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General Category => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Truck on August 25, 2010, 02:30:54 AM
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Hi All,
Would like to say great forum and awesome to see the Beddie lives on.
I have just bought my first Beddie appropriately named Ugglie Beddie by the family and friends but hope to change this over time (a lot required). Many of you may have seen the big beast on ebay where I stumbled across it.
Stats: Cf LWB, 202 / 4spd, hwy diff, drums and 6 studs all around with some body work needed.
I haven't had a project car for about 15yrs but definately keen to take this back beyond it's Ugglie Beddie status.
Look forward to any advise I can get re. mods that I wish to do to get the ole van to a sweet ride. So far the forum has given me some good advise on where to start and thanks to all who have posted pics of mods and fixes as this definately simplifies things.
Truck
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Now that you are here, this is the most important piece of advice. We here at beddy central love pics, so if you are going to be a member, dont just tell us about your ride, you have to show us, we love our beddy pics. oh yeh..hehe lol LOL ;D ;D ;D Also one of our members here, is president of the missing green van society, his name is skippy, and they say he hides the green van in his pouch, but we just call him skippy. lol ;D ;D Welcome mate, you will get to know our weird sense of humour here, but we do have some of the best beddy minds around.
george.
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welcome to beddy land just we are a funny lot here
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Hi Truck, been here officially only a few months myself although knew about the site for many years, wecome to the buga site!
Regards Ian
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hey truck. welcome to the beddy site:) i have a question for you. do you know how your van is lowered? cheers
ben
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Hey Truck ...Welcome to the best site in the land. ;D Bloody excellent to see any beddie in Perth. Are you North or South of the river?
Cheers....Johnno
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Cool to see a great response from all. Glad to hear there is a lot of humor here as I can see there will lots of F bombs goin around during rebuild and could always do with a good laugh after trying & trying till finally the hammer hits the wall. I have read up a bit in the forum and can imagine there's a few good hammer size dents in the Beddie a tent.
Ben - Not sure yet, am away at the moment and when I return Monday will look into it for you. I saw your comment regarding spring chop and tires only lasting 40,000 so definately want to look into this as would like to put my $$$'s to bedda use.
Johnno - North of the river or South Geraldton (depends on how much fuel in tank)
Anybody still running the 6 studs and have fitted discs to front as I may need them as old beddie will have a bit of extra weight on the drivers side to pull up.
Truck
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there has been previous discussion about the 6 stud discs but youll have to use the search function to find it..
cheers
ben
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Cheers Ben will look into 84 Transit mod a bit further. By the way you do the fiberglass mods, is this correct?? and if so do know where I may be able to get a 1 pc rear door that can be opened upwards.
I will post pics of any work being done and get some pics of front and rear suspension so we can see how van was lowered.
Does anyone know of any wreckers worth scouting for parts in WA or is this an impossibility.
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8) Merlin is your man or just put a wanted ad up and we will all help.
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welcome aboard Truck ... good to see another sunny sandgroper on the site, forget the wreakers theory , that's what were all here for.....ps nice buy boss, look forward to seeing her.Dan
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welcome to the site truck.great choice of van (lwb)hope we can help you out :)
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Thanks for the support guys, I see by the response all the info I'm gonna need will be found here.
By the way great to see the work everyone has put in to keep the Beddie on the streets and away from the scrap merchants.
Hangin to get back to Perth and have my first real drive and start preppin project.
Truck
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Hey truck, i am no mechanic, but let me tell you this, just about every problem or Q. i have had, these guys have solved it, or given me something to think about. So between these buga's and the switched on guys working on my van, things are going great, just think, if i had an unlimited cheque book, i could have a fantastic van, but i will just settle for awesome for now. ;)
george.
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Hey George,
Your not wrong there, the forum posts are awesome and a wealth of information can be found just by searching. I got to admit they are a good read for variations in mods and some comments that fly through there keep me laughin. The misses looks over at me pi@#in my self laughin at some of the quirky wise cracks and comments, but all in all the problem gets solved or good advise from others as to why some mods are just not feasible.
As for the fat wallet factor I'm sure the portion I have put aside will certainly give me a good kick-start till anorexia kicks in but I have plans for this to be the project that will live on for me till i'm old, fragile and basically f@&ked, then I will have to just sit back and enjoy till my plot is dug.
The plan is to start with running gear and stopping gear, followed by cosmetics and inside fit-out so little way to go yet.
Truck
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A good way to do it is to take care of the interior while you're saving for the big ticket items. The interior is much cheaper to deal with by comparison to engine and running gear etc and keeps the momentum and interest going.
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G'day Truck your more than welcome to visit the w/shop and shoot the breeze an chuck around some ideas if you want (Shops in Rockingham) Cheers Neil
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Cheers Neil appreciate the invite and will definately drop in when next down that way. I will only be in Perth for 4 weeks before I return to Indo till Christmas but will be heading down to Kwinana to see a guy about some work he wants done in about 2 weeks so will make time to come by.
Will contact you before heading down to get address and looking forward to getting some guidance.
Hey Rogue will definately be starting interior asap as I want to start stripping some of it out due to colour and check for signs of rust and water damage. I already have a spare 202 which I will build to spec I want then take on the task of swapping over and while at it put new clutch then wire up to suit electronic ignition. As I plan to do most work myself there will be plenty to keep me keen and nothing beats the satisfaction of standing back and saying pukin awesome I did that.
Truck
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hey truck, is this going to be a show van, or just a daily driver, or both ? Whatever you do, one golden rule on this site, you MUST take LOTS of pics as you go, and MUST show us. lol ;D ;D
george.
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Hi George,
For now it will be a daily runner till the major work gets started which will most likely see it of the road for a few months.
I finally picked van up Sunday arvo and drove the beast home. Well as for most cars that need some work it was definately an eventful drive, well the starting and stopping part anyway. As for the comfort while cruising and being my first Beddie I was amazed. I could sit behind the wheel of this van all day and rides perfect on the road but when it came to stopping throwing the anchor out the window while pumping the brakes and clutch so we could go down a gear was a little like taking of sky-diving without a shoot.
That was the easy part, having the missus following behind shaking her head in disbelief was the killer. But I managed to adjust the brakes and clutch today and she actually drove it and loves it.
I will keep the pics flowing with all work done as best as I can to do my part for the site.
Truck
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aweome look forward to it:)