69 Panel Van

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This is my van at the moment . Lots of potential . Just need lots of money to sort it . First job will be to lower it on a 2" narrowed beam

Let me know your thoughts :cheers:

It's cool!

Early Bay panels are really rare especially in good nick, just needs tapping with the lowering stick and some nice faded sign writing :bounce:

Tim wrote:

It's cool!

Early Bay panels are really rare especially in good nick, just needs tapping with the lowering stick and some nice faded sign writing :bounce:

Cheers Tim , Needs a fookin good whack with the stick son , Sign writing is also a defo , may be first on the hit list , Any tips ?

I like it!!!!!! Panels are so cool.

What colour is it? (Is it L345 Light Grey?) If so my favourite VW colour.

A little lowering wouldn't go a miss, but still cool non the less.

Dunno the colour Faux og colour tho has had a blow over . could be L345 but not good with codes

needs some windows I reckon

only joking dude - you know I think this PV is the don. It'll look awesome with the slam job and the right wheels Grazy

Cheers Steve . Gonna slam it first than get wheels at later date , i think Might try ?? Bug rims ?? Tim will know , jus til i can afford Grey Speedmasters

Grazy wrote:

Cheers Steve . Gonna slam it first than get wheels at later date , i think Might try ?? Bug rims ?? Tim will know , jus til i can afford Grey Speedmasters

If you want steels for now i'd go with 15" Split Bus steels... they'd look lovely, especially with some grey commercial hub caps as it's a panel

cool is that what Paul at Bus Barn done on Tinoc PV ?. I gues im looking about £1500 ish to get a lowered narrowed beam and dropped like Ego`s ? Sound about right Tim ?

Grazy wrote:

cool is that what Paul at Bus Barn done on Tinoc PV ?. I gues im looking about £1500 ish to get a lowered narrowed beam and dropped like Ego`s ? Sound about right Tim ?

Nah they had 14" steels on, not my cup of tea and it would mean buying tyres twice as they wouldn't fit the alloys. the Tinoc now has SA sprints on it, again not my favorite wheels but the do really suit it.

So how much for some Speedies Tim , :pirat:

Grazy wrote:

So how much for some Speedies Tim , :pirat:

4x = £695 grey or £795 polished, i only have one set of polished though and the Moon Japan are are out of stock too... should have more in a couple of months all going well

I am definatly after Grey ones mate , How long do they take incase this set you have is gone by the time i can afford em

Well i have no grey ones at all, they are being made manufactured at the moment, i would imagine it'll be 8 weeks plus before i get them here as they have to come via sea freight...

Well worth the wait, everyone I meet say how much they love the grey Speedmater Wheels I had from Tim. Even those people who ask me when I am going to paint my bus.... :evil:

Ummmmmm!

I think £1500 is a bit of a liberal price, I fitted everything up myself and including the CSP's, beam, dropped spindles etc....it cost more like £2000, but I didn't use any of my og parts which would have saved me money.

Gonna have that picture as my screen saver to keep me happy till i can get em

It has been SLAMMED

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Cheers for the rims Tim , they scrubbed up schweet :cheers:

lookin real good grazy ! it looked cool stock but this is way better and liking the steels aswell ! cant belive i never thought to use work as a backdrop for pictures may have to rob that idea !

Cheers Tom , I really wanna get a pic of it in a showroom Would look cool shitty van in a shiny showroom , Saw you at felixstowe yesterday but you looked kinda busy so i kept on steppin .
Thanks for stopping to offer help last weekend dude got home at half ten that night :evil:
All better now picking bus up wednesday night after work

looking proper nice mate any thoughts on your sign writing
nick

beatnick wrote:

looking proper nice mate any thoughts on your sign writing
nick

Cheers Nick , yeah still thinking about it but don`t know where to look for period stuff from early 70`s to inspire me and get correct font and style of writing

Very, very nice panel. Are you looking for UK or US signwriting styles ?

Frank Pierce wrote:

Very, very nice panel. Are you looking for UK or US signwriting styles ?

Looking for some UK style Frank

Ok take a look at
www.robertopiecollection.com
This guy has been collecting classic UK packaging and other logos/advertising for donkeys years
He used to have a packaging museum in Cheltenham now its in London
It has all the kinds of typography and ads you would want to look at for inspiration
However Im not sure how much of it is on show on the website, you may need to visit the museum in London
We went to Cheltenham years ago and it is fantastic....30s/40s up.......
i think looking at brand design and advertising is the best way to get inspired, I can't think of anywhere on the Internet where you can look through 60s/70s panel vans with ads on.....

Frank

Grazy wrote:

Cheers Tom , I really wanna get a pic of it in a showroom Would look cool shitty van in a shiny showroom , Saw you at felixstowe yesterday but you looked kinda busy so i kept on steppin .
Thanks for stopping to offer help last weekend dude got home at half ten that night :evil:
All better now picking bus up wednesday night after work

dont think i could swing a showroom pik im afraid m8!
no probs shame we couldnt help , hope you were packing many more cans of cider for the wait !
felixstowe was pretty cool i love hearing people really not getting it ! met a guy who rekoned he's got the earliest uk bay , its a panel he lives on paper mill lane , its blue with a white roof . ive seen it from a distance but not up close so may pay him a visit . you goin to needham on sun ? i cant make the mornin buy gonna go to felixstowe in the afternoon . laterz