62 split project

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:59 am

Things are progressing......but very slowly.
Rears brakes are refirbed with new shoes,wheel cylinders and machined drums.
Only need to bleed the system and brakes are done.

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:01 pm

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:06 pm

got a little artsy fartsy with the wifes new camera

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:30 pm

Good work there, bk.
Are you sticking with the standard steelies for the mo?

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue May 26, 2009 2:16 pm

Yes mate for the mo it'll run with all stock kit. After the rust repairs are done i'll try to match the paint to how it is now and put the bull bar back on.
The plan is to leave it as ratty and original as possible until the missus gets the shits with it and lets me do the full bells and whistles.

As she will be driving it most of the time that shouldn't take long

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:22 am

have installed a bay fuel tank, extended the hold down straps with some straping from bunnings.
used 54mm fuel hose to join the split filler neck to the bay tank.

dummy run before i fit the new filler neck seal

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:35 am

Fitted a new exhaust,j pipes and fuel pump, gave the carby a clean and put a kit through it. Will put new leads, coil and dizzy on as well before it's put back in.

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:51 pm

Took a drive down to the bus stop today to pick up some panels.Still waiting on some panels from CVD and a couple of greenies from Elton. Also bought myself a spot weld drill bit,could be the best purchase i've ever made.

Fitted fuel tank breather

Motor is now complete and will be fitted after i replace the rear corners

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:35 pm

It's so cool that you kept that agricultural yellow pulley.
A great build job so far.
I seriously thinking of doing the same to my '55 and just enjoying it before going to town with IRS, lowering, bigger motor, etc.
I'd forgotten how much fun low tech can be until the other day.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 12:00 am

Baykruzer, any chance we'll see you at Old Bar?

splitbus · Post by **splitbus** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:10 am

Good one glen

, might be on the road at the same time, if I get my finger out, where did you end up getting your brake parts from

Cheers, Mike

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:53 am

Thanks Boys,

Mike - Got all my brake parts from VEE DUB SALVAGE at Mermaid Beach. Had to get the front cylinders rebuilt,worked out about half the cost of new German ones. Give John a call -07 55 753 977.

1976 - Mmm............Old Bar...........October
Not sure mate, i would love to get there but i said it would be ready for the surfing weekend at Cresent Head and that was last month. Always looks like a good weekend, hope i can get there.

Cheers Glen

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:31 pm

Started unpicking the lower front panel this morn.
Don't want to do much more as i'm still waiting for my replacement panels from CVD.

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:57 pm

Good Work and a nice solid looking bus, keep the updates coming it's great to see.

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:05 pm

A few picks from yesterday.
I managed to get the drivers dog leg off only to find some more rust in the jacking point.The B pillar looks to have escaped the rust so thats cool.

Started fabbing up some replacement bits for the window sections, I'm no metal worker but they should do the trick.