welcome to my new project thread, should be good fun! its a 1972 bay window vw camper, tax exempt, fitted with a 1641 engine with a weber 32/38 carb, ive got it as i like them, also to learn about bodywork and such other things as i know nothing about them! here are some pics of when it was picked up!











ill update it later with what gone on in the last week!

 

Brian

 

fuck i hate those things i have done the bodywork on loads and they are all just full of rust and if theyre not then theyre full of filler

 

wait till you see the pics later then! seems to have been bodged for most of its life! this time it will be done right though

 

first update and it a fairley big one, ive had the day off work today so got stuck in with a mate, ive stripped all the interior, removed a wheels to get it all polished up to see how it comes up, then started on the body work, attacking with a angle grinder to remove any sight of rust, of which on the surface it doesnt seem to have much untill you hit it with a hammer and half the van comes apart which i dont think is suppose to happen, it seems to have had i diet of silicone and filler and anything else that can fill holes up!
so ive grinded it all away back to bare metal ready for new panels to be fitted,anyway ill let the pics do the talking! hope you enjoy!

 

 

thats all for now, there is a fair bit to do and for me to learn, will update agin when i do somthing worthwhile!

 

gud project there mate!!

 

I bet it was FAST when last tuck it for a spin well it must of been as there is metal left on it. its all fell off.

Sorry mate i could not resist that i hope it goes well mate

 

got your work cut out there matey

 

im sure my mates will help if i need a hand

 

That's a LOT of rust. Good luck with it
Keep it as low as it was though. Cool as

 

good luck, i think your gonna need it!!

 

wide ka i must admit i only hate them as every one ive ever worked on his the same filler/rust issues yours has

if your doing it properly then fair play to you mate and i hope you make a great job of it as its something i wish we had done when working on them but non of the customers really wanted to pay proper repair work so they got the filler treatment

I didnt work for a vw matey or anything but the place i was at done plenty of work for a vw guy that had shit loads of them ect which he would send up to us for alsorts of body work, some big job and some just small repairs ect.

we did do a LHD van one once with big wheels and a tuned motor (cant remember what) in black that was actually quite cool and we did one once for an oldish couple that called there motor clive they used to come in all the fucking time to see how things was going ect........

 

uknow il give you a hand buddy aslong as theres a heater

uknow i dont like the cold

 

cheers for the support, chink its warm in the garage, well it is when your grinding away all night, not going to touch it for a while anyway, as christmas cost alot normally so i carnt afford new bits

 

Wow, you have some work to do... Good luck with it!!

 

Love early bay's almost bought one earlier this year but the pure amount of work needed on them just to get them solid was mental unless you bought one done for £7K plus

 

yeah i know what you mean paul, this one is good underneath just been bodged before, when its all done and mint i should fetch around the 10k mark which is crazy money, good job it was alot cheaper than that

 

whats happened to the ka project then mate??

 

ka still with me, all works, just keep doing little bits now and then on it

 

Good luck mate!

 

updated today for you, been working my way around the van starting at the back, sorted the two holes that we had found, welded plate in and filled over the top, also filled anyother small dents and dings etc.... then found some paint and just sprayed it on to show up any other issues so its cherry red and indigo blue, from the 106 rallyes lol, also desided to fill the seams in to make it look abit more smooth when all done, coming along nicley!

 

i want a go

 

no way, actually have a go its great fun better than engines bodywork ive decided!

 

whats that meant to mean, i like hitting rust with a hammer till its non existant again lol.
did you undercoat the angle grinded brown bits with something that prevents rust before you fillered over, if you didnt itll come back to haunt you!

 

no i though i would let it all rust again

 

i wanna get some orange and silver and spray rayland all over the side... even though its not a ford it'd be a laugh

 

haha cool,some of these look cool when all sorted out,good luck with it.

 

good work so far matey, il have too let you do my turb when its done

hows pete got on with the ka?

 

hope ur zink or copper priming all the metal before welding apar from that looks awsome iv always wanted a camper to do

 

I feel for you mate, love the old VW's. Seen that many a time with Cortinas.

 

Love campers's keep at it!

 

pete is still at it with the ka, nearly done though at last!

 

did he tell u about sunday?

 

hi guys/girl, been ages since i last touched the camper, manily due to still messing with the ka, anyways got a fair bit done yesterday, reoved all sound deading from the inside and preped most of it ready for paint, and painted abit to see how it looked, then turned my attention to the front end, removed the dash, to find a little more rust the decided the screen needs to come out which ive never done before but it came out quite easy anyway thank god, front is not too good, so its going to be a whole new panel on the front end, and thats about it for now i think, and i took a picture of the knob of death!

 

keep up the good work mate !

 

very cool project might even like it better than the Ka....

loads of work to do