59 11 window Splitty Custom Resto

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:44 pm

Cheers guys, the bus got a great reception at the Run to the Sun show up here on the Gold Coast yesterday - glad the weather held out!

Tonz, 15's will have no probs at all.

Armando will update some more pics soon, but in the interim here is a teaser of the bus with new wheels:

Cheers
Al

67seeker · Post by **67seeker** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:37 am

Thanks for all the comments guys - I have been on the road a bit (Not in a Splitty damn it!!!) - here are are a few more photos. Al had her at RTTS on the weekend and tells me it was a great event.

The rear disc brakes from Volks Conversions (John Shermann) in Porsche 5 x 130 pcd

The custom tank was fabricated to house an in tank EFI pump/regulator â€“ capacity is a couple litres bigger than a bay window tank â€“ due to the fact we had to fit the intercooler water pump next to the tank, the capacity had to reduced slightly than what could have been achieved without the water pump in place.

All plumbing used on this resto has been designed/chosen to look like the VW factory had wanted it in place (well if VW ever decided to re-launch the humble splitty to compete in the luxury car market!)

The original 17in Fuch rims were on sold as new ones were ordered to get the fat and skinny look similar the classic combo of the early 15 x 4.5in and 15 x 6in Fuchs.

Custom made gauges were made especially for the bus including GPS speedo (note DAS Resto Haus logo on face)

Oil temp, oil pressure, voltmeter and tacho are housed inside the custom glove box

Aluminium trim rings were machined to tidy up the dash heater vents (which rotate to either blow onto screen or towards driver/passenger)

Fast forward to yesterday at the Run To The Sun show on the Gold Coast....

More updates soon.

Hoves · Post by **Hoves** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:00 am

WOW - this is incredible.

PS. Love the interior colour

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Tue Nov 23, 2010 10:08 pm

Hoves wrote: PS. Love the interior colour

Yeah, saw a nice single cab ute a while ago that gave me the idea

dev · Post by **dev** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:05 am

Dasdubber wrote:
Hoves wrote: PS. Love the interior colour

Yeah, saw a nice single cab ute a while ago that gave me the idea

Now that rings a bell

Tonz Magonz · Post by **Tonz Magonz** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:40 pm

Looking better all the time...

What are the rim/tyre sizes..?

Like them a lot...

Cheers Tony

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:32 pm

G'day Tony, rims are;

Fronts 17 x 6in (tyre bead surface - 7in if measured lip to lip) with 195/40 Yokohama S Drive tyres

Rears 17 x 8in (9in if measured lip to lip) with 225/50 Yoko S Drive

Thanks mate
Al

67seeker · Post by **67seeker** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:01 am

The bus is back from the trimmer tomorrow - he has done some preliminary
template work and will do his final trimming after paint which is now not
far away! (Yee Ha!)

Below the rear seat/bed is a solenoid operated full extension draw

Single heater vent is situated at floor level and is adjustable as per dash
heater vents that blow onto screen

As anyone who has been involved in body restoration would tell you, there
are a lot of rounds of block sanding, priming, resanding, filling, sanding,
priming etc etc

A lot of time was spent fitting the Creative Engineering deluxe trim - to
get it to follow the body lines exactly was very difficult due to it being
mis-shaped in several areas.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:12 am

As usual I'm blown away.
So much attention to detail.

67seeker · Post by **67seeker** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:16 am

This series of photos brings us close to current day on the bus which is currently heading for the paint booth...

Lots of hours were chewed up by the guys getting the fit of all panels right even the rear valance to make the seal channel line up with the engine bay â€“ it had to be cut then rewelded

Likewise for the edge that needed building up and grinding back to line up with the rear corner properly

The final version of the supercharger/AC face plate was laser cut and sent to the engine builder (Leonâ€™s Motors)

Construction of the front kick trim panel

Rear speaker pods

Hoves · Post by **Hoves** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:24 am

Man oh man - have to say this is one major build. cant wait to see the finished product boys - well done.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:42 am

You really are a craftsman, Al.
It's a real inspiration looking at this amazing work.
Last night, for the first time in my life I might add, I picked up some power tools and actually succeeded in accomplishing exactly what I wanted to do.
Seeing all the cool stuff you've done here gives me some top ideas for my '62, not that I'll ever accomplish stuff anywhere near as amazing as your work.
But hey, gotta start somewhere, eh?

animal · Post by **animal** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:35 pm

Great to see somethin of this standard on our shores for a change.
Awesome work Al and team.
Love it...

67seeker · Post by **67seeker** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:53 pm

We knew early in the project that we would run Fuchs and after looking around found the right fit for us.

The custom 17in Fuchs from Iozzio in the US donâ€™t come cheap but canâ€™t be flawed in their quality, not to mention their appearance

Fronts are 17 x 6in with 195/40 tyres

Rears are 17 x 8in with 225/50 tyres

quazi · Post by **quazi** » Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:36 pm

Just have to ask,
how do you go with getting the rear tyre of the back if you get a flat tyre?

Is it an easy process or a major pain in the neck?

A credit to you , the wheels look awesome!!

59 11 window Splitty Custom Resto

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