Reasons to be Cheerful! (Part 3 - Rejuvenation)

morts · Post by **morts** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:13 am

Been chipping away, chipping away and chipping away at doing my best to bring it back to og paint....

My brother in law has also been helping out - thanks Craig

And what a difference the red insert makes too - only problem is it is starting to look a bit too respectable....

Kombi Trip · Post by **Kombi Trip** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:08 pm

Top stuff morts keep at it as it is a truely special one and the effort is worth it (as if you didn't know!

) - is it going to be at Volksfest?

morts · Post by **morts** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:55 pm

As it's the only one with rego......yep!

See you on the starting grid...

morts · Post by **morts** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 11:37 pm

The scraping goes on and on and on....

We have now moved on to removing the house enamel from the roof. Mr Muscle did zip, so it was a mixture of Motsenbeckers No. 4 Graffiti remover, thinners and razor blades - VERY time consuming but the old girl is looking honest in her og livery

A bit of Ruby Red, primer and bare metal in patches but mostly a thin coat of Pearl White. After stripping a sand with 800/1000/1200 a buff and then a hand polish followed by a liberal coating of Ankor Wax.

Front, back and roof now complete

- 'only' the sides left to do. Hoping Mr Muscle can cut the mustard on the Ruby Red and speed up the process......

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:24 pm

Very

splitbus · Post by **splitbus** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 6:36 am

Cool looking pony

Kombi Trip · Post by **Kombi Trip** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:42 am

the number plate rocks! Great stuff morts. New year cruise coming I feel.

morts · Post by **morts** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:10 pm

Long time no update but I have been slowly doing bits and pieces while just cruising on the odd weekend ....

Finished scraping back the sides - the long side came up quite okay while the cargo door side had quite a few more battle scars.

Got some og vent trim off The Samba. Found the og retaining clips were hard to come by, however someone on The Samba is making them new and they are quite cheap.

Even managed to pick up a year correct radio for it off SSVC - works a treat but am only

Working of some VW info I had some speaker mounting brackets laser cut and bent up. If anyone is interested in a speaker mounting bracket let me know - they may have to be adapted depending on the speaker you are fitting and there may be minor differences for earlier or later bus dashes but should be an easy manipulation to fit.

When I picked up my seats out of a derelict bay window microbus it also had a home made rack which I grabbed. Some minor mods were made to the mounting legs and now it just fits under the carport.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:53 pm

morts wrote:Working of some VW info I had some speaker mounting brackets laser cut and bent up. If anyone is interested in a speaker mounting bracket let me know - they may have to be adapted depending on the speaker you are fitting and there may be minor differences for earlier or later bus dashes but should be an easy manipulation to fit.

ME PLEASE!!!!

You have PM.

LM · Post by LM » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:44 am

Lookin good bud

morts · Post by **morts** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:01 pm

Wow, a tick over five years and I haven't posted on this bus - tsk, tsk...!

Anyway, about two and a half years ago we were driving to Meningie and had just got across the ferry at Wellington when the motor started making a god awful racket so she came home on a tilt tray. Luckily we also had our Type 3 on the trip so were able to continue onwards. Six months later I picked up a stationary engine with 47 hours on the clock that had previously been used to power a welder and cold saw on a council trailer and it has also sat in the shed since then.

Earlier this year I was getting motivated to get Iron Horse back on the road again and removed the old 40 horse motor and pulled out and dusted off the stationary motor. Next I dug out a 30pic carby from the stash and had it rebuilt, picked up a nos muffler and then arranged expertise from the same person who put the motor for my '67 camper together.

gaz · Post by **gaz** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:23 pm

5 years sitting idol and its probably now quadrupled (and more) in value, thats a winner right there

Good to see her being "revived"

Cam Biscuit · Post by **Cam Biscuit** » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:03 pm

Not in a rush then Morts!?

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:12 am

Morts... love this bus mate... the colour, the plates, all the dings & dangs etc just make it what it is.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Tue Jun 07, 2016 12:56 am

Those industrial engines are great pieces of kit, Morts.
My '62 Beetle is sporting one.
It came out of a generator which had been a backup refrigeration generator in the Snowy Mountains.
Yep, that = under 30 hours all up.
The cork seals were NEW even though it was an early 70s build.
It pushes the Beelte along admirably with it's modded 3.88 final drive swing axle box.
Admittedly it's running extractors and a noisy exhaust but it's still a stocker 1600SP generator motor.
I'm betting your stationary motor will be excellent too.

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