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Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:30 am

Lionhart94010 wrote: Sweet looking PV, great Paint job :0)

It may be nice of you could find the with vacuum distributor to go with you stock looking engine, and would probably make your bus feel more responsive :0)

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/books/aus_busrepair2.jpg

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/aug68bus.php

Here is a couple of good reference picture for hose clamps etc if you need them…

Thanks for feedback, I'll look into that cheers

Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:15 am

All I can say about your bus is.. =D> You'll be winning some shows with that beauty. It is stunning and I am jealous.

Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:00 am

jbbrown wrote: All I can say about your bus is.. =D> You'll be winning some shows with that beauty. It is stunning and I am jealous.

thanks for your kind words - we've a big show in Sydney in about a month, should be on the road by then (2 or 3 weeks) so hopefully have it ready fo that, yeah, see how it goes :)

Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:27 pm

Now I need to ask...what color is that? Mango Green?

Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:28 pm

camit34 wrote:

Now I need to ask...what color is that? Mango Green?

oooh not Mango mate, it's nothing like it - that's Birch Green. I got the nod so to speak from this Australian brochure

Now, that could be Beryl Green but I've always lusted over Birch Green so that's what it is.

Wed May 27, 2009 6:33 am

Some more pic updates bringing us to Sunday just gone, and the VW Nationals show here in Sydney.

new headlining in

Was ready for the show with hours to spare

At the show

:D :D :D

Later that day, my first passenger - my sister

..off on my merry way..

Wed May 27, 2009 6:37 am

Congratulations, it's beautiful!

Wed May 27, 2009 6:39 am

Echoing busdaddy, cheers man! That thing is beautiful, good on ya!

Wed May 27, 2009 6:40 am

What is one hell of a great job. When are you coming to Canada to do mine.

Wed May 27, 2009 7:06 am

Cheers fellas,

Without sounding like an Oscar winner in my tuxedo, my gracious thanks go to

Marcus Osborne - for managing the entire resto from the 2000km round trip to pick the van up to the last adjustments at 7am on the day of the show. Legend.

From this

to this

Michael O'leary - bodywork

Andrew Sewell - paintwork

Well done lads =D> :D

Wed May 27, 2009 7:08 am

Man, that is gorgeous! I love the color!

Wed May 27, 2009 7:59 am

:shock: :shock: =P~ =P~

Wow. The bar has been set.

Wed May 27, 2009 1:59 pm

busdaddy wrote: Congratulations, it's beautiful!

Thanks for your advice along the way with the cargo/cabin area colour split, a great help cheers mate.

Wed May 27, 2009 2:11 pm

You need to try to get this in Hot VWs. They always use the excuse that there are no show quality Bays to feature so that is why they don't but this definitely fits the bill.

Wed May 27, 2009 2:23 pm

2jmotorsports wrote: :shock: :shock: =P~ =P~

Wow. The bar has been set.

Thanks - just spent a while looking at your site, lovely bus and you certainly have been lucky with your seats and sliding door - the VW Gods favour you, keep burning your offerings. I had an absolute nightmare trying to find a solid door, didn't and repaired the original...eventually.

Wed May 27, 2009 2:29 pm

calebmelvin wrote: You need to try to get this in Hot VWs. They always use the excuse that there are no show quality Bays to feature so that is why they don't but this definitely fits the bill.

Really? I would have thought there would be a heap of restored bays worthy of a feature, if not in the US certainly in the UK. There was a gorgeous window van parked next to me at the show on Sunday that was just as clean, so that's another here in Australia already...

Thanks for the compliment!

Wed May 27, 2009 3:16 pm

I am totally digging it...Nice Job.

Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:19 pm

Van's first job... :)

Just waiting for tailgate and sliding door panel to be painted..

Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:48 am

:shock: :shock: AWESOME mate i have a 69 Panel Van too but mine is low and ratty , Nice to see what it would have looked like new

Check out www.earlybay.com 8)

Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:37 pm

Grazy wrote: :shock: :shock: AWESOME mate i have a 69 Panel Van too but mine is low and ratty , Nice to see what it would have looked like new

Check out www.earlybay.com 8)

Cheers Grazy, yeah I've been on early bay, nice site, I 'know' Clem off justkampers and Volkszone. Nice people there. I'll check out your van :)

Incidently, my situation has changed since the van was finshed, i'm now in the UK with a work opportunity and the van is back in Sydney. It had a day out the other weekend at a surf carnival but I'm obviously not going to get the use out of it in the other side of the world so I'm considering selling it. I'll put a thread up in the correct place but I'm looking for $24k aussie dollars. Van is in Sydney.