I thought about letting it age naturally, but im far too impatient

Its going on barndoor 16's with landy tyres. I love Dai's (streetwagens) 53 swedish army bus so props go to him for inspiration

Hmmm those tyres would do the job nicely for my other set of 15's

got some more work done recently


convoy light had to have the bracket re shaped to fit



sitting on continental 14's atm (the first time i've seen it with a matching set of wheels )



loom should be going in soon, sunroof almost done...just need some more bits and bobs and some more cash

havent got long now but working as much as possible to get Das Bus to bvf

paint is looking good now

decroming the van seemed neverending


rear light guards were a found at newport classic car show

i only had one bumper hanger so i decided to make my own

old sign was a find from my decorating days

Hightop Phil gave me some seat belts a while back and I finally fitted them this eve

The paint looks nice mate... a buff with anchorwax would 'age' it up a tad? ...

Love it, we'll need to sign up for the winter trail pretty quickly I reckon!

Cheers Guys yeah anchorwax is on the cards

How do we sign up Dai? im well up for the winter trail. in the words of the fast show "Its gripped, its sorted lets off road"

Mike's our man.

Well let mike know that there are two more vans for the trip....I think id better look for a heater this year

Great progress and looking the part now

What you tackling next?

going to get the rear brakes built up, sunroof cover fitted and get the loom in place over the next week

Love it love it love it!

BTW, I ended up getting a set of those off road M&S tyres Found a used set on ebay for £20... Just need to find a grubby old set of 15" wheels to fit them on now

That looks great, really nice .
Love the rear bumper mount - lovely fab job!

Thats 3 more for the winter trail Mike - im in next time too with 16" with landy tyres .

cheers Guys Its getting there.

Cheers Mike. I have a set of 15's to go on so let me know how you get on with those tyres

52panelvan, thanks dude i love the kempes van awesome work looks like its going to be a great winter trail

its really starting to age well in the work shop looking like its not been restored

nice to see you working with the hangover today

cant wait to be co pilot on the winter trail yes we need to get the eberspach working

cheers Gray, it was pretty hard to get my head around the brakes with my fuzzy sunday afternoon hangover
thanks for helping me through it

main body of the wiring loom is in, just has to be connected at either end

rear brake internals are in now, just got to re do the copper lines and bleed the system

fuel tank is in