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New sills for a VW T2 bay window Campervan

Arran's Bay window VW T2 came in with a few scabs for repair . . . by the time we had finished poking around unfortuately it needed inner and outer sills both sides and all 4...

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Supercharger conversion on VW T2 Camper . . .

This month has had a couple of interesting jobs to say the least - including this little conversion! Nick dropped his camper off with components to fit an AMR500 supercharger and weber DCOE carb. We needed...

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New engine in Pete’s 1958 Splitscreen finally finished . . .

Against all odds with the supposed 'engine builder' we have finally managed to get the supplied package into the the van and plumbed in. The message here is a clear one - just because somebody advertises...

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New gearbox for VW T25 this month . . .

We had to recover Michelle's VW T25 camper to the workshop this month to diagnose a gearbox fault. No gears could be selected, yet it was jammed in a gear. Having pulled the gearbox and stripped...

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Datsun 240Z is finished

So the Datsun 240Z has had the 280spec engine rebuilt and re installed. Shake down miles complete and ready for use to put some more miles on it before we can get it properly set up...

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T2 in paint . . .

After the massive task of replacing all the rusty metal Sam and Alec's T2 is finally getting its paint! Then onto fitting it all back up - new seals and rubbers all round and the un-enviable...

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Datsun 240Z rebuilt engine is well on the way . . .

The later 280Z 2.8 engine has been fully stripped, cleaned, balanced and the reassembly has started. It runs on triple webers, so should pack a bit of a punch!  

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The XR3i is slowly coming back together.

The slow process of cleaning all the parts ready for reassembly on the XR3i is in full progress over the past few months. Brakes and suspension have all been rebuilt and installed, and it slowly starting...

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Engine overhaul on a very nice Datsun 240Z this month

Mark dropped his lovely Datsun 240Z in this month for an overhaul on the engine. Stripped and measured, the later model 2.8 engine looks like it will need a cylinder bore and crank regrind.

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Starting the body work on the VW type 2 camper van

This week, we have started the massive job of taking all the old paint off the VW T2 back to bare metal. Next stage will be the big job of body prep before it can receive...

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