Updated the old 1950 VW Beetle page with all the pics from the build up in 2008. Cool early and rare car! Go to RIDES/PROJECTS or click here for more pics and info.
Some more progress made on the Highroof bus. More parts have been sandblasted and painted during the week. The chassi is finally painted too, after months of hard work. 2k polyurethane paint with elastic attribute. Good if you dont want to have stonechips in the paint later on. Cant wait to start bolting on all the new parts on the shiney chassi, no more dirty work! Also got a NOS 1960-70s roofrack that will get modified to fit on the highroof, perfect for the future solarpanels etc. Got a spare BA6 Eberspacher burner too, will be good to take parts from when I start the restoration of the original one. Here is the pics…
Sandblasted and painted silver metallic. RAL9006.
BEFORE.
DURING. Straightned out and sandblasted baremetal
AFTER. Painted, also made a custom mesh in stainless for it but forgot to take photo.
Marinoyellow VW L20A period correct.
Some sandblasting and rust removing have been done today. Next step is to sand it down and make it ready for primer! 
Found some old photos from the shop. I took these about 9-10 years ago. 2007 maybe?
Painting tons of chassi parts in Deepblack paint at the moment to the Highroof bus!
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Have sandblasted alot of parts in the new cabinet, so nice to have. No need for waiting on the mediablasting company any more. Just put it in the box and go! Got a box full of new parts from Justkampers.com yesterday too. Brakeservo, starter, all brakepipes, front beam seals, 4 torsionarms with new pressed in balljoints, transmission gaskets and seals etc. Also scored a NOS Eberspächer combustion/airpump for the BA6 heater. Found a supplier in the UK of new BERU glowplugs for BA6, the GZE201 plug replaces the old (original) BZE22. Have anyone tried the new GZE201? Let me know how it worked: info@maindrive.org
Have scraped and cleaned all of the chassi during the last 2 weeks. Hope to push on further with the chassi this week and weekend and get it primered, seam sealed, undercoated and painted in body color. After that the chassi is ready to get all the new parts bolted on! More coming soon…
This bus have been camping a longtime. It used to transport childrens to school and was parked here in the end of the 70’s. But its now gone, maybe getting restored?
Restored this original VW Sperrwolf shifter lock awhile back. New keys, new paint and new zinc plating. This was an option that costed extra when you bought it new, but in return you got cheaper car insurence. Because the car was now harder to steal!
Want your restored or have one for sale? Let me know: info@maindrive.org 
How it looks installed. Cool!
How it looked when I found it.
Found and saved this 1966 VW Beetle from a field some years back. It was just a empty shell with no motor, no fenders and no interior. It was lowered with a 6 inch narrowed front beam, dropped spindles and 3 splines in the rear. Fully polished Torque wheels was rare back then. Was a cool car for sure! In rust we trust!
Started to build my own sandblasting cabinet some weeks back. Built it in a size thats not to small and not to big. In this cabinet its possible to blast a front beam to a VW bus/Beetle, perfect! Finished it today and started to test on some rust parts. Using aliminiumsilikat. Here are some pics on before and after.
More videos, pics and storys from our roadtrips visit: www.camperontour.com
Finally found a engine inspection cover/lid for the Highroof bus. Just needed to fix some dents, sanding and a layer of new paint. Satin black, RAL 9005. 
The lowrider in Gasoline Magazine some issues back. Chevrolet Impala Hardtop 1963. Duke’s Car Club Sweden. 
Doing some really boring work on the Highroof Baywindow at the moment. Specially when it’s -20 celsius outside. Removing all of the old undercoating. Work that takes alot of blood, sweat and tears and is not showing much later, but good to know it’s like new under also. Only going to drive it on the summers anyway. Next time I can start sanding the chassi and lay a coat of rust protection (epoxy primer). Then add a new layer of fresh undercoating, that sort thats possible to paint over. So when it have dried for some days I can paint all of the underside in top color, VW L20 Marino yellow. Ready for all the new parts, wires, hoses, grommets, bearings, bushings, balljoints, steering rods, brakelines, servobooster basicly every nut and bolt!
When the chassi is painted and ready I can start restoring the frontbeam, transmission and get the Eberspächer BA6 working again. A really good and clever heater, much better then the older BN4 ones. Will be nice on chilly mornings in the spring!
Still looking for some parts if someone have for sale? NOS parts for BA6 is intresting, like sparkplugs (BZE22) etc. Also looking for a pair of the slider rail metal covers (held with 2 screws). Engine cooling thin and heatexchangers is missing. Send me a mail on: info@maindrive.org
Chassi parts that are going to be sandblasted and painted/restored.
No more undercoating. Just some wires and tubes that needed to be removed before sanding and primer. Here you can see factory grey primer and the orange overspray from body. When I am done with this chassi it will be better and nicer than it was from factory for sure.
Color on chassi will be the same as on the body, original VW color, L20A Marino yellow. Period correct.
Can’t wait to start bolting on new parts on the painted chassi!
Hopefully the Eberspächer is working…
Photo by: Gasoline Magazine
4 buses in the garage at the moment! 5 with Frans electric toy splitbus 😉 T3, Baywindow and Splitwindow models. 
Today it was -20 celsius here in Sweden. But still very nice outside. Perfect for a short bus drive! 
Replacing all rust with new metal on Benny’s bus, the VW transporter from 1983. Hope to finish the rest tonight and then it’s ready for sanding/bodywork/paint. New rubberseals for the all 6 windows, new bushings for frontend and new mirrors from Just Kampers.
A short TV-serie from the UK. Traveling around in a Baywindow in Devon and all around the country. You can see them all on Youtube for free!