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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:20 pm

Originally posted December 5th 2015.

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went to friends place to pick up some parts today. He backed out his German firevan so that we could get at the storage area. Thought it was a good opportunity to snap a couple of pics of an early Mk1 sitting next to a late Mk2 :)
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:20 pm

Originally posted December 5th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:21 pm

Originally posted December 6th 2015.

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transitandy wrote:What a fantastic set of pics 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:21 pm

Originally posted December 6th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:28 pm

Originally posted December 6th 2015.

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SV2 was bought with the intention of becoming my new tow vehicle, to replace my LDV 400 "police van". I went and got a quote for a towbar to be made for it, and was a bit shocked at the price of $1000 (£500) so I thought, "bugger that, I will make one myself"

I really wanted a detachable towbar, so I scoured trademe (NZ version of Ebay) and found a NOS Westfalia kit for a Subaru, which was rated at 1800kgs. I bought this, and set about chopping it into small pieces. In the end I used only the gooseneck, receiver, and a section of the square crosstube. I drew up some templates on autocad for the side and centre brackets, printed them out and a bit of a test fit, then sent the drawing to the shop to have them cut out of 10mm steel plate on the waterjet.

The main side brackets needed a couple of kinks to follow the chassis rail,and then another test fit before welding, and they fitted a treat. Got my fabricator to weld them up for me, my welding is okay, but needed the skill of someone really good for this job, as failure is not an option!
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:30 pm

Originally posted December 6th 2015.

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And what better way to test it than find one of the most expensive race cars in the workshop, put it on the trailer and take it for a drive 30 minutes across town!


Van towed beautifully, and has plenty of power for the job. All up, I came in a few hundred dollars shy of the price I was quoted to make a crappy fixed towbar, and this included me buying a 50mm gooseneck as well, because the kit came supplied with a 1 7/8" gooseneck. So I am a very happy chappy : )[/quote]
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:33 pm

Originally posted December 15th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:33 pm

Originally posted December 15th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:36 pm

Originally posted December 15th 2015.

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A more "appropriate" load today, off to a TV shoot early tomorrow morning with another Mk2 in tow :)
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:41 pm

Originally posted December 15th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:42 pm

Originally posted December 19th 2015.

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just bought another engine for SV2. Very similar to the one already fitted, but has an extra pulley on top ;)
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:43 pm

Originally posted December 27th 2015.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:45 pm

Originally posted January 6th 2016.

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Christmas pressie arrived today on a pallet, looks really good :) That will make the old girl boogie!
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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:46 pm

Originally posted January 10th 2016.

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Re: Conrod's Supervan 2

Postby conrod » Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:39 am

Originally posted January 13th 2016.

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