Finally at least! My vw type 2 from 1970 has been slammed. Friday, 21 December, I had an arrangement with Erwin from http://www.volksprojects.com. I left Hilvarenbeek, a small village nearby Tilburg, @ 7:00 and arrived at 8:30u.
Since it was pretty cold that day and my butt was freezing off, I kindly grabbed the hot offered coffee by Erwin. After having the basic needs we started on “the” project. With Erwin as guru, everything went pretty smoothly. The new front-beam was ready to build underneath, prepared with raster plates nicely weld on the beam.
Almost with the same ease as the original beam, it was replaced underneath. Then we build it up and the front was done. BTW when I mention “we” most of the time I’ll refer to Erwin 
The adapters, converting 5×112 to 5×130, where placed and also the 6j Fuchs 16″ wheels. In front, the tyre size is 185/50/16. This setup gives me about a small inch between the tire and shield.
Then we started on the back-end of the bus. First we dropped it by 2 levels. Immediately giving installation problems to put on the 16″ wheels. With a hinge jack we were able to assemble the wheels. When we finished the job there was just one conclusion to make. It looked ass-kicking! wh00t! BUT the suspension plates did not have enough free space. It left us no other choice then bring it back up by one level. Now the 7j wheels fitted nicely without any problems. Choice of tyres in the back, 205/50/16. Also this setup works great. I have about 1/4 inch between tyre and carrosserie!
At the end we had a few little problems like euh…. failing gas cable.. fixed, thanks to Erwin. And then, Moment Supreme, yep battery dead. GGRRRRRR. With a little help from starting cables and a “working” car, the t2a came alive.
When I left Erwin’s property to drive home, it was 22:00 o clock. About one hour later, frozen again, I reached Hilvarenbeek.
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