Workshop tidy out

Today i cleared workshop in readyness to get my westy in for its winter make over once cosy in its new space it was up and away ready for beam removal and fitting of narrow beam and dropped spindles

Wow its been a while

Nikkis bug been a long haul so far but the nearside is shaping up, Full floorpans heater channels door pillars front and rear quaters front bulkhead rear crossmembers to name but a few panels

Sorry for the lack of blogs been a busy yet difficult few months,now the shows are over heres a few of the things i have been concentrating on ....

My zwitter saw some paint

Liams bus came in for the slam treatment and drove away happy

Jonny and lousies bus came in for a slam job,ok it wasnt themost radical but looked very nice once done.

Scotty B the tent wrecker

Scotty dropped his bay off for some suspension surgery last night.Had previously fitted adjusters in the beam but they wernt quite the ticket.The van was too high and rode like a pig. A few hours of tinkering and re setting the torsion bars on the rear it now looks a lot more respectable.While I was at it repaired the drivers door mechanism and fettled the motor to run better.happy campers all round ready for the spingtime cruising

More graft for the 54

The 54 barndoor single is all up in the air having had dropped spindles fitted to the front,whilst under there I have been looking at whats missing and goin thru the boxes finding parts .Waiting on delivery of gearbox conversion parts as soon as they are here it will be fitted in.Time to start building this up now doors are next new seals thru out.

"Commit" the 72 std 1200 bug

long term project belonging to my fiance owned since she passed her test . Time took its toll on the body work!!

Taken off the rd last year i think was a while ago....

Basically needs lower 8 inches all the way round not my favourite pastime but we have one side back together now prob taken me longer than needed but its how it is done right or not at all

pepe has new boxter alloys

Tim has fitted the boxter rims to pepe makes all the difference

need to play with tyres sizes but we getting there

Barndoor getting some attention

Finally we have some action on the barndoor
full steam ahead with suspnsion mods removing the gearbox so a bug box can be retro fitted along with the bigger engine sitting in the back. Dropped spindles will follow shortly ,waiting on a few bits to arrive but things are under way intial deadline for the volksworld show but all depends on how quick we can get the bits together.

Pepe the bay now on the down low

Well pepe the bay is now 6 inches lower than it was.New exhaust and heat

exchangers fitted so with a little tweak would go through mot no worries.

Next step is up to karen the owner a paint job is on the cards and new cab doors.All updates will be posted up

Moonlighting for the day

Monday I went to owen warlows, the great parts hunter.This place is awesome tho he needed a helping hand in the mechanical dept getting a bay crewie ready for mot and sort a gearlinkage problem.Also fitted engine in and rewired for dynamo set up.Fingers for crossed mot time and going to its new owner.Im sure to be back here helping owen out as he gets cars in for me to fix

More presents picked up for the barndoor

Next shipment of parts in for the barndoor single cab.Wont be needing the new 1914cc lump for awhile as gearbox is still being sorted,next on list is to get that bottled up and check all wiring loom out as it seems to be a little to be desired.

What goes up must come down

Karens van is now ready for a suspension tweak front and back so she can climb in a little easier.Porsche boxter alloys will follow once tyres are sorted out.

switch360's barndoor single cab

This is a 54 single cab belongs to a friend of mine,Imported from the states last year.Currently in for a colour blend paint job as many new panels have been fitted.Safaris have been fitted too recently.

Next on the list to do is fit a straight axle gearbox in the back and a bigger than std engine . Also many others jobs will post up here as i do them

Pepe the bay

Karens van 'pepe' is i the workshop for some 'rustoration ', currently had new arches on the front and anything thats is rusty has been removed or zinc primered.Today has been taken up repairing and removing the rusty deformation panel on the front of the van.Having taken most of the mounting bolts away I used a new panel and had to fabricate new lower door pillar pieces.Finished one side and the drivers side is tommorows job maybe start taking the gearbox out the 54 single cab.

My personal project at the moment

My 52 zwitter will be rolling low with 5 inch narrow beam and rear suspension to match. Currently off floor pan, spent most of its life in east germany only to be robbed of all it valuable pieces when imported to the uk.Its a complete bare shell and will be built up from what i find at shows and auto jumbles.All structural body work is in fine conditon all heater channels in top conditon body has fared a little worse from hard life in the former east germany.Updates will follow as works is carried out in between customers jobs.

Welcome to my blog

Welcome to the first Ogbuswerks blog
Thought it was about time i put myself out there and showed what goes on in the workshop on a day to day basis and what shows we attend and what we do.

Following weeks will develop what im up to and can offer should you need it.
happy viewing.