The Chosen One, 11 Window 65 Bare Metal resto For Sale
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:12 pm
Hey Guys
After much deliberation, the chosen bus has been selected and the huge job begins.
The final shape the bus will take is still in negotiation, but it will be in keeping with the classic lines of the essence that is the Splity, but with many modern touches and improvements, more on that as they develop.
Below are some pics of the Bus when I recieved it, and some of the dodgy, and I mean DODGY repairs that were done prior to me getting the bus, things like nearly 3 inches of bog over paint in the dent on the RH rear corner panel, the rear wheel arches that have been attached back onto the bus in a very poor manner resulting in severe oil canning of the 1/4 then again bog over paint, and the oil canning still there. Just how any one was going to be able to rub that down is beyond me!!!!.
I dont know who i am mader at, the person who cut the wheel arches out in the first place or the person who tried to re-attach them?
AND THEN THERE IS THE ROOF, the roof has no, and I mean NO RUST around the gutters, but some one in their infinate wisdom decided to fit a camper roof, why you would is beyond me, but each to their own, but the poor fitment of the roof has meant that where the top met the roof it has rubber through the paint and created rust, which has then made holes ,......but to add insult to injury some one has then tried to weld a section in, using what looks to be an ARC welder and 2mm strips of metal..... , but I was aware that the roof was bad before I bought it, so that is not an issue, just gives me more reason to do what I really wanted and install a slide back sun roof.
After much deliberation, the chosen bus has been selected and the huge job begins.
The final shape the bus will take is still in negotiation, but it will be in keeping with the classic lines of the essence that is the Splity, but with many modern touches and improvements, more on that as they develop.
Below are some pics of the Bus when I recieved it, and some of the dodgy, and I mean DODGY repairs that were done prior to me getting the bus, things like nearly 3 inches of bog over paint in the dent on the RH rear corner panel, the rear wheel arches that have been attached back onto the bus in a very poor manner resulting in severe oil canning of the 1/4 then again bog over paint, and the oil canning still there. Just how any one was going to be able to rub that down is beyond me!!!!.
I dont know who i am mader at, the person who cut the wheel arches out in the first place or the person who tried to re-attach them?
AND THEN THERE IS THE ROOF, the roof has no, and I mean NO RUST around the gutters, but some one in their infinate wisdom decided to fit a camper roof, why you would is beyond me, but each to their own, but the poor fitment of the roof has meant that where the top met the roof it has rubber through the paint and created rust, which has then made holes ,......but to add insult to injury some one has then tried to weld a section in, using what looks to be an ARC welder and 2mm strips of metal..... , but I was aware that the roof was bad before I bought it, so that is not an issue, just gives me more reason to do what I really wanted and install a slide back sun roof.
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