Melburg Luft

Jordi's bus is progressing nicely....





Will try to update this thread a little more often!

Work on the lowlight double cab continues with Barry making some great progress with the fabrication and engine installation:

Red9Design front end and four pot brakes:


Bay window bus engine access hatch:


As much as I'd love to have the DC in the weeds, the engine to ground clearance is still an issue with the Porker motor even with the 2 inch tranny raise so the height will come up a fraction from here:




Quick mock up of a 17in Fuch to check for offset measurements etc (different wheels will be run on the DC though)

Although a lot of panel work, it must be good having so much access to engine and transmission during the build..

Can you tell me the size of the tyre on the 17" fuch , Al..?
Looks to be a good fit..

Looks like about 205 50 17?

Looking good Al as always

Tonz, Jase is right, 205/50 17
That rim is a 7in with ET43

The new rear rims will be ET35 and will run a 225/50 17 on the rear and probably 185/45 17 (if I can find them again) with an ET45. New wheels will be a love em or hate em deal, but you have to be different every now and then! We always get people asking us what wheels will fit their car but it all depends on brake and suspension components of course plus ride height and turning circle. The new rims will be 7.5in wide but we'll have the fronts narrowed to 6in to clear the upper wishbone.

Customer wanted an electric ragtop so this Webasto unit was the largest available. Short of going to a splitty samba sunroof this was the best compromise for the owner.



Baz had to spread the DC cheeks apart a little to get engine lid gaps correct

He did sweet talk it first before hand and promised he would be gentle...

Hey I knows my tyres

Liking the rag

Jase wrote:
Liking the rags

At least its a three fold

Rude question, PM if you like. But what's one of those bad boys cost?

Rags in a bay dc... played out...

Jase wrote:Rude question, PM if you like. But what's one of those bad boys cost?

All good Jase, just a smidge under $2K including installation - obviously includes the canvas but not headliner (or wiring which I assume we'll run the necessary fused feed and earth up to the control unit). I just googled Webasto sunroofs and then tracked down a local installer. Just a note though, the side to side curve of the sunroof frame is limited so wouldn't work on a splitty or beetle, the bay roof just conforms enough once the hole is cut. Anything with less curve like a squareback etc would have no dramas. That is if you can bear the abuse for cutting a hole in the roof I'm ready for it haha

This was the model we ordered (Hollandia 400):
http://www.webasto.com/int/markets-prod ... ding-roof/

i know a guy

Looks ace! Will be very slick once done
Who do you use for wheel narrowing Al? Do they narrow low pressure cast like an Escra?

PASHN8 wrote:Looks ace! Will be very slick once done
Who do you use for wheel narrowing Al? Do they narrow low pressure cast like an Escra?

Dino, we used to use a place on the nord end of the gold coast but they have since shut down (had a couple sets of Fuchs narrowed previously). Using a different place this time (Dr Wheels) also on the goldy:

http://goldcoastalloywheelscustomrimrepairs.com

Not sure on the cast alloy narrowing - give them a call and I'm sure they can tell you.
Cheers
AL

Dr Wheels is the guy I've been talking to in the past

Dasdubber wrote:
Baz had to spread the DC cheeks apart a little to get engine lid gaps correct

He did sweet talk it first before hand and promised he would be gentle...

hope u bought it a drink 1st

Jase wrote:Dr Wheels is the guy I've been talking to in the past

I think they quoted me around $165 inc to narrow a 17in alloy.

Dion, a few drinks never hurt, a lot of drinks are even better though

We are fortunate to have Phil's beast "Grover" back in our workshop for some more fab work around the engine bay/load beds and then some paint on the underside/treasure chest/engine bay as well.

Dzus fasteners will hold down the hinge rear tray sections:


A bit of tweaking to the hinges and struts (inc lower mounts) got the whole assembly working and aligning perfectly



The colour sanding process on the Karmann Ghia continues

What was supposed to be a quick tidy up for my niece's first VW turned out to be a complete nightmare with major rust hidden under bog and about 3 months more work than I hoped....but alas her 70 Beetle is done after a full respray inside and out. We were never going for a show car of course, but its a nice tidy little fatty beetle nonetheless.




This is why I no longer do quick resprays and only do bare metal resto's for customers!

Oooh, you get T3D all excited with that.

Nice looking fatty.

we all know you've been busy so how about an update Al