The CF Bedford

Part 16: The rebuild starts - the old engine bay

The old engine bay is to be hidden as bonnet may be welded close, but it also has to hold quite a bit of stuff (to much really).

I've fitted a heater/air conditioning unit out of a Toyota Rav 4 into the van, the heater sits way to high (higher than radiator) but doubt I'd ever use it, the air con is the main part of it needed. The unit is wide, from the door pillar to the wiper motor, in some places I have 5mm clearance in the CF dash section.

Because of the bulk of the heater/air conditioning unit I've had to fill in a bit of the tunnel. It doesn't look like it in this photo but the bottom of the tunnel is about top of grill level.
Other things still to fit into the old engine bay include:

• Radiator and overflow bottle
• Wiper squirter bottle (maybe)
• Brake booster and/or remote booster
• Air conditioning condensor and drier
• Motor cycle battery (back up if main fail)
• and other things

More photos and details to come as they are done

Next - Part 17 - the cockpit

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