'63 11 window

[D-Train]

Don’t know why u braced it, they didn’t back in the day....

That’s a great photo! But once parts of the gutter is removed they flex out of shape and become flimsy, especially at the rear hatch and above the cargo doors where they are vulnerable. I just wanted to make sure it all went back together as it was

What!????? No way!?!! Haha

[splitthis]

Flimsy as shit once the gutter/strengthener is cut out. Let’s just hope the bus was square before the roof came off

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Flimsy as shit once the gutter/strengthener is cut out. Let’s just hope the bus was square before the roof came off

I took a shit load of measurements before starting and I was surprised just how square it is only one section that was 1mm different

[splitthis]

That’s amazing Rusty, mine was all on the piss but my bulkhead had been hacked and it had been side swiped. This is going great mate, have you got strengthener panels yet? I couldn’t find them when I did mine and just had them bent local.

[MID WEST DUBBER]

have you got strengthener panels yet? I couldn’t find them when I did mine and just had them bent local.

They are in the post mate, mick motors had 2 in stock

[vanell]

Hey Rusty, how about this?, you already have the roof off!

[MID WEST DUBBER]

A little more progress...

I have removed the last sections of roof that were attached to the side and rear strengtheners. Which just leaves the section directly welded to the gutter to remove.





Rear strengthener above the rear hatch removed, plenty of flakey rust in here and the metal is very thin...




Left hand side gutter much the same as the rear. Very thin and full of pin holes. The strengthener is also very thin in places and will be replaced..





Right hand right gutter is quite good, I will only need to repair a small amount on this side and I will be able to sandblast and reuse this strengthener...

[braddick]

Great stuff rusty, but gee I'm glad I'm not going down this path even though matt keeps telling me my roof is foobar and I should replace it ha ha

[splitthis]

Great stuff rusty, but gee I'm glad I'm not going down this path even though matt keeps telling me my roof is foobar and I should replace it ha ha

Nah mate, you only need to replace it if you don’t want it to look shit

Good job rusty.

[braddick]

Great stuff rusty, but gee I'm glad I'm not going down this path even though matt keeps telling me my roof is foobar and I should replace it ha ha

Nah mate, you only need to replace it if you don’t want it to look shit

Good job rusty.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Lucky it's a good looking shit roof with shit loads of patina and somewhat shit og paint with soon to be a even bigger hole in the middle

[warb]

keen to watch the top rear hatch section ..

[MID WEST DUBBER]

Air box vents on the right hand side had been smashed with a hammer. The profile was out of shape so needed to be repaired. Big thanks to Brad for the donor repair section...

The damage...




repair section...






Clamped in place... the whole air box is going to be sandblasted so this will all get done at the same time.





Headliner card channel sand blasted, sprayed with weld through primer and installed..

[dmb]

Nice work man. Big job but you’re killing it. Makes you wonder why someone would hit that with a hammer. Bizarre

[splitthis]

Wow mate, can’t even see the weld line, great work.

[braddick]

Nice job rusty
Ha ha that’s was awhile ago I gave u that piece
Nice to see it went to a good home