George’s Cars

Well i told most of ye i bought this but didn’t put pictures up, i finally got the van today after a saga with NVD but I won’t get into that now.

I did what i tell everyone not to do, bought the van without seeing it but the timing was bad, it was bought the same week we had Triona and there was just no option to get over to see it. So it was a gamble, thankfully its not a bucket of shit but there is one or two extra things on it that i didn’t see in the photos and the seller didn’t tell me about but nothing major.

Its a 87 Doka, running a 1.9 DG engine (for now), lowered 70mm.

The plan for her is to clear her up, cut out the rust, weld in fresh steel, repaint in red and tweak a little to suit the style I like.

I haven’t decided if i’ll post progress pics or wait for the unveil at the end. I’ll see. It will be 2 weeks before I start it as i have a few jobs to finish first. Hopefully it will not be a 5 year restoration, 5 months would be nice but as ye all know, these things have a habit of taking a mind of their own!!

The buggy has been sitting in the garage for the last few months, there was a few problems with her, most of which now have been solved.

The first problem was the suspension, it was too low and the tyres where scrubbing on the wings, the dropped spindles where removed and replaced with the standard one. Now there is plenty of clearance but now there is another problem, the tyres on the front wheels look miserable, i have larger profile ones in the garage so when i’m getting the car tracked i’ll put the larger profile tyres back on.

Next problem was the carburettor, it wasn’t running right, it was fine when going flat out but she wouldn’t idle properly, i cleaned the carb and gave the idle jet a good cleaning, seems to be running fine now.

Last problem, which i haven’t fixed yet is the indicators, they are shorting out someplace and melting my flasher unit.I don’t know whats causing this but i’ll look into it. Can’t be anything major except a short someplace.

I brought her for a spin afterwards, not too far about a 20 mile run, man its cold driving a beach buggy in this weather!!!

My son is mad about Thomas the Tank Engine, so i decided to do make him something nice for Christmas. He was getting to the stage where he was big enough for a big boy bed. I made the bed but Alma painted it. The bed is made out of 6×3 posts and 4×2 rails.

And my little boy ready to help daddy in the garage!

Just hosting photos for a member of brick-yard. This van is for sale if anyone is interested.

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