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Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:48 am

Hi all here are some pics of my trusty chariot Chug Chug:-
This is how I had him

Started with the front panel & cab area, found some nasty's under the front screen, bottom of the front panel & cab floor. Cut out all of the rust & welded in new plate with seam welds not dodgy tack welds. Welded up the front spare wheel holder holes too.

The roof & gutters were good but someone had painted them white so this had to be sanded down & Painted L63H Sage Green.

I'll add more later but if you want to see all of my photos goto:-
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v129/Chrisradioman/
Theres loads of them fro when I had him in May untill now. :D

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:50 am

More pics:-
New rear corner, batery tray & rear panel & filler just to blend it in.

Lots of filler on the side panels not hiding any dodgy welding or rust though, just to straighten things out.

Looking straight now

Not just the outside given the treatment, the inside too, the old paint was 30 years old after all

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:51 am

Started to make cup holders in the dashboard, done one just one to go!

Marking out

Check possition

Drill it out

Fit im plastic cup

Fibre glass it in.

Trim it off & fill it.
Not quite finished, a fit more filling & smothing out then once its done, I'm going to have it flocked.

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:51 am

Bought some guages on eBay last week VDO ones originally fitted in an Audi.

This is how they came

Marked out the dash

Drilled it out

Fitted & so is my Becker Sat Nav
I paid £60.00 but I have seen some cheaper since. Dead easy to fit too. I fitted a new Cigarette Lighter today a genuine VW one, that was easy to fit too apart from the hole needed to be 27mm, I only had a 25mm hole saw so I has to wiggle it a bit. looks good now.

The guages aren't staying orange, its just the only bulbsI had they will be green LED by next week & so will the instruments. LED MMM they are the way forward, use a tenth of the power of a bulb & so wont run the battery as flat if you left your lights on.

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:52 am

:D Just picked up another wheel from Benetts who shot blasted it for me & primered it.

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:55 am

Bit of bad news today, My Becker Radio (worlds best radio) packed in today, cost £1,000.00 18mths ago but at least its under waranty I'll send it back & hopefully they won't be able to fix it & I'll have the new model instead.
This is the new model:-
http://www.mybecker.com/beckerCms/www_root/ar03/te...navSeq=240
You can change the display to any colour you like, look at the specks

I'm going to wire in my OFC speaker wire tommorrow ready for my Alpine speakers:-

Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:56 am

Emailed Becker last night & they gave me a phone No. to ring, so I rang it. A company called Advanced Electronic Logistics are collecting my radio tommorrow for repair under waranty & hopefully I'll have it back in less than 14 days. here is a picture of it, dosn't look like a grands worth does it? Trust me though its awsome.

Specs below:-
The Traffic Pro with Bluetooth wireless technology and speech control not only understands you - it is also on the same wavelength as your other communication equipment. Navigating, making phone calls and exchanging data is all so much easier and safer using the Bluetooth interface and speech dialogue system. You get all this plus the exclusive experience of Becker sound quality.

Use your car radio to make a phone call. Or send your address book from your mobile phone to the navigation unit - it's quick and easy with the Bluetooth interface. You can even use speech commands. The Becker Traffic Pro with Bluetooth wireless technology guides you more safely to your destination. Have a good journey!

Technical Highlights

Speech-Dialog-System in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
Hands-free communication via Bluetooth wireless technology
Voice selection of stored phone numbers
Exchange of address- and telephone directories between the mobile phone and the Traffic Pro 7945
200 given voice commands plus 50 programmable commands
OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display
Night design
Fast route calculation, 166 MHz processor, 32 Bit RISC architecture
64 MB RAM
Address book with 500 personal entriesBecker Traffic Pro
CD/MP3 player
CD-ROM quad-speed drive
MP3 playback from CF cards, Microdrives or CD-R/CD-RW
Becker Surround Sound System
Navigation in 23 European countries
Navigation announcements in 12 languages
Dynamic route guidance with TMC*
Voice announcements of traffic messages in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian or Spanish (Text-to-Speech)
2-RDS Frequency Diversity Tuner
Dynamic Autostore FM
Included: GPS antenna, microphone, navigation CDs for 23 European countries

* Dynamic route guidance with TMC available in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland

Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:44 am

carry on 8)

Tue Sep 25, 2007 4:44 pm

Looking good 8)

Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:55 pm

Did you have to go to school to learn how to use that thing?

Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:55 pm

Freakin' sweet.

Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:02 am

Wow, very nice work and sweet post!

Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:37 pm

:D Thanks guys I'll add some more over the next couple of weeks, the engine is coming out this weekend. :?

Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:39 pm

itlives wrote: Did you have to go to school to learn how to use that thing?
The good thing is if you just use its basic fungtions its simple it only gets complicated when you delve in further. :D

Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:19 pm

I was with you until the cupholders. Nice work, but IMHO the fiberglass cup holders are nasty.

Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:53 am

:( The thing is I can always replace that part if it doesn't turn out OK, how would you have done it?

Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:04 pm

Today I started to sort out the wiring behind the radio, I've wired up the 2 front speakers in the doors with 12A.W.G Oxygen Free Cable & the rear speakers with 7A.W.G O.F.C I didn't do the driver side as I had a nightmare getting the cable through to the Passenger side & then it got dark.
The route through the roof I took.

I fitted my chrome GB badge on the back (very important job).

Sun Sep 30, 2007 7:49 pm

chrisradioman wrote: :( The thing is I can always replace that part if it doesn't turn out OK, how would you have done it?

I meant no offence by my comment, your bus looks great. I am still looking for an answer to the cup holder problem myself. I think that I will probably go for one of those ash tray versions though.

Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:59 am

:D Don't worry no offence taken. I had my dash top off to paint it & one day I stopped for a KFC & while eating it had to pull the bus forward out of someones way. I had no where to put my cup so I balanced it down the hole. That give me the idea then cos there is loads of space there. I thought if it looks rubbish I can always pick up a new dash top. :D

Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:26 pm

:D Finished one wheel today

& 2-pak primmed another

Primmed my Westy Tow bar

& my back bumper. Thats my M8 Ian painting it he has his own buisiness painting small parts & panels on a mobile basis. .

Which I have drilled holes in,

to fit my cobra digital reversing sensors.
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