T3 Autosleeper Hightop - PD 130bhp + A4 6spd g'box

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   Hi all,

Having done loads of work on my van, I am going to try to recreate the thread I
should have written - why? Not a clue, must be boredom or a sick sense of
community, wanting to help the others in the T3 asylum.

So here goes.....

First a confession, having 2 young kids we really facied the idea of a camper,
we started on a Mazda bongo, drawn in by the luxuries of air con, fuel economy,
reliability, electric everything etc. It was good, a rust free 8 seat diesel
manual bus we used as an every day er for Mrs Fuf. After a while we converted
it to a full camping interior. The kids liked it, but the bed was much too
narrow and as a daily drive it was a bit tricky as Mrs was back to teaching and
none of the other teachers could park, the just used to bounce off it! The fuel
bills were a bit big too for a daily. 

So in August 2010 we did a car review and it was decided my old Porsche 944 convertible would
go (looked nice, but we never used it), as would the bongo, and we would buy a
sensible car and a VW T3.

I made good money on the bongo, and lost a bit on the pork. We bought a polo
for Mrs Fuf and I went out having read all the advice and bought the first bus
I saw!
4th September 2012:<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;">
I knew it was a project, but even still was impressed at the use of gloss paint and newspaper to recreate wheel arches and sills! 
The lack of servo assistance on the brakes (vacuum pipe kinked) and the coolant leak added to the driving experience:
The interior was very good, but seats very rotten, and everything very 'brown'

So, work began - 9" grinder first!</span>

Edited by fufflenarnia - 13 Aug 14 at 15:17