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 vassy66T1
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| posted on July 10th, 2014 at 09:57 AM |
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Thanks for all the story along the way
Great read and an awesome bit of kit!
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| posted on July 10th, 2014 at 09:59 AM |
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thanks Marcus 
a better picture with the plates on 8)
felt confident enough to drive to HQ with the radio on this morning 8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AkSEeaOl8
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| posted on July 10th, 2014 at 10:29 AM |
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Wicked. Nuff said.
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| posted on July 11th, 2014 at 12:48 PM |
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Snail trail = Awesome 
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| posted on July 11th, 2014 at 01:08 PM |
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Wonderful read great pics and awesome job by all involved !
Fun when a hub cap flies off and rolls down the road lol
Took me twenty minutes to find mine when it happened once, nearly gave up
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 08:59 AM |
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Pretty sure we saw your camper at Manly yesterday, looked fantastic! A rare sight indeed and a credit to your construction skills.
Luckily my son spotted it as you drove past our bus parked on the foreshore, white over blue late bay.
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 10:07 AM |
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good on you mate, it looks great!
a real credit to you and your dedication
looking forward to seeing it in the flesh soon about the traps 
cheers
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 06:02 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by DasAuto77
Pretty sure we saw your camper at Manly yesterday, looked fantastic! A rare sight indeed and a credit to your construction skills.
Luckily my son spotted it as you drove past our bus parked on the foreshore, white over blue late bay.
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you sure did… we went to breakfast in manly as we only live in wynnum 
thanks H, kind words… been putting a few k's on it over the past week and its going great guns… have been making minor adjustments to carbs and
things along the way and checked my CV's for tight after the first 100ks as you hear horror stories…. hoping to pump out a few more k's this week
to do a big service before valla maybe even a small camping trip
this weekend… see how things pan out….
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 06:28 PM |
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 07:07 PM |
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Super cool. Well done.
Safe travels to you both.
Congrats.
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| posted on July 14th, 2014 at 08:37 PM |
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Keen to see this rolling!! Attention to detail is above and beyond, absolute top build! Only fun times ahead
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 04:02 AM |
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I just looked through this entire build from start to end.
I have to say, usually I'm not in favour of this sort of campervan conversion but this is truly awesome craftsmanship.
I didn't exactly work out how big your stroker motor is but I'm betting it pushes the "Tower" along well.
Did you have too many engineering challenges with it or did it sail through since so many were converted to pop tops?
And is it a lot heavier than a standard bus?
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| posted on July 19th, 2014 at 08:53 AM |
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Thanks mate, the motor is a 1699cc... Basically just a stroker crank with everything else being relatively stock 1600.... Engineering we easy as I had
the guy around through multiple stages of the build from start to finish... At the end he wanted me to add reflectors and some grills on the scoops to
stop then from being a safety hazard... Other then that went through pretty easy...
As mentioned earlier... A normal micro bus is around 1350 kilo grams... With mine full of fuel... Water tanks full... Fridge in... Solar panels,
awning, 2 batteries... Etc etc came in at 1700 kilo... So she's on the heavy side but can be loaded to 2200kg as per the gvm so not to bad... No
power house but haven't had any dramas climbing hills yet.... But then again that's coming from someone who is used to driving a 36hp most days...
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| posted on July 21st, 2014 at 11:51 AM |
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Great job mate - I have a Jurgens Autovilla in Brisbane and yours is so much prettier - love it - have a great time with it.
Gary
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| posted on July 21st, 2014 at 01:46 PM |
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gary i would love to see it
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| posted on July 21st, 2014 at 02:53 PM |
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Give us a call and we'll organise it Nugget - 0419798698.
Gary
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| posted on July 22nd, 2014 at 05:24 PM |
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well my week has been cut short but for a good reason (bringing a boat up from newcastle to brissy as of tomorrow till saturday). I was hoping to have
this week to do valla prep on both my cars in hope that i could find a driver for my oval as well as that car is my favourite…. but can't sleep 2
in that comfortably like this old beast…. so looks like only the snail will be ready as i did its first big service today since building it and
looking good only tightened 2 exhaust valves as they were on the
looser side of the feeler gauge but could of gotten away without nipping them up…. changed gear box oil for abit of a flush and new fuel filter as
the tank is still cleaning itself out….. good times! checked cv bolts and the big old axle nuts and none of them budged greased the from end again
and check over everything…. so I'm feeling confident with this thing now… its been my daily since rego and have had trouble free driving
done a few lengthy trips around town (over an hours driving with traffic etc) and the highest the oil temp has gotten is 180F which from what i can
tell is a good sign. this is still without an external oil cooler… the trip to valla should be a good test….
can you tell I'm excited!!!
