Had my std 14" bus rims powder coated and painted Cumulus White instead of Silver White by a local guy. really happy with them



and after days of deliberation came up with my perfect tire combo

Thanks to bobley, pucka, topted.and lots of SBS and the man at the tire place

195/65/14 and 185/55/14

One milestone reached Doors & Body complete

I have been building my 4" narrowed beam up with dropped spindles, slam arms and a 14" Bus CSP disc conversion kit



Dropped Spindles to replace to bj's. just had to fit the needle bearings and have some of the head of the king pin machined for clearance after checking the offset of the torsion arms and adding the shims



Machining



CSP Disc brake kit was easy to assemble instructions are easy to follow. Just needed to use the pinch bolts from my old Ball joint beam (Yuck)



Complete Build

Fit the front axle to the Bus



And the wheels to the Hubs



Big hole small peg



Had to lower the lifter and check the ride height and narrowness



Needs To go a bit lower but love the narrowed beam

looks like its coming together really well.

Got steering box raise kit from dsbus and had the box reworked and packed with sincliars kit






Sinclair kit



And shortend column



Steering box raise section welded in



Cut out for drag link clearance



Cut out for steering arm and drag link clearance



Fabrication



Tidy up



Fit steering box and confirm clearance

Low rider then Matt!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi

Have seen this bus coming on during my visits to Deaddubs. Looks like its going to be a good ride, I hear its going to have some top notch motivation as well.

Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.


Paul

Rusty Lee wrote:looks like its coming together really well.

Thanks Lee

We are both getting there

jerryp wrote:Low rider then Matt!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep Jerry

Like the beastie boys "Slow & Low"

One Of My fav bus to date is John Jones 23 BD and the KCW site has had some influence on the look of our project



Including Doug's 13

If only I had that much OG Paint

And also bits of many members projects & rides that Inspire and keep the motivation up "Thanks To You All"

Looks like you have it all coming together guys... And it looks like it might be scraper too huh? Nice...

Best of luck with the final few hurdles...

PIPKIN wrote:Hi

Have seen this bus coming on during my visits to Deaddubs. Looks like its going to be a good ride, I hear its going to have some top notch motivation as well.

Keep up the good work and keep the pics coming.


Paul

Hi Paul

We hope it's going to be a good ride

I have you as a friend on here as I saw you were from nottingham. I have been following you project, Great fabrication

The children and wife want this bus badly and the projects on here and the vans we have seen on the road and at shows are the only motivation I need to complete the project

Matthew

acmecustom wrote:Looks like you have it all coming together guys... And it looks like it might be scraper too huh? Nice...

Best of luck with the final few hurdles...

Whats the entry level for a scraper mine is 61" currently

Lizzy-Beth wrote:

acmecustom wrote:Looks like you have it all coming together guys... And it looks like it might be scraper too huh? Nice...

Best of luck with the final few hurdles...

Whats the entry level for a scraper mine is 61" currently

By the time its all back together and it settles you be fine fella...

I have Assembled my type 3 brakes and butty's mid mount on to my gearbox ready for a trial fit of the running gear



Gearbox had been machined at some point so had to use some packers











Fulcrum plates, Axles, Snap rings, Axle tubes, Daisys, Gaskets, Spacers, Bearings, Washers, Seals ect ect