Attempted to remove my hindge pins so that the wheels arches will line up with the doors with new pins installed.


was scared to start this with the posability of it becoming a nightmare.



but to my surprise all the pins cams out without to much trouble.



just need to sort out these cracks

Cleaned up the hindges and managed to get access to a piller drill


All the hindges reamed and now fit with out a wobble

Looks like the making of a great bus there ,keep up the good work and please keep posting pics for us photo pervs

cheers si

Managed to attack the front valance again, when i should have been studying for exams Opps.






trial fit



Job Done well nearly, more info on the blog.

been spending time away from the garage sourcing and making (well kind uncle helped make) parts for the brake conversion, not quite as simple as a bolt on mod.

the whole surface of the bearing sits on flats with out overlaping the taper, but theres still latural play on the spindle, so Ill need a spacer some where on the outer bearing.

spacer for the inner bearing


gap from spacer, Ill make a plate to mount front calipers to fit here



Brembo calipers, Pair with bigger pistons will go on the front. they need a bit of cleaning up and a couple of new seals,

New rear disc trialed on 924 swing arms, need a spacer to fit the calipers on centerly

Been messing around with my breaks again, nearly there. and up dated my blog

Trial wooden bracket to get the caliper to sit central bit more tinkering to get it right for machining



Rear calipers on porsche alli swing arms


patched up the cab floor around the front seal carrier, my welding is slowly getting better

Work on the van has been a bit slow lately, but I have managed to get the front caliper mounts machined

Nice bit of work all looks good what is the part number on the front calipers ?

don`t you just love CNC its great helped me make all sorts of bits

keep it up !!!!!!!!!!!!

whats the hole spacing on the fronts want to see if that type of caliper will fit my conversion

Hi Grimmo
Thanks for the encouragement. Your projects comming on well.
Check out the link to my Blog for more info on the brake conversion. if you want some more details PM me.

Nice work going on here mate. I've been working on the porsche brakes as well, ive managed the adaptor and thought of 4mm and 6 mm spacer but not tried the spacers yet. I've also been working on the rear so i can keep using the irs. I plan on using the splines from 64-67 rear drums i can take some pics if your interested. its all on the back burner as got welding to do and a baby on the way.

Its been over a year since Ive posted on here so I thought I better get this up to date.
Although its been slow over 2008 this year theres been a lot more work going on in the garage.

For a start the van got a new home. It just fits into the garage. And luckly theres a house at the end of the garden for the girlfriend.

Ive patched up my cargo door bottoms inside

and out also repaired the front of the rear wheel arch.


welded the materiar back onto the cargo door latches



I stripped out the rest off the interior


and for some strange reason thought it would be a good idear to pull up the floor.


Kept it in one piece in case I needed to put it back again


I just need to know how to put it back together

More detail on the Blog below.

Well since the floor has been out Ive been busy cutting away the rusty sills and jacking points


Repairing the front inner wheel arch and B piller



cutting and forming all the repair sections for the chassis


fitted new right and left sills


patching up the chassis rails where any rust has been hiding


cut away the cross supports and cleaned up the chassis rails


I welded together the "I" beems drilled them and fitted them in place



Just before I finished I thought id weld on the new jacking points and see what the new floor looked like.


lets see what could happen in the next 6 months

I saw your blog via your post on the 944 forum.

Nice work there.

Couple of things though - the bearing spacer for the inner bearing on the front hub should go into the hub, and then the bearing put on afterwards. The way you have it in the picture the bearing is not fully supported as it is sitting on the tapered part of the spindle.

And for the rear brakes - I'd be amazed if you got the aluminium arms to work Fuch's on the back. Even with a spacer between the springplate and the A arm - they will still poke out too far to fit and early wheel.

Paul

orange wrote:

did you always live around sutton

Hi yep lived in and around sutton most my life, The vans been tucked away in a garage here for over 10 years before i finally got started on it.

Did you stop by in your van just after paint with only one side cut and polished? that was the only van I ever saw localy, except a blue and white camper hidden behind some broken garage doors in worcester park, guarded by a grumpy old bloke.

Funnily enough thats my camper I think (Worcester Park) and the grumpy old bloke was the next door neighbor !?! Mines been sat there for 11 years and is now in my mates garage in Kingston. Restoring her with a Porsche 3.0 litre lump !!! Mo.

paul_f wrote:Couple of things though - the bearing spacer for the inner bearing on the front hub should go into the hub, and then the bearing put on afterwards. The way you have it in the picture the bearing is not fully supported as it is sitting on the tapered part of the spindle.

And for the rear brakes - I'd be amazed if you got the aluminium arms to work Fuch's on the back. Even with a spacer between the springplate and the A arm - they will still poke out too far to fit and early wheel.

Paul

Hi paul thanks for the advice on the hubs and A arms, this forum is really helpfull, once the body work is all done Ill be draging the breaks and suspension out again and trying to set them up. Just brought "how to modify volkswagen bus serspension ,breaks and chassis" from VW books for some help If it dosent work Ive got a ball joint lowered beam and T3 IRS gear box Ill fit, progress will be posted on the blog. cheers