Anthony from IPC Media came down to shoot the truck for Volksworld Camper and Bus mag. The shoot was rainy, but the pics look awesome. Thanks Anthony!

He also managed to shoot Johnny's SO33 westy on the same day, but at a different waterfront location; it's such a chore living so close to the sea sometimes..... yeah right!Work has been progressing slowly on project walkthru, but a lot of the bus is now buffed, spindles removed and a lot of cleaning going on. Lower windscreen surround is also repainted and the drivers door is getting some paint blending.'69 Deluxe found a new owner in Ben and will be finished with all the usual tricks. Work is due to start in the next couple of weeks - 4" Split beam, drop spindles, JGE Torkers, new engine, brakes, MOT, etc, etc. Watch this space..'66 Westy has also found new owners, with Tim and family. As we type this, there are a lot of pics to be uploaded, we are around 75% of the way through the metal repairs, then we will carry out a load of paint blending, narrowed rear with bug short axles and narrowed front with raised box to accomodate the Chevy pattern rims - 6" fronts and 8" rears.Meanwhile, Neil's Westy came in for a brake servo install and a lowering job:Here's our pick of our Brighton Breeze pics, which were missed off the last posting:Our shop truck has now gone to a new owner in Germany. we were sad to see it go, but have now got a T4 as a replacement/tow vehicle. Pics of that when the transformation begins!

Pre holiday our shop truck doubled up as a Beachbuggin' hack, here it is after we collected what was to be the stage..And here are the graffiti boards being undercoated in the workshop one evening. This bay with 17's came in for a mild front end drop..Before:After:Whilst Andy's cabrio came in for a 5" beam, drop spindles and a 2 spline rear drop with adjustable springplates to level the rear up. Some of you may remember we did a similar job on his Black RHD oval a couple of years back.Before:After:

Ally's brakes failed on the way to Vanfest. Mark went up for the day on the sunday and fitted a new rear wheel cylinder and shoes, then it came in for a full brake checkup on it's return and a new MOT.

Matthew drove over from his home in northern France for a one day lowering and left delighted a few hours later.John's bus came in with a narrowed beam that had not been thought out properly, so the front shocks wouldn't fit! We fitted some of our extended upper shock mounts (our endplates come with them as standard!) and this sorted the problem out.The replacement for our '58 Mango bus arrived in the form of a rust free '66 walkthru in original paint. This will be a dream project. Mark headed up to Felixstowe to collect it. There was the usual array of interesting old metal at the warehouse...Including Dave's 'new' '65 project, which will be getting some suspension surgery. and a little metal repair/paint blending.Work has already begun on the walkthru, buffing out the paint and getting it dropped and ready for an MOT.Brighton Breeze followed another early start and a 5 car cruise along the coast. What a great day out once again and a good swap session.

It's been 3 months since the last blog update.. Being busy in the 'shop and tired the rest of the time it's been easy to put it off. The trouble is, the longer you leave it, the harder it gets to do it all. Here's the first of a few small updates, after abandoning the large update we have been trying to do for too long...

After SPA, Rod's single cab came in for a 4" narrowed beam, drop spindles and a raised steering box. We also did a dual circuit and CSP discs on the front.
On the ground just needing the height set.
We also managed to fit in a mild front end drop on Alice and Adam's 71 Moonraker before leaving the same afternoon for a 2 week holiday to Biarritz.
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On the way to Biarritz we took in a show in 30 degree heat at the coastal town of Soustons. Lots of cool and very different cars on display.On our return, Johnny and Lucy brought in their new '65 Bug which they flew out to sweden and drove home. £7 beer anyone? The bug was left with us for a few days and left with a new MOT.
This loverly RHD camper also came in for an MOT, which it passed with no problems.

SPA 2009

Spa 2009 turned out to be a great trip, we left on the thursday before the show and came back on the tuesday after. The weather was awesome except for sunday, when we chose to visit the dutch coast for a night, where it was sunny and warm. Loads of great cars, good food and good times. Best of all we did nearly 900 trouble free miles.