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The steps to getting an MOT, UK plates and then FOR SALE

Lenoir our Splitscreen 11window MOT and Sale


Getting Lenoir ready for sale meant going through lots of the smaller details to make ready for an MOT and then registering for UK plates with the DVLA. Read the rest of this entry »

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Leaking oil onto the heat exchangers made driving this Bus almost impossible and dangerous here we rebuild on a budget

Air Cooled engine repair – Lenoir gets rebuilt


After driving Lenoir for 30 miles we quickly realised the oil leaks were fairly advanced and bad. A quick inspection shows the pushrod tubes needed replacing and to do this with original parts means cylinder heads off at least. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rear end rust in our project Bus and the restoration of the corners

Lenoir – rear corner repairs to our campervan


In our series on VW Camper repair we turn our attention to the rear corners, first inspection after we bought the Bus home was not too bad. Oh dear. Read the rest of this entry »

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VW Camper Repair – holes in your sills don’t look good and could fail MOT

Lenoir – Sill replacements for our rusty Rockers


Take one rusted out cargo door rocker, cut out the old mess and weld in some nice new sheetmetal to make a strong VW Camper again. Here we show you how we did a replacement on a 1965 Bus. Read the rest of this entry »

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Replacing a complete floor on our 65 VW Camper

Lenoir – new Splittie front floor and doglegs


Next in line after the nose was the mess that used to be a front floor – not much was left to go on and the usual 1/4 floor repairs wont cut it. The whole floor has to come out. Read the rest of this entry »

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Complete bottom 6 inches replaced and rebuilt – face lift anyone

Lenoir – Splitscreen lower nose rust repair and replacement


Lenoir, our 1965 vw Bus is in desperate need of replacement panels up front and low, here we’re going to take a look at how the repairs were done.. Read the rest of this entry »

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Off the the welder to assess what is required – shocking

Lenoir – 65 project Bus Front end assessment


So transaction made we take Lenoir to our welding guru and here we blog about what he found up the front of the Bus as this appeared to be the worst area. Not for the feint hearted this project.. Read the rest of this entry »

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Our next project – this blog is how we bought her and our first impression – it will need much restoration and love

Lenoir – a 1965 VW Bus Kombi Van project


Introducing Lenoir – a standard 11 window Volkswagen Bus or Kombi. Lenoir is in desperate need of metalwork magic having suffered the ravages of rust for too many years. In this first blog we’ll show her warts and all as we bought her in the US. Read the rest of this entry »

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