57 Resto

[57Bus]

Side pop outs now painted and ready to go back on.



The Creative door frames are an awesome bit of kit.



SS Font and read bumpers from Group Harrington are good but they don't come with the bolt holes pre stamped. This means you need to drill holes in exactly the right position and then file the hole square, what a pain in the arse!



We will bend up some brackets to support the corners of the rear bumper rather than use the splash pans.



Engine is coming along nicely, pulley still to go on. We will run black SS braided hose, black fittings and hide as much of the wiring as possible. The Gene Berg linkage is off being painted and polished which will give it a new lease on life.





Front seat frame has now been disassembled, rubbed down and undercoated. She will be painted in the same white as the interior before being sent to Platinum Trimming for some love.

[57Bus]

Brackets made up to support the rear bumper as we removed the splash pans. Tried to ensure they looked like they were period made.



Mock up of the brake booster, activation rod and hydraulic clutch master.



Brake booster activation bar bent out of solid rod, doubt there will be any flex if we need to stamp on the brakes!











Tank now in place and connected.





A bit of protection for the clutch master cylinder!





Nice to see a bit of interior action, CSP shifter in place.





Box and axels now fitted, all sprayed in gun metal to match the rest of the running gear.





Front seat dropped off for trimming. Engine and wiring loom to be installed this week.

[MID WEST DUBBER]

This build is amazing cant wait to see this bus completed

[rabidkombi]

Looking great mate

Make sure you check that the axles are not too long with the Creative IRS

Will damage the gearbox seals if they are

Cheers,

Pete

[57Bus]

Thanks Pete

You had me guessing for a minute. I went and double checked and we purchased the 68 shafts from The Bus Stop so they should be spot on.

Cheers

[morts]

'tis a thing of beauty...

[Leroy]

Very tidy bus

[joshroom]

Lovely work mate.

[57Bus]

Latest......

LED indicator/tail and brake lights now ready to roll.


Panel glue used to hold them in place. It sets HARD so they won't be going anywhere.


Refurbed the original horn


Black SS braided hose and black anodised fittings used throughout engine.








Engine bay taking shape, trying to hide all the wiring etc.




Rear hatch cut and buffed. Was wrapped with how the 'Brisbane Motors VW' badge came up!


Cargo doors cut and buffed.


Accelerator linkages cleaned, painted and installed.


LED light hidden behind the engine lid brace so you can actually see inside the engine bay when dark.

[Leroy]

Nice work! Thanks for the update! Not long now

[rabidkombi]

Looking great mate
That's one heavy duty cross bar linkage

[damo99]

thats bus is looking great .
once you use braided lines you will never go back to rubber lines again

[57Bus]

She has now been engineered and safety certificate issued. That was easier than I expected, the mobile safety certificate guy noted the engine and chassis number, wrote out the paper work and was gone inside 15mins Rego will occur on Monday and then a few runs to iron out any issues.

Wiring now all but completed, what an epic



RetroSound Hermosa stereo fitted with dual cone speaker behind the grills in the dash. Bluetooth will ensure we keep the clean 'no wires' look we were after



Trimmed the front seat in TMI vinyl with back pleated seams (complete interior to be done in FEB which is the earliest we could book her in for)



The window rubbers were so tight they were flexing the mounts and cracking the paint. Even though this will be covered I wasn't happy to leave it so the doors were cut , reinforced and welded back together. they were then rubbed down and resprayed



Nice bit of bling to keep me happy after shelling out on the doors and the engine refresh!



New wiper mechanisms needed so they folded away out of the way of the windows



Trying to hide all of the wiring etc. This is the new route for the battery connections, through the floor and chassis rails





Front bar fitted



Nice and Loooooooooooooooow



Semaphores fitted after some challenges!



You know your getting close when the plates go on ready for rego!



She looks like new, no part was untouched including all of the lock mechanisms



Engine is now back in after a refresh by VolksMod, it sounds awesome and the 2276 will ensure there is plenty of grunt on hand. The stacks will be polished and we will use small clip on filters from 'Stack Injection' rather than larger bulkier items



Anticipate having her in the shed in 7 days time, the countdown has begun!

[hypa6]

nice job mate. a real work of art

[DRHEMS3]

Crisp! Great looking bus mate. Those pop out windows can be a real pain