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| posted on July 22nd, 2014 at 05:38 PM |
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 Safe journey Nug. See down there. Cheers
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| posted on July 22nd, 2014 at 09:42 PM |
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.... A-frame for the oval next!?
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| posted on July 28th, 2014 at 10:10 PM |
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Just read this post from start to finish ,great work miles it's a credit to your skills and perseverance. It's a shame I'm not making Valla to see
this. Just make sure you steer clear of those spotted quolls
recycle, restore, enjoy
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| posted on August 3rd, 2014 at 10:31 PM |
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Well we just arrived home safe and sound after our week off for its maiden voyage to valla and back... Over 1000k's and the only trouble I had was a
loose bell crank linkage this morning and 2 out of my 3 dash light bulbs blew on the way home tonight.... Other then that this thing didn't miss a
beat and it atracked a lot more attention then what we wanted and some points 
A solid 65mph the entire way home through torrential rain for 6 hours with 2 stops 8)
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| posted on August 4th, 2014 at 08:13 AM |
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posted by westi
That's mad Alan.
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| posted on August 13th, 2014 at 02:19 PM |
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Back on track with doing a few things to this befor we call it finished 8)
With little time to do anything other then making sure the snail was machincaly sound for valla I wasn't really happy with the stance but was hoping
the back would come down after being loaded but not a chance. The rake wasn't "the look" I was going for. One more spline on the rear and trimming
the bumpstops has leveled it out nicely with a mild drop all round and still a reasonably nice ride 8)
Next step I think I'm gonna cut off the front bump stops.... If I don't bin them completely I might turn them abit and weld them back on to stop the
tyre scrubing on the tubs....
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| posted on August 13th, 2014 at 06:21 PM |
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Nice one Myles, I'm sure I wasn't the only one but I sure loved seeing the Snail. Well done on the reliability too
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| posted on August 13th, 2014 at 08:49 PM |
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Thanks Mr berry! Judging by this picture you enjoyed your ride in it to
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| posted on August 13th, 2014 at 08:59 PM |
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Looks loads better all levelled off
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| posted on August 13th, 2014 at 08:59 PM |
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Cool mate, dressed for speed and drinking hi-octane Coka-Cola.......cool ride
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| posted on August 14th, 2014 at 07:34 AM |
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I had a quiet gander at Valla..
excellent workmanship and in all honesty looks like it rolled off a prod line..
nice one mate !
I'm sure people would line up for orders
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| posted on September 3rd, 2014 at 11:54 AM |
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well after returning from valla a few things went down hill with my grandmother passing and having to move out of her house as we were the cre takers
while she was in a nursing home, so now we call the snail home, yep we are gypsies :smile grin: parked up on mum and dads property until my brother
gets married and we leave on out trip in november… or maybe december if we need more $$
anyway after taking the advise of a few people i class as experts, i dropped the oil after valla and went to a thiner oil. i was using penrite HPR30
20W-60 and now dropped to penrite 10w-40 fully synthetic. Gonna drive up the north coast this weekend so will see how it goes with the thinner oil….
some people report lower oil temps with the thinner oil which will be interesting even tho i haven't ever had temp issues.
finally got a second 120AH house battery as the entire nation was out of am-tech batteries after i got my hands on only one... :roll: mounted it and
wired her in last night…. we lasted the valla week with solar panels and short runs without ever running out of power with only one battery so
should be ample what we need.
with the start battery on the opposite side
another job off the list….
also my dells arrived this morning…. they look rebuilt (gaskets) but defenly not "bolt on and drive" like advertised. Dog hair and grit all
through them… but they look in pretty good nick… fingers crossed they perform like people say. Will pull them down and go through them thoroughly
Now i just need to jet them and get my head around dual 2bbl carbs. If anyone wants to school me on these I'm all ears otherwise i will figure it out
like i usually do. 8)
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| posted on September 3rd, 2014 at 07:27 PM |
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Nug how did it run with the 35 PDSIT carbs,i have been thinking about buying a set to put on a 1600 im putting in my oval.
cheers shane.
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