About the Blog


This is a running record of the work Jason and Lena are doing to bring a 1978 VW Bus back to life. She was very close to death's door when we bought her.

We now have a functional vacationmobile that we are taking on adventures. So, this blog has morphed into a travelogue sprinkled with our break-down stories and latest upgrades. Hopefully more of the latter!

Look back in the archive for ALL the work we did to get her where she is today.

Enjoy :)

Suzanne the Van

Suzanne the Van

Sunday, 12 February 2012

Fun with Window Seals....and more!

They keep the noise and wet out, so we love them.

The quarter light windows (front doors) are pretty much done -the short seals came in the wrong length (too short of course) so that must be dealt with but, we soldier on - in spite of taking the darn things apart and together more than I'd like to say.

Quarter-lights after assembly
New seals were found for the louvered windows as well so one has been done.  It seems that a set of seals for louvered windows indicates one, not two windows :~p  More ordering to be done there as well.
 
New Screening Installed
Close-up
Louvered Window all Apart
































Continued from before....the pedals were removed from the floor and re-done (shifter too) stay tuned for for the shift knob we ordered.

More detail

Ohhh...Ahhhh...


Sunday, 5 February 2012

Kibbles and bits.. and bits..and bits...

Well, no kibbles really but our Pup would like some:

Jasper likes kibbles but would prefer a steak
Here are the bits we have completed this week:
Front dash "before"

With at the bits removed - going nowhere fast!

Park brake, clutch, brake, throttle and shifter

Steering column "before"

 And After
Rear before - someone removed the tire bucket and made up for it by installing some sheet metal over the entire engine bay.

Last, but NOT least, Jason got the tire tray out of the green van (which has been named "Smashy") and ready to go in the vacancy that was in Suzanne.  The hole had been previously covered with sheet metal held in place with silicone sealer (?!?).
Did you know?????