My build thread got kicked off on the other forum a few years back, but I have up on that after all the hacks, thought I'd move it over here and maybe start updating again.
To recap from April 2012:
After years of wanting a van on and off, I was down at the beach this easter with mates who have a T4 and a T5 and decided it was about time!
It was quite a hard hunt, I wanted a not-white LWB panel van, with barn doors and a single slider and spent ages on the classifieds and ebay. As I'll probably change the engine, I was happy to have a non-runner and didn't really care if it was petrol or diesel. After viewing a couple of overpriced sheds, I took a punt on eBay and won Vanessa, my factory black 2.5 petrol:
Shes impressively tidy, never been a builders van - its a former 'private ambulance', which was owned by a market gardener after the funeral home and has got factory e/w, e/m and c/l. I'm the third owner and it has fsh up to 240k. Needs a bit of rust sorting around the screen and one one of the doors, but compared to the others I looked at is amazing.
Currently shes running on 4 as one of the fuel injectors has fallen apart, although she still drives pretty well! While I'm hunting for a new injector I'll just fit LPG and see how it goes. Long term I may fit a TDI or a 1.8T, depends what comes up really!
My planned list of mods is pretty standard:
- clear indicators
- eibachs/bilsteins
- alloys
- bed/storage
- leisure battery/inverter/split charge/etc.
First on the list is re-bushing the gear linkage, then tweaking the setup so I can get first without having to push the stick down, then giving the whole lot a going over with a polisher and compound.
To recap from April 2012:
After years of wanting a van on and off, I was down at the beach this easter with mates who have a T4 and a T5 and decided it was about time!
It was quite a hard hunt, I wanted a not-white LWB panel van, with barn doors and a single slider and spent ages on the classifieds and ebay. As I'll probably change the engine, I was happy to have a non-runner and didn't really care if it was petrol or diesel. After viewing a couple of overpriced sheds, I took a punt on eBay and won Vanessa, my factory black 2.5 petrol:
Shes impressively tidy, never been a builders van - its a former 'private ambulance', which was owned by a market gardener after the funeral home and has got factory e/w, e/m and c/l. I'm the third owner and it has fsh up to 240k. Needs a bit of rust sorting around the screen and one one of the doors, but compared to the others I looked at is amazing.
Currently shes running on 4 as one of the fuel injectors has fallen apart, although she still drives pretty well! While I'm hunting for a new injector I'll just fit LPG and see how it goes. Long term I may fit a TDI or a 1.8T, depends what comes up really!
My planned list of mods is pretty standard:
- clear indicators
- eibachs/bilsteins
- alloys
- bed/storage
- leisure battery/inverter/split charge/etc.
First on the list is re-bushing the gear linkage, then tweaking the setup so I can get first without having to push the stick down, then giving the whole lot a going over with a polisher and compound.
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