surf bus

warb · Post by **warb** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:40 pm

lovely, keep em coming..

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:46 pm

dug out some pics of the resto so far
before

after

before

after

new battery tray

new corner sections

some pile of crap that was once attached to the bus somewhere

warb · Post by **warb** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 8:47 pm

fishy no more hey..

Ted2 · Post by **Ted2** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:38 am

Great work mate. Cheers

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:57 pm

pure class mate... looks good.

splitbus07 · Post by **splitbus07** » Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:11 pm

sweet. love the extra window. will throw alot of people out

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:56 pm

got round to posting some update shots,with 99% of the metal work done time to strip of the epoxy thats been protecting the sheet metal and prep for final paint at this point i did think about clearing straight over the steel but not for me(but is for some one,you know who you are) so on goes more epoxy then high fill.I will do this around the whole bus

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:15 am

bump... hodgy where we up to

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:56 pm

few more updates,gradually going around the bus doing the repairs then hi fill primmer ready for first round of sanding
dash

insde back

front

cargo doors and window section

rear corners

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:21 pm

got round to posting some more pics,found away at last that manages to find time to work on the bus and balance working on customers cars and family duties
got this door in from the states no rot just a couple of minor dents but makes life so much easier not having to spend tons of hours repairing years of rust
before

primmed

safaris fitted

finally decided on a colour so took the plunge and painted the engine bay,so far happy but you never know at this point could still change

found this picture, brought back some scary memories

engine tin painted

when i got the bus it had a Paris beetle rag top filling a hole that was once a poptop,my plans were to keep it a rag top.I found a guy i the US who was going to reproduce complete Ragtops assemblies for busses and beetles, late last year i got a call to say that the tooling was ready and if i wanted one he would send me one.He is also making the steel rebate that the sunroof fits in which i should be getting in the next few weeks,i will then be welding in the sheet metal making it look like a factory ragtop
If you are chasing any parts for repairing your ragtops check out the web site VW sunroofs.com

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:05 pm

been a while since my last post,at the time was waiting for roof sheet metal from US,now all in

with the underside all done decided to go body colour instead of the grey

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:08 pm

looks killer, ru goin to run belly pans with the sunroof?

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 8:16 pm

finally got some colour on the inside

after countless hours of body prep it was the outsides turn
roof first

coloursanded/polished

headstone · Post by **headstone** » Mon Oct 04, 2010 9:45 pm

lookin good hodgey

SplitPersonality · Post by **SplitPersonality** » Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:01 am

surf bus wrote:coloursanded/polished

That is a stunning finish for the side of a bus!

Awesome, great work!