1984 VW T3 Complete rebuild from scrap to well prepared

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March 2016, new fuel tank painted and fit.

Drop links and bushes replaced


Tailgate internal handle, those handles were not fitted to these vans, but I'm a short arse and needed a handle, so the van got one.

Daughters hen likes to get involved. I'm sure it has an identity crisis going on. It is not a parrot and I am not a pirate.

Got the blutooth/satnav/reverse camera/mirror rigged up


Installed the tracker/panic button and microphone.
This tracker can also switch off the engine via a mobile phone txt msg if the van is ever stolen. TYhe van will not start again until another text message is sent to it.

Made a swivel for the passenger seat and a table.
The table has since been scrapped, no need for 2 tables in the van.

Stock windscreen washers on these vans are woefully inadequate, new dual head squirters.

...and that was March

 

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Tick list of Things to do is getting shorter.
Spring is here, weather getting warmer time to start planning.

installed a clock, cuz I didn't have one.

And built a wardrobe in the back of the van.

 

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Time has come to get this van off the yard and into the MOT station.

Where it gets a thorough inspection.
This van was last tested 8 years previously and had not been on the road since.

5 new Goodyear Wranglers for a bit of grip.

...and off we go. Nice new MOT.
PS. That is my happy face.

Both my daughters made me these nice new seat/bed covers.

Legally parked on the road, MOT'd, taxed and insured.
Most ordinary folks would be very happy with that, a nice campervan for weekends away.

 

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the original engine, petrol, was reliable and never let me down, but at 15MPG it had to go for something a bit more economical.
1.9L turbo diesel.
Not exactly economical to do the conversion, it cost me around 2,500GBP
...and here it is ready to go into the engine bay


Bought another gearbox too, complete with 40% LSD and boss for diff locks.

I earned this beer, one day to drop the old engine and box and fit the new ones.
Another 2 days to fit all the wiring and ecu before it fired up.

May 2016 ...what a month that was.

 

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August 2017
ARB 2500x2500 roll out awning fit central to the sliding door.
This image is now used by Campervan Culture in UK on their awning page.

 

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For my birthday I bought myself this Rocky Mountain Westy swing away tyre carrier.

..and fit this diesel air heater ready for winter.

 

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Just some of the things which started to appear.


ARB 4 wall room to attach to the awning

42 inch 500 watt LED light bar

House batteries ....can't have enough.

A hand held CB radio for spotting purposes

 

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August 2018 saw some additions sneak in.
LED pothole lights on the roof above each wheel.



front fog lights on the bull bar.
at some point in 2018 the bullbar appeared as did the front and rear winches.

Those fancy aluminium wheels have gone, the weight rating was unknown.
now we are riding on 16 inch Mefro steel wheels and BFG K02 boots.

Cut another hole in my van to install this syncro fuel filler.
That's where the LPG filler is gonna be for the refillable tank.

Stuff like this just sneaks up on me.
September was a bit expensive, fit the Brickwerks hi-lift suspension kit.