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Hi all

I’m new to club 80 - 90 and to the world of VW’s and still trying to figure out the best term for my van.. T25, T3, Wedge...

She’s a 1985 VW T3 Panel Van. Picked her up off eBay a few weeks ago from Surrey. One owner from new, and to say she’s been looked after is an understatement. All original, and in perfect condition, with just 100,000 miles on the clock and a full dealer service history. A great platform for my customisation.

I have bought it as a commercial vehicle to sell from at shows, so have lots of plans to kit it out for next years season, with the intention to get it partway ready for Vanfest in a couple of weeks. Here’s hoping...

Plans are to :

Vinyl wrap body
Lower (As low as physically possible)
17” Wheels (Trying to be a little bit different here)
Kit out back with wooden or metal racking / pigeon holes for T-Shirt storage
Fit Bulkhead to separate front and back access
New bumpers
Chin spoiler
And that should do it for now.

This is her when she was picked up... £1495.00 and a very happy new owner







Interior has been kitted out with foam padding on all walls, ceiling and back screen, then carpeted in black vehicle lining.

Bulkhead still to be completed. Interior pictures to follow...

Saturday 21st August

Lowered her 70mm all round, the height will be reviewed once the wheels have been fitted. I’ll be honest it is a ‘Cut and Cav solution but has worked faultlessly. I am very impressed with how good a ride this setup delivers...



Right now time for the strip down ready for the vinyl wrap to be fitted. I have chosen to go through a friend of a friend to get this done. Couple of limitations as he normally does roofs and decals for MINI’s, but after a long chat on the phone and a visit to his workshop minipirate (http://www.minipirate.com) took up the challenge to wrap the van.

(The black spray is to avoid the white coming through on the black / carbon effect wrap)

I am busy getting custom wheel adaptors made. Tyres delivered and fitted, and trying to source replacement bumpers and chin spoiler.

Here are the most recent pics of her :









Next it was off to Leicestershire to visit minipirate to get the wrap design fitted. After many design exchanges we finally agreed on this :



One week later and we are half way through the wrap process...


















10 days and counting.

I should get the van back on Monday. Wheels are going over to the adaptor guy Friday and the adaptors are being made over the weekend, ready for fitment next week...

Hopefully we will be at VanFest on the Sunday just for a nosey about and get a feel for the scene...

Any feedback is welcome.


Matt

http://www.T-Torque.com

Looks like you've been busy. God luck with it all.
Nice website too, but there's definitely something missing from your selection of VW T shirts though, but I can't quite put my finger on it

andisnewsyncro wrote:Looks like you've been busy. God luck with it all.
Nice website too, but there's definitely something missing from your selection of VW T shirts though, but I can't quite put my finger on it

Thanks...

Don't worry my T25 pre and post modification will be on there... If anyone else wants to offer their Vans up then please send them over my way... I need more vehicles of all shapes and sizes.. Could even offer up some freebies...?

Your van is going to look good I reckon, very original!

I just sent you a picture of mine.

Your bus is stunning. And will make a great Tee... Thank you.

Hi all. Van now fully wrapped, ready for the wheels to go on Friday.. Adaptors to be collected but should be ready tomorrow.

Looking good i think. Opinions?













http://www.t-torque.com

Hi there mate nice van how did you lower her and have you had any problems with the lowering
cheers

Looks good!

Mine wasn't a panel but as it was an entirely empty army van when I got it the std height measuring from the arch to the ground using the middle of the wheel as a reference was...

Front 745mm
Rear 718mm

Mine is now fitted with supposedly 60mm lowering springs which now makes it...

Front 662mm (83mm drop)
Rear 677mm (41mm drop)

Looking good Matt.

If anyone would like to chat about any custom graphics for their vans please let me know.

We do any type of custom vinyl from simple stripes to full wraps as shown above - and as we are a vehicle livery design company and not just a print shop then anything is possible.

Phil

gaz f wrote:Looks good!

Mine wasn't a panel but as it was an entirely empty army van when I got it the std height measuring from the arch to the ground using the middle of the wheel as a reference was...

Front 745mm
Rear 718mm

Mine is now fitted with supposedly 60mm lowering springs which now makes it...

Front 662mm (83mm drop)
Rear 677mm (41mm drop)

Right finally got the wheels on at last ... Thank Corky for the help. Also dropped the back a little lower. Don't think the back will go much lower but will review once the inside is kitted out. Currently standing at 618mm front and back So that's a big difference from standard.

Front needs dropping again so the grinder will be out at the weekend.



17" BBS RC041 7.5" fronts and RC042 8.5" Rears with custom 18mm adaptors

cool van !
who made the wheel adaptors????????

I am now the proud owner of the Van and credit goes to Matt for putting it all together, it really is a top machine and has been well looked after.

Future changes are to get it into a demo van good enough to put in the show and shine, so got some work to do on it over the Winter, including putting an interior together.

I will be touring the VW shows next year with the Van, selling the T-torque branded T-shirts

Feel free to check out our site http://www.t-torque.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New Designs will be hitting the site over the next few weeks and open to ideas on any particular models you would like to see.

I will speak with Matt and find out about the Wheel adapters for you.

Sorry to see matt sold the van its a cool machine indeed. Well its me who got the adapters made for him so let me know if you need more making up.

Cheer Corky, probably going to keep the wheels on it as I love them. I am looking to drop it further would you be able to help in that area?

Also need to get 2 of the rims refurbed, is that something you could do or advise on?

Do the body panels still rust away under the wrap?