tow beddie project

[Warren]

In QLD the rules are pretty simple in regards to wheels and tyres.

The overall diameter of the tyre must not vary by more than +15mm or -26mm.

The maximum tyre width for a car or car derivative must not be more than 1.3 times the vehicle manufacturer’s widest optional tyre.

Now thats a sensible set of rules

Warren

[restoreid]

I thought Beddies were classed as commercial vehicles & there allowed 50mm overall diameter increase cheers Reid

[ShaneJ]

I thought Beddies were classed as commercial vehicles & there allowed 50mm overall diameter increase cheers Reid

Negative. The only exception to the above rules is the tyre width of offroad passenger vehicles. "for an off-road passenger vehicle fitted with front and rear beam axles, the maximum tyre width must not be more than 1.5 times the vehicle manufacturer’s widest optional tyre."

[eddy]

Well gave the project a bit of a kick along today, took the overhead console I built last week down and pre wired the stereo, (freakin nightmare but came up tidy and soldered all wiring joins) then insulated inside the console ( on hot days the stereo literally bakes as there is no insulation between the roof metal and the console and I don't like the idea of cds melting when they are being played) , I went out and bought a roof mount audio aerial and spent a bit of time sealing the mounting hole as it sits in the roof directly over the stereo and the last aerial leaked into the console, after mounting it didn't look quite right so I pushed it a bit towards the rear and the busturd broke!!! $20 down the gurgler (that cash coulda been spent on me personally) now I can't mount the console back up to the roof till I get a new aerial ......... anyway I did buy some lengths of furring channel (plaster board channel for suspended cielings) and fixed four of them them length wise of the van (to the roof braces), carefully lining them up with the tuck buttons so I could get a good fix on the upholstered roof panel. Once I had the furring channel up I put acrylic batts between the roof and the channels for insulation then screw fixed the upholstered tuck panel up to the channels, wow .... looks freakin great !!! now I gotta cut and trim timber around the roof lining but it does look superb !!! waz thinking all day ,,, take some pics ...... take some pics ..... but you guessed it never did, bummer. Anyway looks like we are off to the caravan show tommorrow as the boss wants to have a squizzy at the new vans features .... waz gonna go to the wreckers and find me another aerial but shes the boss !!!! anyway I am quite pleased with todays effort working out in the drizzle ........    keep vannin   Ed   

[ben]

that sucks breaking new stuff.. no warrenty on your aerial??

well i bought an air cut of angle grinder thing from aldi today of all places!!!!!$25 thou was laughen..

ben

[eddy]

don't knock the Aldi tools brother, probably better than whats sold at the weekend markets and sounds like the price is pretty good. I got the overhead console fitted after a trip to the wreckers where I picked up a great roof mounted aerial off some european car i think it was peugot, I did see a pair of chromed surface mounted electric mirrors (on a BMW) and may revisit to claim them but they aren't wide enough for towing so then may not. Fitted off the roof panel properly in the back and more than impressed by the quality of the finish but still no pics cause the boss can't be bothered finding the camera and charging it ...... pretty cool now that I got stereo sound in the van to work to  next job is to finish all the roof timber trim then wire in the amps and subbie so I got even cooler sounds to work to .... keep vannin ... Eddy 

[eddy]

posted a couple of pics that I took when I got home from work tonight but was a tad dark but still .... I did say that I would do it, hopefully get some better shots during daylight hours, ..... keep vannin .... Eddy

[eddy]

woops ... they are in my gallery in the tow van album 

[sandgropers]

Hello beddie lovers, we are wondering if anyone can tell us if there is anywhere we can actually buy bearings for our 79 bedford from Ness

[eddy]

Hey Ness, welcome aboard, are you after wheel bearings ? front or rear ?