The 58- Finally with rego

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:14 am

Here are some pics of the 58 Standard I just bought. It is a the panel beaters ready for some new sills and rust work. Can anyone identify the colour. It should be Mango Green as it is a late 58 bus according to The Samba but it is quite faded Australian colours are often different.
Cheers Nicko

Rawdyn · Post by **Rawdyn** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:57 am

Looks mango to this untrained eye.

You are going to keep your panel beater busy there. almost as busy as I'll keep my welder when mine arrives.

What's the eta? Would love some progress pics too.

Any particular plans for it? Stock standard? Slammed? convertible?

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:44 pm

Convertible!?! I will keep it pretty stock. The idea is to get it back on the road as quickly as possible. The panel beater reckons it will take somewhere between a month and 3 months to do the work needed and what i want is the minimum for rego- not a complete resto at this stage but any work that will be done will be done properly so when more money becomes available and I finish my 60 Standard then a proper resto will be done.. Then I will plonk a 36 horse into it and get the brakes working etc and just get it running. I will be putting progress photos on as I get them.
Cheers Nicko

byronbus · Post by **byronbus** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:44 pm

Nice nicko, love semaphore buses...any pics of the whole bus from a distance?

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 1:04 pm

Hi Bruce The whole bus shots didnt come out for some reason. I will get some when I go back up there.
Nicko

Frogsta · Post by **Frogsta** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:08 pm

How good would your van be if it were straight!.
Naaa, that'd be too easy but I must say it has copped a floggin.
Berryl green was similar in colour of that era.
Got long sides from roy at the Goldie a while back.

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:48 pm

Yep Frogsta the long side is rooted- The worst part is the inside supports which are completey stuffed and why I am after the side of an original bus and not just a skin from scofields or gerson. I imagine I will still need to replace the lower sill section on whatever I get. I thought it might be Berryl green- has anyone got some colour chips?
Nicko

Stealth · Post by **Stealth** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:54 am

looks good, keep the pics coming, i love the progress shots. Well done for finding a panal beater who will take on the challenge as that can be the hardest thing.
Good Luck with it.

winerot · Post by **winerot** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:25 pm

here you go nick

kombinationdetailing · Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:14 pm

That should buff up nicely...great find, enjoy your Bus

bami · Post by **bami** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:00 am

Looking forward to watching your progress on this bus!

winerot · Post by **winerot** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:48 am

nick in the parts for sale 2 members are wrecking splits
okrasa power(mikki) sydney 56 bus
mamv(andre) adelaide 62 bus
could pick up a full side from 1 of these members.
cheers wally

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:52 am

Thanks Wally for posting the pics. I have found a side panel in Sydney that is in pretty good condition and will be cutting it off soon
Cheers Nicko

63twincab · Post by **63twincab** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:33 pm

If the colour isnt mango green it could be sand green(popular colour in the 50s on micros combined with palm green)From memory the code is L311

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:22 pm

Here is some pics of the drivers side panel that is under repair that is going on the bus. I got the panel from Andrew Dodd. Steve Hopkins who is doing the panel work has replaced the lower sill and the lower posts which knew were rusted. The sill is from pmgbus (Andrew Edwards) More to come soon
Cheers Nicko