Cunning Bus

Cunning Plan · July 11, 2011, 09:10:52 AM

No.. Just as and when I think. Trying to do something to it everyday

Roadkill · July 11, 2011, 09:27:36 AM

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Trying to do something to it everyday

I remember when I could do things like that . . . .

F Body · July 11, 2011, 12:34:26 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

Quoting: Cunning Plan
Trying to do something to it everyday

I remember when I could do things like that . .

Welcome to being a parent, don't worry it only lasts about

16 years

Cunning Plan · July 11, 2011, 01:19:57 PM

Quoting: Roadkill

I remember when I could do things like that . . . .

It sounds good, but it's only like 30/45 mins..

Cunning Plan · July 22, 2011, 02:21:53 PM

8)

Dubs and Classics have been busy!

Bascially, A posts needed completly rebuilding, new front lower pannel, indicator holes corrected and new mounts fabricated, arches and tubs done.

Cunning Plan · July 29, 2011, 03:34:41 AM

Rack is now done:

All the metal work was keyed, cleaned and resprayed with just a grey I had spare.

Wood sanded back a little, cleaned.

Then wood-stained.

I replaced the small piece of cracked rubber on the supports that attach to the cutters with a bigger, better piece of rubber.

The rubber was actually recycled from an old bicycle inner-tube.

Back together.

All new fixings and loctight on most of them to stop them rattling loose.

Rob · July 29, 2011, 11:45:18 AM

Are them Nyloc Nuts done up in that picture? If so its not worth using them. You should have two or three threads showing through the nut or they will just rattle loose.

Roadkill · July 29, 2011, 12:01:49 PM

Quoting: Cunning Plan

All new fixings and loctight on most of them to stop them rattling loose.

But they're Nyloks !

If you'd tweeked them up a few more turns you wouldn't need loctight.

Cunning Plan · July 29, 2011, 04:29:41 PM

The new fixings I bought were a few mm too short, but they just about grip onto the nylok compound. However, to make sure I put loctight on all of them.

Roadkill · August 01, 2011, 09:14:41 AM

O.K, you're excused.

Cunning Plan · August 04, 2011, 04:03:41 PM

Ha.. Well spotted though - even the anoraks on EarlyBay didn't notice.

Cunning Plan · August 04, 2011, 04:03:59 PM

Quoting: "gninnam"

Great work on the rack - looks very professional :D

Cheers dude. I tried to make it look quite good.

Soooo, after all this time, I started playing with the only thing i actually wanted to play with.

Plan is to get this engine up and running, just a basic setup, then perhaps build something tasty later.

You yank guys will probably laugh at the 1600cc of air-cooled flat-4 power.

Parts are accumulating 8)

art b · August 04, 2011, 04:24:48 PM

Quoting: Cunning Plan

You yank guys will probably laugh at the 1600cc of air-cooled flat-4 power.

ahh... thats wot it is i thought it was the starter motor....

Cunning Plan · August 05, 2011, 02:48:13 AM

Quoting: art b

ahh... thats wot it is i thought it was the starter motor....

F Body · August 05, 2011, 02:49:51 AM

Quoting: Cunning Plan

You yank guys will probably laugh at the 1600cc of air-cooled flat-4 power.

It's a pity that the cylinder heads have to be shoulded by the air cooling ducting

If the cylinders were black with gold heads and were on show it would look awesome

Cunning Plan · August 05, 2011, 04:20:16 AM

Yah, I know what you mean.

But you can do quite a lot of good stuff with them, especially when you detail the tinware (cooling ducting).

Black

Stock

Satin Black

This is so nice..

There was a nice orange one, but I can't find that now..

Andy · August 05, 2011, 08:23:22 AM

Quoting: Cunning Plan

Quoting "gninnam"
Great work on the rack - looks very professional :D

Cheers dude. I tried to make it look quite good.

Who?

Looking cool man! My friend who was a Beetle guy loved working on the engine. He said it was so simple, etc.

Get some photos up of the strip down!

Cunning Plan · August 05, 2011, 10:46:31 AM

Quoting: Andy

Get some photos up of the strip down!

Sure, do you want some of the engine too?

philoldsmobile · August 05, 2011, 12:36:11 PM

looking good dude!

Don't suppose you have any of that inner tube left do you? i need two small squares of rubber, about 75mm square each

Cunning Plan · August 05, 2011, 01:00:32 PM

Quoting: philoldsmobile

Don't suppose you have any of that inner tube left do you? i need two small squares of rubber, about 75mm square each

Yes fella, I do, but I'm not sure exactly how much is left. I will check that I have what you need and let you know.

Cunning Plan · August 05, 2011, 03:30:00 PM

I haven't got enough for 75mm square, but you could possibly get x2 75x45mm out of it though.

philoldsmobile · August 06, 2011, 01:06:33 PM

hmmm... might be enough, i'll check. its for the cups on the paddock stand for the bike...

Cunning Plan · August 07, 2011, 11:19:58 AM

Wrong post!

Cunning Plan · August 11, 2011, 04:03:44 AM

Engine top-end apart..

Case looks OK, can't see anything wrong with it, turns nice and smoothly with very little end-float - if at all. So, still going ahead with my original plan to clean this engine up, new valves, dissy, carbs etc and use as a temporary engine just to get the bus on the road at some point.

There is a crack across one of the cooling fins in one of the heads and some chips in the valve base, but I think it will be OK as a 'get you by' engine, as confirmed on another thread by EB guys. 8)

Cunning Plan · August 19, 2011, 03:58:53 AM

Quoting: "Slammed"

Jason is a talented guy, eh? 8)

Yup, and here comes some more tallent:

Finishing off the front pannel from in the bus:

Stone-chipped / sealed.

Light repair.

Top wheel-arch repair, again nicely done to fabricate the original 'lip'.

Straight lines! No more wavey-ness by the door shuts 8) Nice skills by Dubs and Classics here as I know there was filler and rubbish metal to work with.

Few more bits left, then roll again and stone-chip the 'like new' chassis :mrgreen:

Dubs and Classics might have a new toy to play with for the last time we need to roll my bus, so keep watching