Darwin '67 11 Window Resto Project

[gazza]

Getting there mate
Love the comment, only about 10 hrs work
Nearly there, only a few more 10 hr shifts

[StevieVW]

That stud gun. any issues thus far?

[gazza]

Yep so ive heard
Has tried on himself
And no luck so far ?

[Rat214]

Very inspiring Cam. Looking forward to your next update.

[Cam Biscuit]

I have not been laid since buying the gun…….

All good so far Stevie very easy to use

[Cam Biscuit]

Well, another major milestone achieved with the roof going on. I had to cut out an extra section to deal with the rust under the cross piece for the roof. Pretty happy with the way it turned out really there is a slight dip where it joins but only a mm or so and nothing a skim of filler wont fix.

Job done with a mixture of 3M panel bond and welding. I don't think its going to go anywhere in a big hurry.

Feels bloody good to get it done!

Next I need to spread the rear chassis rails by a mm or two as the rear valence isn't quite lining up and do a couple of rust repairs to the rear tailgate.

I'm also going to build a jig to roll it over and get the hard to get to parts underneath.

[gazza]

Well done man

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Great achievement, loving this build

[botcolon]

really coming along mate. I wonder if counting hours is a good thing?

[Cam Biscuit]

Thanks guys. I've been visualising driving this for quite some time!

Lost track of hours but I think close to 400 now

Gaz are you back in town?

I'm having a big debate with myself about colour…..'67 colours suck as far as I'm concerned. Its was originally Zenith blue but I'm not a fan. Thinking about Lotus White (67) Dove (Pidgeon) Blue, Mango or Turkis. Whatever the colour it will be solid not two tone and original VW.

[morts]

Lost track of hours but I think close to 400 now

I'm having a big debate with myself about colour…..'67 colours suck as far as I'm concerned. Its was originally Zenith blue but I'm not a fan. Thinking about Lotus White (67) Dove (Pidgeon) Blue, Mango or Turkis. Whatever the colour it will be solid not two tone and original VW.

Don't worry about the hours - there is only shit on TV so you haven't missed much!

Colour is always the hardest part of any resto I reckon, but agree to go VW and year correct if possible. Are there any different colours for Germa built buses in '67?

[Cam Biscuit]

Not sure Morts, I might have to do some research.

I do like this combo, wish I knew exactly what colour it was…..Not original 356.

[splitbus]

Maybe this one

[Cam Biscuit]

Thanks mate, what car brand is the colour chart from?

Cheers

[Cam Biscuit]

Wheeled the old girl outside for the first time in about 2 years yesterday to blow all the accumulated crap out....had a visit from a younger brother!

Starting to build the frame to tip it over so I can tidy up underneath.

Leaning heavily towards Mango Green all over with Seagull grey bumpers for contrast. I love Dove / Pigeon Blue but there's already plenty of those around....