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headstone · Post by **headstone** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:12 pm

beerdoc wrote:Great work

If you dont have it get this book and ask a lot of questions

a must for your bus

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:09 pm

Top work! Good to see another panel saved

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:46 pm

Wow, a real professional job.
That'll be a very nice bus.

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 8:20 pm

thanks gents for the replies,makes it abit more inspiring to get out into that bloody cold shed a keep going,it has been a long winter out there! i think running that old kero heater is gonna cost me more than the panels ive replaced

paul

Tonz Magonz · Post by **Tonz Magonz** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:22 am

Spring's here and the shed will be at least 2 degrees warmer....

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Wed Sep 08, 2010 3:51 pm

hope it warms my enthuiasm by 3 degrees
to get out there

cheers paul

Mr Bubble Head · Post by **Mr Bubble Head** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:56 am

Paul keep pluggin away looks like your doing a great job. was that a new skin you made for the cargo door or a purchased one?

nIck

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Sat Nov 13, 2010 6:09 pm

hey nick ,i made it, was alittle tricky making the ridge bit whatever you call it ,got the rollers and went off the orignal came out ok ,pop over for a beer when ur round my area

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:22 am

found some old lead repairs i had to get rid of but who ever did them did a bloody good job,i didnt see them till the grinding sparks stopped which gave them away

hows that for lead fill!!

ground back came out ok, looked a little closer and found abit more rust

done almost

time to take the front panels off , inner valance wasnt the best!!!!! the whole front was rooted

rusty?

i tried sticky tape but it doesnt work!!!

needed to do some repairs on the drivers side ,had a tap years ago, it hadnt put too much out of place but needed to be repaired but i did notice that the top hinge has been movedslightly inwards so that needs to be fixed as well, bitch of a job that will be but ill do it before the front skin goes on so ive got some acess to the back of the hindge mount or something like that anyway

someone got the bronze out and had a go

hard to see the dents in the pillar but they are there and some were deepish!

the new

old

welded in and ground ,i braced the sides of the piller while the panel was welded in and there was no movement that i could see ,ill find out when the new skin goes on

bay window bandit · Post by **bay window bandit** » Wed Nov 17, 2010 4:43 pm

I can't wait to see how you do the lower and inner valance as I have to do mine too.

Mr Bubble Head · Post by **Mr Bubble Head** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:40 pm

fly life wrote:hey nick ,i made it, was alittle tricky making the ridge bit whatever you call it ,got the rollers and went off the orignal came out ok ,pop over for a beer when ur round my area

Nice work making that skin I bet you had heaps of fun getting that belt line ridge profile I'de be shitting it putting in the second crease.

Nice of them to fix the inner rail with lead, carn't beat a bit of semi structural lead hey!

I'll def'ty be over soon for a beer and gander.

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:16 pm

fast forward a coupla years , lost track of this post,work held me back on this bus ,anyway some progress pics

the obvious panels were replaced, front skin was a prick to fit but got it eventually (not fitted here though)

fly life · Post by **fly life** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:54 pm

replaced the whole bulkhead , had fun getting the old one out, tons of spot welds to drill out

give it a good wire brush, just some surface rust , cleaned up pretty good

finally got the thing fitted in one piece

Cam Biscuit · Post by **Cam Biscuit** » Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:11 pm

Looking good!

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