Well... this is about what i had to start out with
A 14" vw caravelle syncro from 1985 with an aan gearbox and rear lockers. I payed a sum equivelent to about 800 punds for it and i travelled to an island outside of landskrova to get it on a trailer and haul it home.
Always liked offroadvehicles and was planning to some day build a baja or something just as bad when i found this on the web..
Thinking vw? 4x4? And felt I really NEED this.
So whats happened since then? Well... Not much really because i already have a project.
A heavely modified BeachBuggy wich i decided to have done before i started with the bus.
But over the time it stood there i ran across parts and items that had such a good price i just couldent let them pass me by.
A Wrecked legacy with a 2,2 l engine complete with harness and everything else i needed. 50 pounds +the gas and trailer to get it.
a set of seats for 10 pounds
a set of lt mirrors for about 50 pounds.
And now ive gotten it into my head that im supposed to have it running to sweden rock 2013
(Read RUNNING not finished)
but I have palced an order with RJES and im guessing the parts will be on their way soon (as if there isnt a TON of other work to do.)
dropped the engine
the gearbox, wich I already posted some about. About that I have decided, since it works. Itll just haveto run untill i can afford to buy or find a whole drivetrain with the finishgear to work better with the larger wheels.
I also dropped the fueltank and this is what it looks like behind
although its still alot better than i feared... though when starting to cut around rust Its ALWAYS alot worse than one might think. So in the end... Its probably Exaktly as bad as i first thought
Thats the tearing down part..
The actually productive parts are
"liftkit" for the rear. 30 mm nylonspacers.
Had a bit of rust here.. Well the whole part of the springplate on the trailingarm was more or less desintegrated. I did have plans to just switch the whole arm but insted i decided to fix the arm in place just to save time and moneys.
And to do that i first had to make a tool to press the plate
wich i then welded a piece of tubing with a lid on.
and then welded the whole place after some cleaning with a wirebrush on an anglegrinder and some zinkspray onto the trailingarm
(i guessing it doesent have to be better than this?)
also fabricated a set of "liftkit" for the front. This might not be so important to the whole RUNNING part but it does need to look a bit badass aswell.
Never got this to work though.
Had the whole front dicessembled but never got it togeather Cause of a confuzing Bush/guide/pipe
however we jiggled, pulled and twisted we just couldent get the shock through the whole.
Max and Caddy tipped me to -give it a wobble with a screwdriver..will come away. AND -Looks like a new one would be a good idea to!
Any tips or links to where i can find this small and annoying piece of metal to replace the rusted one with?
Anyhow we screwed it back togeather and shuved it out of the garage again since the weekend was over and the workshop is needed for work during the week.
