The pick-up of "Ratso" & a slow tidy up!

resol · Post by **resol** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:33 am

winerot wrote:Bulkhead is in awesome shape, found a sticker in the spare wheel well saying "GULF BLUE" with some numbers... is that a real split colour??

yep thats the colour of your bus

Ok cool, never heard of that colour as an OG paint
Cheers

resol · Post by **resol** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:36 am

scotty*85vw wrote:busy boy, had a look at two other buses recently with creative safari kits and have to say that line up the same as yours did so its the kit, they seem to bend the arms like they did on yours!!!

Cheers Scotty!

Looks like im going to have to cut it to get the right angle

resol · Post by **resol** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:57 am

Fixed all the brakes up as well

New master

Had to grind the axel nuts off..

cleaned it all up

New wheel cylinders all round

New shoes all round

Drums didnt need to be machined so back on they went with the new axel nuts

This shot is of the initial start of grinding the nuts off

Changed all the flexable lines, cleaned and flushed all the OG steal lines, flushed a couple of bottles of brake fluid through all the lines and then hooked em up the the wheel cylinders and bleed again!!
Slight adjustment of the star adjusters and we have brakes

4tune8 · Post by **4tune8** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:14 pm

good work on this one, keep the pics coming, helps me keep motivated
cheers

resol · Post by **resol** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:26 pm

Didnt really like the BUTT on RAtso plus his rear bar didnt fit as I was told by the supplier...
So, I MOD his rear end a bit!!
B4

AFTER

Different angle without the bar

With the bar

And this is what i did to the muffler to fit it!

scotty*85vw · Post by **scotty*85vw** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:45 pm

looky looky hereeee......exhaust modded up and
mmmmmmmmm
what are those shiny things on the rims in the background

have to come up for a look, been at school last week and working my arse of with cash jobs to get by atm.......did my last day at tafe today, have a few days with my old/ still boss

and

who knows.

you around on the weekend.....im going down to the old shed to sandblast some stuff???

who did the exhaust, darren been helping.

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:43 pm

Nice Zorst

resol · Post by **resol** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:14 am

scotty*85vw wrote:looky looky hereeee......exhaust modded up and
mmmmmmmmm
what are those shiny things on the rims in the background

have to come up for a look, been at school last week and working my arse of with cash jobs to get by atm.......did my last day at tafe today, have a few days with my old/ still boss and who knows.

you around on the weekend.....im going down to the old shed to sandblast some stuff???

who did the exhaust, darren been helping.

Cheers M8
Yep there are shinny black rubber on the rims now and I got a miffler guy to re-shape the GT..
Im working Sat morn & from 3 Sunday arvo but could pop in sometime!!

You got a new job to go to or ????

resol · Post by **resol** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:15 am

Leroy wrote:Nice Zorst

Cheers Leroy

resol · Post by **resol** » Thu May 19, 2011 11:24 am

Tep some new rubber, a minor thing but its a bit thing for Ratso, cause he hasnt had new shoes since the 70's

gotta put him on the ground to see his stance BUT i think a little lowering will be needed!!

scotty*85vw · Post by **scotty*85vw** » Thu May 19, 2011 5:16 pm

sweet will try come past.
????job wise iv got nothing...haha. although not that funny really

3 amigos · Post by **3 amigos** » Thu May 19, 2011 6:26 pm

what did the tyres cost u...??..exhaust modded up nice

baykruzer · Post by **baykruzer** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:31 pm

What size are the grant?

resol · Post by **resol** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:49 am

I got them from Tyre Plus I think it is on lower west burleigh Rd

They cost me $88 each and they cleaned the rims (inside) and put valve protectors on..

Size - 185/65/15

Kombi Trip · Post by **Kombi Trip** » Fri May 20, 2011 8:07 am

resol wrote:
winerot wrote:Bulkhead is in awesome shape, found a sticker in the spare wheel well saying "GULF BLUE" with some numbers... is that a real split colour??

yep thats the colour of your bus
Ok cool, never heard of that colour as an OG paint
Cheers

Gulf Blue is an Australian colour - and a very nice one too

Nice work on this mate. Well done.