Leroy's 67 Panel

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:44 pm

Ted2 wrote:Leroy, whilst you have gone through a lot of crap and lost $$$ with the KIP fiasco, I trust and hope the first drive in your bus with the safaris wide open (as they should) will partially erase those awful memories.

Cheers Ted. I can't wait to crack open those safaris for the first time! I don't think you will wipe the smile off my face

And thanks again to Al for helping to complete the dream.

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:15 pm

Good on ya Al!
Like you said Leroy, what a nice feeling to have now knowing about your panel

kombine · Post by **kombine** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:23 pm

lookin good

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:54 pm

Ok, time to update.
Al purchaced the paint today!

Here are a couple of pics I took last week. Al was kind enough to spray up a test panel to see what the colours looked like together.
The bottom colour is a VW colour and the white is Base White. I wanted a clean old school look, so I am stoked with this combo.
Not long now

kombibob · Post by **kombibob** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:34 pm

dam leroy thats going to look hot!

kombi_maniac · Post by **kombi_maniac** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:41 am

oh man..you must be stoked!

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:20 pm

Cheers boys. Yeah Im real stoked! Getting pretty excited now.

Brewmaster · Post by **Brewmaster** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:28 pm

Glad to hear that you're nearing the end of the KIP Fiasco Leon.

I could not think of a better outcome than Al resto'ing your split.

Cheers
Brett

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:45 am

The rear cargo door is off at the blasters, so work started today on the front cargo door since the outer skin was received

The dent on the swage line will be pulled out tomorrow

Below the swage line was dented and rusty so it was easier to replace the entire section rather than just the bottom 6 inches

The autocraft outer skin was trimmed to fit and trial fitted in place. Welding will start tomorrow! Gerson inner lower section will also go in after trial fitting on the bus

doveblue · Post by **doveblue** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:58 pm

colours look pretty cool,will look sweet with deluxe tri m and red insert

what weels are you going to run

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:19 pm

doveblue wrote:
what weels are you going to run

Stock, with whitewall flapers for now.

doveblue · Post by **doveblue** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:29 pm

ooohhh i'm liking the sounds of that

how about two tone rims,red inner and white outer,chrome hubcaps,that'll look killer

PHAT BUG · Post by **PHAT BUG** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:18 am

Lookin good Leroy, and as always top notch work Al

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:56 pm

After getting the rear cargo door back from the blasters the doors were trial fitted and aligned...the front cargo door outer skin is just cleco'd in place in this pic

Al found previously that the pressed lip (that beds against the seal on rear cargo door) is a poor match to the original and is very hard to shape accurately, so he decided to keep the original lip and cut and section the skin to the original

The close up explains the process a little better - more welding but a better result at the end of the day.

gazza · Post by **gazza** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:20 am

This will be awsome
Loving all the detail covered in the pics