is expensive right!?!) but he went to a lovely couple near oxford who used him for their wedding in august this year. So the pictures y...
by hicksy
23 Jun 2012, 13:00
Forum: Bodywork, Seats & Glass
Topic: New Windscreen Help Please
Replies: 2
Views: 890

Re: New Windscreen Help Please

Try the wanted section in either this forum or Brick-yard. I did so a couple of years ago and a very kind chap sold me a nearly new screen froma van he was breaking for £25! You never know, you might get lucky...
by hicksy
06 Jan 2012, 23:16
Forum: Restoration and Major Repairs
Topic: Caravelle to Camper self build.
Replies: 90
Views: 86817

Re: Caravelle to Camper self build.

Hi all, My sincerest apologies for not completing this thread as yet. As you may or may not know my last post was a couple of weeks before we set off for poland for our wedding so I was very very busy! The Wedding was a huge success, the Camper played a wonderful part in the wedding and, during the ...
by hicksy
06 Nov 2011, 16:59
Forum: Electrical & Instrumentation
Topic: Rear fog rocker switch 'tell tale' - MOT Fail
Replies: 25
Views: 3407

Re: Rear fog rocker switch 'tell tale' - MOT Fail

I have had this as a item on the fail list before. The garage it was in at the time sorted it so I cannot offer any advice, sorry
by hicksy
03 Nov 2011, 10:30
Forum: Campers
Topic: Poll:which way do you sleep?
Replies: 32
Views: 5055

Re: Poll:which way do you sleep?

psychonaut wrote:6' 2" tall here, so head at the tailgate and feet hanging off the other end, every time :)

Ditto. In all honesty i would have thought evryone slept in thier vans like this, I thought wrong! Interesting poll.
by hicksy
10 Oct 2011, 12:20
Forum: Electrical & Instrumentation
Topic: Water Temp Gauge not working
Replies: 3
Views: 822

Re: Water Temp Gauge not working

I had the same fault on my van. It turns out the Hose clamp that the sensor should be earthed to on the block was not earthed! Have a look here where I went through the fault, hope it helps a little: http://forum.club8090.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=82900" onclick="window.open(this.href)...
by hicksy
14 Sep 2011, 07:18
Forum: Camping & Travelling
Topic: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.
Replies: 19
Views: 2839

Re: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.

The ASCI Camping card and book I will buy for next time. I bought the Camperstop book as reccomended on this site, but quickly figured those sites are more for those in Large motor homes with showers and toilets etc. My wife now loves camping in the van, but much prefers a site with even the basic f...
by hicksy
13 Sep 2011, 17:58
Forum: Camping & Travelling
Topic: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.
Replies: 19
Views: 2839

Re: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.

Hi there, We stayed here http://www.albateo.it/dinamic/pages/main/?section=albateo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; We found it purely by chance. We did find one campsite near venice, NEXT DOOR TO THE AIRPORT!!! and it was horrendous. It was like club 18-30 for a start, was d...
by hicksy
13 Sep 2011, 07:25
Forum: Camping & Travelling
Topic: Berlin bus fest 2012
Replies: 148
Views: 14510

Re: Berlin bus fest 2012

Im very interested in this. The wife and I could incorperate it into our annual drives to poland, Its basically on the way! Its a long way though Chaps and chapessess, so as a convoy goes it might be wise to split a convoy up into smaller packets in order to keep a good average speed up. Its just a ...
by hicksy
12 Sep 2011, 12:17
Forum: Camping & Travelling
Topic: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.
Replies: 19
Views: 2839

Re: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.

Hi all, We are back! After travelling through 9 countries, having one wedding, a huge, epic and wonderful euro trip Honeymoon and driven over 4800kms with NO BREAKDOWNS(!) we are finally home! We spent a week running round carrying out last minute errands in Poland which added at least 400kms to our...
by hicksy
02 Sep 2011, 19:41
Forum: Camping & Travelling
Topic: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.
Replies: 19
Views: 2839

Re: Honeymoon Euro Trip August 2011.

Hi all. Just a quick update, My new bride Dominika, Bulli the van, and I are safe and well in Klosterneuburg near vienna, Austria. The wedding was amazing and we set off on the honey moon on wednesday. Today we spent the day in Vienna which is an incredible city and before today I knew little about....