55...part timer

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:49 pm

first priority was a bit of a sandblast to clean up - sick of getting covered and now its much easier to be motivated

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Thu May 31, 2012 8:59 pm

of course there was always going to be bad news as well as good

looks like i might need to find a donor bus for some cuts of steel that are a bit beyond my fabrication skills- the area under the spare wheel is completely shot and i'm thinking i want to replace the panel between the rear wheel arches completely... unfortunately with the rust in the lower nose i had no choice but to cut the front skin - shame as it wasn't rusted at all but good as the inner nose was pretty bent from the impact and it gave more access to pull the nose out a bit

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:18 pm

not my favourite task but got the nose apart and back in some shape that resembles the original at least slightly...

was tricky with the bashed up front skin as i didn't want to lose that but at the same time couldn't really leave it all bent up - think its ok...

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:25 pm

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:39 pm

just had time to half fit the long sill and inner, and the first piece of green... i could only afford the small bit

- but then it was time for beer

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:39 pm

So good to see you back on this thing! Not a bad job on the nose mate

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:00 pm

about time mate!!!!

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:05 pm

Cheers Leroy, good to see some progress this end too, need to find somewhere to work on it now coz the carports too friggin low to fit the rotisserie under- may have to dig a big hole!

Yes Dt it is about time, how's the dc coming along there buddy?

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:08 pm

resinmonkey wrote:Cheers Leroy, good to see some progress this end too, need to find somewhere to work on it now coz the carports too friggin low to fit the rotisserie under- may have to dig a big hole!

Yes Dt it is about time, how's the dc coming along there buddy?

comin along? haha, funny man....

SplitPersonality · Post by **SplitPersonality** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:55 pm

Awesome work there mate not mucking around, yeh shame you had to cut the nose panel but it had to be done. So stoked you got to hang onto it

Hey I always loved the silhouette of the badge on the nose panel, would look great left just like that methinks.

Nice work dude

FrankenCab · Post by **FrankenCab** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:44 pm

ferk yeah , big turbo motor n super narrowed ?

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:51 pm

Just standard for rego mate, first things first

See how extreme the engineering business is by then I guess that'll decide future plans

Tow Mater · Post by **Tow Mater** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:39 pm

Looking sweet!! Man your flying through the new project.

Keep it up mate.

The house must be suffering with this much work on the bus.

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 5:28 pm

yeah tommy - reno's are pretty much at the stage we can put the house on the market and i was getting sick of having to work on the house every day!

problem is now i need to get the bus at least welded before we can really try and sell the house as theres kombi shit everywhere

had a massive win today - had to dig a few large holes in the drive but.......

On the spit aaaaand under the carport - sweet

resinmonkey · Post by **resinmonkey** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:18 pm

into the the slightly tedious chassis patching - not much more exciting in picture form -sorry- but glad the job is done and all that red dirt is now gone!
rear outriggers on, now ready to fit up the fronts - just need to patch the crusty bits on the bulkhead so the tophat can go in...