Starting my restoration of a 1975 DC - Bowie

Wait till you bank account has turn to ash then you know you have burned some money and you have none left
It's looking good by the way

 

I’m liking the colour - looking forward to seeing it!

 

Love the colour!

 

Late reply but Wolf at Volkscourt Thomastown has two steering wheels both in good condition ( 1 has been restored).

Cheers
Mark

 

It's been a while since I've given an update.

Not much has happened over the last few months, but we are back into it. Underside of the dual cab is now painted.

 

Hi guys,

Haven't posted in a while. Thought I would update since it has just got some paint as of two days ago.

Enjoy.

 

WOW......no ripples there.

Love the colour.
Looks very Porsche Talbot Yellow

 

Love it!

 

Nice.
Cheers

 

That looks awesome, great work, cheers Greg

 

Cheers, the colour is called Marino Yellow.

 

What ever you call it ,it looks absolutely fab. It going to be a special ride thats for sure .well done.

 

Got my new loom in the post today. Took me a while to source one as I wanted one as close to factory as possible. I finally found Volksgoods in the UK buried on page 5 of a google search.

The Loom itself has been checked out my an auto electrician friend and he has told me it looks very well made and of high quality, the colours are all correct vw colours that match my old loom. They added some customisation that I required for fog lights and a sound system and a lock out as well.

I sent them my old loom and fusebox and they have returned it fully connected with any old plugs able to be reused already wired in. It comes with some very comprehensive instructions as well. Overall very pleased with it. I was starting to get desperate to find one and was considering trying to source a second hand replacement since the one I bought with the car was not serviceable.

All up it cost me about £405.00 plus about 50 AUD of shipping

 

Geez....... considering what you have bought and what it will provide...... that seems like money well spent

 

Onto the interior now, while I wait for my mechanic to get through his backlog

Seat are getting rebuilt and upholstered by Volkstrim in Melboure. Seat were not in good shape, lots of broken springs, termite mounds, red dust and rust. Off to sandblaster!

 

Ouch $

 

Wiring loom installation day. Daunting mess of wires but nearly there. Also got my dashboard back in satin black with a nice new vinyl insert.

 

Nice. Keep going. You'll get there & then have a great time enjoying.
Cheers