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Hi All

Just a few recent pics now my Syncro is with me. Well pleased with it

Nice looking bus fella. Have you done much to it?

Looks great

Dig it! Like the Tristar spare wheel carrier, too

KarlT wrote:Nice looking bus fella. Have you done much to it?

Thanks. I, or should I say Syncrospares, have done the following. I have mostly been hanging around like a bad smell learning bits where I can.

Re Spray (inlcuding painting handles & wiper arms)
New clutch
A bit of minor welding under slider door where the roller channel has rotted
compression test/tune engine
New leisure battery
Rear seatbelts fitted
4x4 overhaul, new actuator
New speedo drive
New steel frame R & R bed for saftey
New Rear lens on light
Curtain tracks
Elec overhaul on leisure side
New decals
New 15' Merc steels with BFG AT tyres

Just ironing our a couple of bumps and it will be ready for a trip to france next summer to find some decent waves with the family. Can't wait!

Oh .....and fitted a new propex heater, saftey net to the high top and a JK fridge. I also think I need to underseal it before winter so thats next on the list. I would like some spots/fog lamps on the front but think I might have to wait and see what farther xmas brings for those as I am now skint!

Good to see you've joined the bottomless-pit!
Don't go SW France in August, horrible!!
Any pics of the 71' Bay?

KarlT wrote:Good to see you've joined the bottomless-pit!
Don't go SW France in August, horrible!!
Any pics of the 71' Bay?

Here she is......and available for hire!

Like it, but get rid of those alloys!
How does the renting work with your insurance?

KarlT wrote:Like it, but get rid of those alloys!
How does the renting work with your insurance?

The alloys are well gone..........on a syncro white westy actually, but not mine. The top pic with the white steels is what it looks like right now.

Insurance is a pain in the a***. Its done on a hire by hire basis by the 24hr period and is a bit of a faff. Its my first summer in the hire game and is going ok but not without its worries. Still.......all for the love of an old bus hey.

I like both your buses

What size tyre have you got in that spare wheel carrier on the Syncro? Mine are 205/70x15 but I'm not sure whether I could fit them in the space

Yep, same as the others, the carrier just took a little modding to get it in there.

On the Tristar spare wheel carrier... I have a Westy Syncro (also from Syncrospares - I saw yours when it was being finished off) My spare is in a normal T25 carrier albeit a bit modded to fit the BFG 15" in there.

The Tristar arrangement looks the biz as it allows for front skid plate. Does anyone know of where to get a pattern as it doesn't look too hard to weld up a home made version - I've got no money left for a new one already!! I'd love a rear carrier but thats going to have to wait a loooooong time!

Will put some pics of mine up when I have time to get some decent ones.

Pete