196 posts tagged “vw”
Knock knock!
Well yep its been a while, ill take it slow.
Firstly, there's a VW gathering next week end and the old boys been sidelined for a bit, with a starter bush issue.
The other day I got the bush. Ive decided to fit the A1 sidewinder as well.
So its out with the engine.
Ill torque the heads while im at it too..
Italy
Well as its near the end of 2009, I thought i should finish off posting pics of our trip to Europe last year.
I did manage to squeeze in a VW event or two, But first we zipped over to Italy.
But he wasnt answering so we went for a gelati and a little look around.
Not much else was going on in Rome so we bugged out.
Back in the UK, the next day was Bug Jam.
So it was up early and up the M1.
And chrome fuchs tuck, like art!
Out comes the Monkeys
So we departed our salubrious lodgings at Denham and headed on over to the trailer park in Monkey Mia.
Hoping wed get to see some chimps.
Again none turned up but we found the local amphibs were pretty friendly.
The old fella takin in the view at a nearby beach lookout.
Correct that is me, sans bucket.
Nice forgery.
So it was back on with the rear brakes and the 8 inch fuchs. Nice to have those big boys back on there.
Dropped the old fella back on the ground and put some more blue on his nose. Screwed the bumper on and that's just about it.
Head on Up.
Typical view. Heaps of scrub and a bit of water.
Word was that over at Monkey Mia they had free feedings in the morning so we headed over there the next day.
No Monkeys were about when we got there and no free food, so we hit the local cafe.
The local caravan park.
I guess if you have to live over that, side of the track, Monkey Mia would be my pick.
Well the beach was acceptable.
Bumps.
Stand back folks, the man is about his desecration antics again.
I see now why most people dont run Porsche rear brakes, cos it widens the track about 50mm. Probably because of the internal handbrake. But I am determined to run the Monobloc's at all 4's so back on they will go.
And im running 8 inch rear wheels which doesnt help any. But over here Fuchs are pretty hard to come by. About as rare as barndoor deluxes id think.
Anyway the problem is I cant get the rear wheels off without suspension disassembly. Recently I hit on the idea of fabricating a lower bolt on bump stop. Then when I need to remove the wheel I could just jack the axle down and viola, clearance for wheel removal.
So this is what I did, not quite what was planned and not actually tested, but I recon im headed in my right direction.
Boggin it.
I got sick of lookin at the patch line along the front nose skin, so I decided to hell with it, im gonna put some bog on this bus. So what, itll still be a light weight cruiser, theres probably less than 1/2 a kilo of plastic on it now.
The bonus is, the bus looks alot better.
Well for a dayglo blue bus anyway!
I think id actually buy one of these. An aero Volvo ute.
And with a V8, too cool.
Look out Pedrosa.
So I was just browsing Gumtree. I dont know why and I cant remember what for, but somehow I ended up at the motorcycles for sale area. And the first thing on the list was this postie bike. Itd just been posted up and was about 20 minutes away so I gave the kid a call. Next day I went over to take a look, yep it was old and yep it was rough, but it was all there and the kid only wanted $270.
He had a few calls, he said so I coughed up and loaded the thing in the Bulli.
Its got its problems but rides like a Honda should. Soon as I get the signaling working, ill be comin after ya Danni!
Porka
Oh yep, you guessed it.
Ive found a local brake shop than can help me with the paperwork to get approval for this mod sooo.
Im putting the Porsche stuff back on the old fella.
Luckily for me I didnt modify my modifications to get the drum brakes on to get rego, so all the porka bits should just slip back on!
I got the old mother(s) out to polish the wheels and viola!
Liquid Snails.
So yeah, we got back from the Shark Bay trip with no problems. Good ol bus!
But the insulation I put in with the "new improved" liquid nails didnt hold. On the first hot day it all fell on the floor.
So after getting back home and after a quick clean up, I decided to put all the insulation back on with contact.
And the first real job on the outlaw now was to put in some interior lights. I had some new Wolfsburg West lenses. Found some old light bases in the pile. Went down to a local auto electrics shop and bought some new wire to make a harness. I think thats the first bit of new wire ive put in this bus,...few! wheres my head..
Kalbarri
So we made it to Kalbari, problem is its now day 4 of our trip and we aint even half way,...mmmm.
We headed off to the store for some essentials and then to a cafe for some caffeine and some travel planning.
Consequently it was agreed by all that we and the Outlaw Barndoor were just not gonna make Exmouth and see all the bits in between and get back to perth intime. Negotiations continued, a solution was to edit Exmouth and Coral Bay from our itinery and head straight for Shark Bay and relax there.
Often we travel around frantically squeezing every activity and significant point of interest in, so it all ends up a bit of a blur. We get back home after the holiday and spend the next week recovering.
So it was a no brainer,... find a beach with a bar close by and spend several days wandering between the two.
After a couple great days at the bush camp we decided to head on up to Denham, which is kinda the capitol of Shark Bay. It got a bit hot on the way so we stopped into Shell beach for a quick dip.
Yeah it was standing room only!
