59 Split 11 Window - Resto

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:41 am

Brilliant work there.

joshroom · Post by **joshroom** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:05 pm

cheers al ill check em out

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:52 pm

More nitty gritty work done today - rust holes in the floor were filled....before...

.....and after.

The original 90degree angle cover plates at bottom of b- and c-pillars were fabricated/replicated and welded in place

...c-pillar...

After talking to Al, we decided to do a lap joint on both Gerson panels to save some time (and $) of doing a full length butt weld along the length of the floor (x2) - the joint will be seam sealed top and bottom

The left floor was welded to the rear guard as per factory

Floor Update

Jack

OMR_007 · Post by **OMR_007** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:23 pm

chillax wrote:I know i know, moving from the 4171, after being born and raised
Now we are 4178 (to the bay), will not be the same

I have also lived in the 4178, but I have to tell you 4171 is where its at

Thanks for the updates mate, looking oh so sweet!
I'm going to arrange another DSK SEQ meet for before christmas, be sure to come along, would be great to catch up.
I'll be posting details up soon so look out for it.

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 5:18 pm

We have more primer on the bus!
Here is what Al and Steve have been up to

This is where mate got a bit excited with the grinder and cut through the shift rod (and tube) plus heater cable tubes (I asked him to cut out the heatertube) - all re-sleeved now and repaired thanks to Al

The repair piece had to be cut down the centre, and flattened so it replicated the original seam in the floor

Steve spent quite a bit of time sanding the cargo floor (top and bottom)today - easy to go through a heap of sanding discs!

Finally some primer!

Epoxy first then high build primer

Jack

Also that sounds sweet about a catch up

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:36 pm

Since the bus has had a decent whack in the B-pillar, the fit of the cargo doors has been the bane of Al's existence this last week! But they are starting to look good.

The rear "quarter" panel has also been pushed in at the C-pillar from a previous accident/impact which hasn't helped

As Al wasn't 100% happy with the gaps (and after rewelding and bracing the hinge plates inside the C-pillar [upper and lower]), Al decided to cut the lower hinge, adjust the door then reweld....finally gaps are where he wanted them!

Whilst Al was on the cargo doors all day, Steve was onto the right dogleg - like everything else there is a LOT of trial fitting, removing, trimming, refitting etc etc

After getting the inner dogleg right, the outer was welded in place

Since the door was quite badly dented as well, it needed some reshaping to get it to sit right with the doglegs - Steve got the door gap spot on right around.....onto the left side tomorrow!

Rat214 · Post by **Rat214** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:31 am

Looking nice Jack....Its a nice feeling to know that there is no rust. And its done correctly.

Q: Why does your Split have a Xtra Outrigger ?

--Al

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:13 pm

Rat214, Im not really sure, Im sure Al will fill you in

Im pretty sure thats how it was factory?

Anyway here is an update on the latest that has been happening.

Now the right dogleg is done, the inner guard was sanded in readiness for primer (soon)

The nose was taken back to bare metal to do some repairs (yep even new panels are not perfectly straight)....deoxidine applied first to condition metal

Jack

shark · Post by **shark** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:32 pm

Looking good Jack. It looked so good when I was up there last week

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:08 pm

Thanks Ian

Some more primer!

After quite a bit of work to straighten the nose (new panel - go figure?), it was finally primed

Jack

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:11 pm

Got started on pulling out a couple of dents today including the upper rear panel (left side) - studs are spot welded to the steel and slide hammer used to pull the dent out

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:53 pm

To get increased fuel capacity we decided to do a bay window tank conversion

Steve used the filler neck off a split shown here with marking for the cut line

He then fabbed up a filler plate/flange that is fixed in place to avoid the neck twisting when the cap is removed etc. 54mm fuel hose and stainless steel clamps are used to connect the neck to the bay tank

Started tackling the rust in the right side windows today - will weld the new sections in tomorrow.

As a side note, the left dogleg is not in yet as we are STILL waiting on the lower b-pillar repair section (autocraft)

Jack

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:09 pm

Not really an update, Al just took a sweet pic
Split to split to split

Jack

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:10 pm

Is your bus sniffing Longimanus's anus.

shark · Post by **shark** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 8:16 pm