69 Bay + Speed Master =

With a bit of advice from Tim and a few evenings work......my 69 went from this: :|



to this:



The wheels look spot on! :king:

Great site!

that's a world of difference. a couple of evenings well spent

That is one nice original looking Bay!

we need to get that Gearbox conversion kit here so you can get some smaller tyres on the rear to get it levelled up a bit...

is it a Cali Bus?

Yep it was a Cali bus, imported for me by Simon Hall. The plate is stamped 2007 so I know it was used right up until it left the states. It is not the original paint but the interior is great and I'm just looking forward to driving it.

Yep the back end could do with a bit of levelling. :pirat:

Here are a couple more pics:







The CSP shifter makes a big difference too!

Absolutely perfect stance!

Good work.

Is it a nice gearchange with that shifter, i find some of the aftermarket shifters notchy and harder to find gears than a standard shifter... a lot if it's down to worn bushes i guess too.

Tim, first is a little hard to find at the moment when moving. I haven't tried to adjust it yet though. The rest of the gears are great and the position is so much better, just to the right of the wheel at the same height ish. I would recomend it.

I had a little tinker with the rear and after a little technical advice from Tim (Cheers again) the back sits 15mm lower and the bump stops are cut down and refitted.

The Creative adjustable spring plates really do make life alot easier with initial fitting, fine adjustment and removing wheels. It took me 5 minutes to drop and level the rear, I didn't ven need to take a wheel off.
:cheers:

And has anyone else got a Speed Aster sticker like this?

Honest this is how it came.

Dude that sticker is well rare!

give me your address again and i'll send another... that's the first problem i've had with the wheels as products so that's not bad going seeing as it's only a the sticker that comes with them

I must admit sometimes i'm very lazy when adjusting my split bus spring plates and don't even jack it up

I feel special now

Was out and about and took a couple of pics......man I love the wheels.



(Same pics as early bay...sorry )

Did you change your bushes John when you put the CSP in ???
Did the wheels bolt straight on ????? :cheers:

Grazy wrote:

Did you change your bushes John when you put the CSP in ???
Did the wheels bolt straight on ????? :cheers:

which bushes?

I don`t know ( I fit carpets )

Hi

I'm not sure which bushes you mean.....?

But I did change the whole front suspension set up:

2" narrowed King and link pin beam
narrowed torsion leaves
narrowed track rods
trailing arms
King and Link Pin Dropped Spindles
Steering arm (technical name)
Steering damper and bracket
CSP Discs
(This will only bolt straight on to an original wide five set up, but I know Tim can modify to fit small 5 set up)

Buying this set up meant I could build it off the vehicle, then just drop the old beam (hub to hub) off and fit this one. I can put it back to stock easily. Not that I would ever want to.

Sorry to interrupt....
September 24th, Tim referred to "worn bushes"
I think they are the things that are in yer gearbox that make changes smoother (?)

hippychick wrote:

Sorry to interrupt....
September 24th, Tim referred to "worn bushes"
I think they are the things that are in yer gearbox that make changes smoother (?)

Hippychick you got it , I am no good with technical stuff . Yeah i mean the bushes to help a smoother gear change . I put a Csp shifter in and change got better but needs a bit more uprating .

Sorry to hijack Faux

I only know about bushes because Tim had to replace them on our bus, so that we could find second gear without going into reverse......

:idea:

Grazy wrote:

Did you change your bushes John when you put the CSP in ???
Did the wheels bolt straight on ????? :cheers:

Sorry Fella

I got the wrong end of the stick. (No pun intended).

No I didn't change any bushes in the gear linkage, I will when i can get round to it. But it works great now it has had time to bed in. It is so much easier to use....far less reaching for the stick.

Cool bus

Cheers Scotty,

Can't wait for the Spring.......

Here is a pick after a manic cleaning session, for the insurance

looking good! out of interest what have you valued it at for the insurance?

nice pic

looking mighty fine Jon