The "G" Getting ready for NSW rego

3 amigos · Post by **3 amigos** » Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:27 pm

gr8 work...want a free holiday on the goldie....a day or 2 would be good..keep up the good work

tombi (aka type2tommy) · Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:09 pm

Love all that new steel Klaus- looking great

Tonz Magonz · Post by **Tonz Magonz** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:09 am

FrankenCab wrote:neighbors are cool they play willie nelson and kamahl full blast and the others have parties till 4am , I stop noise at 6-7pm and shed doors are always shut.
for cleaning welds i use small air grinder with cut off discs and the small linisher/belt sander and flapper discs on the grinder. always a fun job.

And to think, I was starting to feel sorry for your neighbours regarding noise...
Isnt a breach of council by-laws to play Kamal ....

Ever...

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:14 pm

he's polish so I get the music from his homeland full blast aswell . pretty hip stuff

Hippy-71 · Post by **Hippy-71** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:07 pm

Great work Klaus....not so of your neighbour though !

73camper · Post by **73camper** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:20 pm

got the front bench seat recovered and the interior panels redone. sorry for the phone pics.

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73camper · Post by **73camper** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:24 pm

these are some of the other panels. Went for light grey over dark grey with off white piping. Light grey vinyl covered roof lining boards to match and re-using original dark grey rubber mats.

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:43 pm

alright been awhile and after royce got interior pics up thought some rust fixy ones should follow just uploaded 27 pics from camera so heres a couple.

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:55 pm

front outrigger and jacking point supplied had to be cut apart and modified , outrigger was narrowed by 10mm and brasil jacking point had its spot welds drilled out and rewelded ..fun.. inner long sill done and outer aswell passenger side jacking point and outrigger also replaced
gearbox is also back from being rebuilt , front beam with all its brakes is rebuilt and painted new brake lines have been fit up as old ones were almost rusted thru. Most small holes have been welded up which is a fkn lot floor is fixed in the cargo area , just spent a couple of hours repairing all the wiring in the engine bay as it was special. I like the battery cable attached by a hose clamp

bay window bandit · Post by **bay window bandit** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:56 pm

that was a lot of bog in there.

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:58 pm

bay window bandit · Post by **bay window bandit** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:15 pm

Hey frankencab,i was wondering should I butt weld the outer sill together, or should I put an edge on it and overlap the panels? Which way do you atatch your panels?

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:43 pm

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH shit... love the first pic. look @ all that nice pink stuff

the wiring & that clamp looks very safe

DIDUMS · Post by **DIDUMS** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:15 pm

Looks like someone moved from house plastering to car plastering.

Looks like an episode of beetle crisis of "What not to do to a Classis Kombi"

Least its in the hand of a competent repairer/restorer now. Keep up the resurrection.

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:30 am

that bog had been there for a while , could see it in its growth rings

pink grey pink grey yellow. this sill was one from georges with the joggled edge gives you 10mm of fudge factor.. the profile is out a little compared to orig shape and found its a few mm too short length ways but could be this bus too. butt weld whould work nice just have a small gap less than 1 mm so good penetration happens yeah baby. And use butt weld clamps to keep it level . I found spotting it then moving 100mm then repeating along the sill then walking away doing other repairs then coming back reduces warping, but sometines it still happens, hammer and dolly while its still hot helps too.
Its all trial and error thats why the dc will come apart as I've learnt alot since then . If i fk it up I cut it apart and do it again

The "G" Getting ready for NSW rego

front seat and interior panels