our new 1991 kv3 sambar moon roof project (uk)

should say i know him very well heas a good friend, known him for many years, he learnt spraying from his dad, steve has been painting for over 40yrs himself, he painted our beetle, done a excelent job on that, ive been trying helping him out to keep costs down,

willing to help anyone i can, have you got pics of yours fay? has it passed its sva test and got its import certificate?

guess they not as good as on the pre-approval pictures they normaly send over?

will get more pictures for the weekend, the outside should be done at least then its the interior and paint hopefully by mid may

mike n vicky

 

All a bit in limbo at the moment.

The car is definitely on the shabby side and the paintwork needs some serious TLC, a 'T' cut might do it but probably not, and that is why I am interested in your sprayer.

The upholstery is badly stained, if the covers come off and can be cleaned they might be saved, the carpets not sure....

There are some bits of interior trim missing.

A potentially bigger problem is that neither of the sunroofs work and may require more than a few hours of work and some replacement parts.

I was expecting to pay for a decent service, maybe a cambelt change, but how much of the rest will be down to me, I don't know, the importer has not been very quick to reply to emails, I wrote expressing my concerns on Sunday and I have heard nothing back yet.

Will send some photos when time allows.

Fondest

Fay

 

quick update sorry its take a while, this is where we were at the start of the week(monday), laying down the lines for the pinstripe and working on the location of the front vw logo

 

and here is where we got upto on thursday morning

hope you all like it?, will post some more over the weekend as i get the bits back on it, the interior is going to take some time to complete as my mother isnt very well and can only fit it in when i have time, steve at barwellbodyworks.com has done a fab job !!! yet again

its a very custom colour in the sunlightit changes from a bright orange metalic to a deep brown metalic, we like it, its a one of a kind paint mix !!!

mike n vicky

 

here is where we finished today
still got a long way to go, door shuts and internal paint to do before it goes to be trimmed, keep watching this space more comming soon

SORRY ABOUT THE POOR QUALITY OF THESES PICS MY OLD CAMERA PHONE KNACKERD UP SO USING A OLD 3MP PHONE NOT MY NORMAL 8MP NOKIA

A REAL BIG THANKS TO STEVE AT WWW.BARWELLBODYWORKS.COM
ANOTHER TOP JOB THANKS MIKE N VICKY​

 

Wow. I see my message didn't post last time. I'm completely jealous, and it's a good thing that we don't live in the same country. I'd give you your choice of my STi's or Legacy GT-B for that beauty. Wonderful color choice, and looks top notch.

Killer.

 

Oh wow...looks amazing

 

got another camera today so here are some better pics, every part of the car is painted including all the logo`s no nasty vinyl anywhere on the car !!!

even been asked by a local company if i would put a advert for them in the rear windows

thanks for the positive feedback

mike n vicky

 

last lot for now

will post more as i progress along with the project

mike

 

Finally collected the car last week. It was due the end of April, so it has tried my patience beyond breaking point. The problem was mainly the non functioning sliding roof. Neither worked and getting the parts from a now tsunami wounded Japan was a drawn out process. Many very emotional phone calls later and an interminable amount of time, I set out for London from Bristol and the garage responsible for 'prepping' it.

I rather fear this will be a 'project' car to get it right.

I achieved 22 miles of trouble free motoring and found myself on the hard shoulder with coolant all over the road.

When somebody thought it would be a super wheeze to change the front of a Subaru into a VW, they rather overlooked the fact that the Subaru front had radiator grills or didn't think it important to feed cool air to the radiator. Apparently it is. Will post that in a new thread in the hope of finding some accumulated wisdom, but that is why in the attached ( I hope) photograph it is up on stands while I explored the possibilities.

watch this space?

Fay

 

update on our little van

photobucket links to all the restoration pics so far oldest pics are at the bottom so you can see how bad she was when we got her

will post more pics in a few weeks once internal paint has been done

bits done up to now ........
all new brakes and drums/discs
new refurbished crate engine from japan now coverd 3,000km
refurbished ai-con unit and refurbished pump now all working and cool
new tyres all round
new clutch
timing belt done
recent service and some nice splitfire plugs give her a little more power and a color tune

still to complete, leather interior and internal paintwork

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how do you like using the colourtune....I've always wanted to try one....love the coppery/orange colour you chose on the van

 

colour tune is great on the older engines like the sambar and my old school 1978 vw t2 bay i have it helps you get the mixture of fuel to air just right, i have found the subaru runs a lot better if its a very lean mix blue/yellow, where my old camper likes it better ritch blue

it can also help find out problems with the fuel system as there are other tests it can do as the cer is at reves and on/off choke

well worth the money and worth while doing a few times a year