well not quite just straight in hehe. but relatively easy though. they fit straight onto the standard gearbox. then cut the engine bay away, find somewhere underneath to mout an oil cooler, move the battery somewhere else so you can mount the oil tank, and have some brakets made up to mount fuel filter, accumulator etc. o ye and then put a return line to fuel tank.

off up there on wednesday morning now on my way back fro the rents.

i'm off to the show in belgium too, but in my mates bus. if he has a baywindow it may be worth him looking on Earlybay.com as there are a few good restos on there.

NaFe

so i now have a sliding door. it cost the earth but its pretty damn straight. few bits of surface rust but the bodyshop is happy with it.

i just need to get the catches and hinges up to the bodyshop on monday so they can really hit it hard again.

ok so i now have one or two wires that should be enough for wiring out the camper when i get it back from the bodyshop:



i have tried to stick to OG colours to make my life easier. but we will see...

What a legend!! Nice thread!!! you've inadvertently help me with mine. Cheers fella.

cheers mate, means alot to hear that

here are a few pics of the sliding door i forked out for:



only surface rust on the bottom edge - no pitting:






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original pastel white underneath revealed

ok, my old man dropped the new front end down this evening as i have someone to buy my old red powdercoated beam. i'll be sad to see it go as i quite liked the red.

i'm off up the bodyshop tomorro to check progress, but my old man took a sneaky pic and sent it to me. How many vans van you spot on my bus hehe:



NaFe

popped up the bodyshop to see how progress was going.

1st things first :

wow i absolutely love these

they have now self tapped the outer wheel arch and rolled the lip up as much as they can to make room for the 8.5J's make or break soon


nice gap where the outeer arch rear corner adn og panel line up:


rear quarters lining up on the swadge line:


outer wheel arch meeting inner:


the plan is that they are having the engine up with them on tuesday next week hehehe so excited

this is gonna rock dude

cheers. i cant wait to get it back - hopefully this time next week.

then the daunting wiring starts.

loving the brake and wheel set up dude! Makes my setup look pants

your van is going to look awesome!

ok some some progress at last....

the inner N/S arch is in:


also my dad supplied some steel for the bodyshop to replace the lower section between the arches:


sliding door outer wheel arch and the sliding door track trial fitted:




i'm not overely impressied with the fit of the sliding door so they are going to do a bit of work to fit it better. should be popping up on friday to check the progress

so a little bit of progress off at the end of last week. the rear cargo floor has been prepped and drilled for spot welds - not going to have as many spot welds holding the floor on the tophats or I beams as stock. also the sliding door sills have now been tacked in place too:







the rear corners had been taken off to sort out the metal work beneath, before it had a coat of paint and the corners welded on:



also, i couldnt help myself to a sneeky pic of the rear discs:



off up there gain on friday when i'm hoping to see some more bits welded in...

Nafe any chance you could email me a fullsize photo of the rear disks, i need to get mine on asap and fancy some reference shots!

Mark

A bit more progress:
dirvers rear wheel arch welded fully:


good join between arch and middle panel and original:


rear corner O/S fully in place:



inside the rear corner:







other rear corner, they have lined up the battery tray:





inner arches also welded in:




the arches have been spot welded but also stitched for strength other area have been fully welded like the sliding door sills.

the battery tray is being mocve down so it is inline with the bottom of the chassis rails and this will allow enough space for my spare wheel well to be converted into a battery tray for my liesure battery.

we've heard it all before but its meant to be finished at the end of next week. a fair bit to do so i will see it when i believe it.

so guys what you think???

NaFe



Mark,
I should be getting the bus back at the end of this week to take some pictures. if you can email me on zulu_monkey@hotmail.com, i can send you over some pics of what nelly sent me when i was thinking of doing the work out myself.

NaFe

http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11191&p=102847&hilit=disc+brake#p102847

try here too

it SHOULD have been finished again by this evening, but not quite - almost there now.

i have told the bodyshop guy that it is being collected on thursday evening so has to be done by then.

ok so the progress they have made:

floor is welded in, the wheel arhes and the webbing of the rear quarter panels have been made up and tacked in place. the two rear corners are now welded fully. the outer wheel arches are welded fully.

















replaced old gusset at top of b pillar


battery tray lowered down to make room for two batteries:


new gussets at edge of engine bay and patch made up for fuel tank shelf:




attention has started around the sliding track area area. i'm not too sure how good this will look in all honesty, but i have been told it will look good:



the engine is being taken down on wednesday and collection is planned for thursday. i bloody hope he sticks to it - getting peeved off now

NaFe

so the van is back!!!!!!!!!!

overall really pleased with all the gaps on initial inspection. however, there do seem to be one or two gash bits that i will have to redo how i want it and the sprayshop may have some extra work to do.

i'm now really considering having the thing acid dipped and then e-coated in paint but surfaceprocessing up in dudly. trouble is its £945+VAT for acid dip, and then £945+VAT for paint dip. so about £2200 for the both - then there is the cost of the work that is discovered after dip

anyway a couple of pics - more to follow over the weekend:

Love it mate! Wheels look amazing