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[wazzah]

Hi everyone

 Wazzah here ,just bought my first bedford and im loving it,1977 camper in good nick,want  to do a few mods and thinking this is the best place to start for help..
 Looking at doing the brakes,putting some nice alloys  on her but i need to know which ones will fit, and some wheel arches and then a spray job should do the job till i get some more money haha
Any help on were to start will be greatful..Dont know were to go to find the rims and skirts,can anyone point me in the right direction pls..i need help haha

[Zeeman]

Is it the original stud pattern? Should be able to find some jellybean mags to suit, they're the most common type for original stud pattern.

Brakewise, a change to HQ pattern on the rear and a HQ disc brake conversion will be your cheapest option, secondhand disc brake setups show up
here and on that auction site pretty regularly. If you have a bigger budget, commodore brakes will give you a better choice of rims.

Ben here on the site sells fibreglass wheel arches etc. and is easy to deal with.

[wazzah]

Thanks for the advice Zeeman..

The the van is original nothing has been touched or changed yet. ...
 I will diff  be on the lookout for the brake conversion so if anyone knows were i can get one or has one let me know thanks..
 
I think i will have to get in touch with ben and see what he can do for me..

thanks again zeeman

[ShaneJ]

Suitable mags:

http://www.buga.com.au/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=2&topic=2231.0

[wazzah]

Thanks shane

  but i think im going to go with the disc conversion first, then find some mags later but thanks for the link though..any advice is always appreciated...

warren

[wazzah]

HI ALL

 Does anyone know were i can get the Hq rear axle from in Brisbane? I what to start getting together the stuff i need for the brake conversion.

 Ill try and get some pics up of the van so you guys can have a look and see what you think..

thanks

warren

[Warren]

Hi ME

if your looking to go HQ stud pattern on the rear, consider getting your axles re drilled to HQ and converting to Discs as per Alexs directions, so long as your diff has the right ratio. 

ok so your've already got hq pattern on the rear is that right?
dont bother stuffing around with drum brakes, and dont bother searching for hq statesman rear disc set up coz you gotta be damn lucky to find them.
go to the wreckers and pillage a pre irs commodore rear disc brake set up, (cant remember whats model it changes think after vp, im not a commonwhore man) backing plates caliper mounts handbrake cable etc etc leave the rotors buy new ones.
basicly  all you need to have done is a half inch spacer machined up to sit against the axle housing and the calliper mount for clearance, and bolt your axles back in ( i had the local diff guy machine this spacer for me when he rebuilt my diff). but after that its all bolt on stuff no welding required. you'll need to have handbrake cable modified to suit too, cost me 60 bucks, still havnt fitted it (still too long need shortened more then 100mm) and that was 2 years ago
comm stud pattern is the tiniest bit different to hq pattern so the rotor goes straight on. its all very straight forward, and makes life easier when servicing your brakes, parts readily available and cheap. i was meant to take photos of my set up ages ago for someone but never got around to it, if your interested i could take some pics, now that im unemployed ive got heaps of time on my hands.
my van has pulls up on a dime! prob better then my old mans vy

Alex do you have any pics of the Spacer and installation ?

Warren

[ben]

im about to make up a template for redrilling to hq.. just waiting on my plasma cutter (second time ive sent it back now:( )  ill let you know how i go.

im practising on my trailer first..

cheers
ben

[wazzah]

ok boys

My van is a swb and is completely origrinal nothing touched yet

 If i got this right i need hq front calipers and discs(machine to fit  ;Dbedford wheel bearings) ? and the brake conversion kit
The rear i need pre irs commodore rear capliers and mounts and  backing plates plus cables and i need a spacer machined so the all bolt to the axle?
new boster and master cyl and make new pipes...think thats it yeah...

would love to see some pictures warren if you have them,would be awesome...
Ben let me know how you go with the templates would love to buy one of you when ya done...

Thanks again boys looking forward to getting my teeth into this...
just the song to keep me going..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-kW1lzbfmw

hahah

[wendyh]

ahhhhhh blasphamy putting a bedford badge on a holden shullte van!!!! argh!   bad enough ignorant non beddy lovers calling transits bedfords....