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Seat Upgrade

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Seats about to step out in their new suits. And yes, i will be sitting in them and dreaming I'm driving along the coast and making broom broom noises.
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Took some elbow grease to clean these up.
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Re: Seat Upgrade

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split surfer wrote:......And yes, i will be sitting in them and dreaming I'm driving along the coast and making while making broom broom noises.
Freak! :roll: Although I may also be guilty :P :wink: :lol:

Find of the year btw :D
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It's half the fun. :wink:
Keep it up, mate, this build it going great!
Cheers & God Bless

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Things are moving, i can't beleive its been almost 12mths

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Hi all, been a while i know but things have been progressing, albeit slower than expected. Will definetely be driving the old girl this summer.
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Re upholster

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Not Original speck, a modern look yet not out of character, hope you approve.
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Nice!
Definitely a great look.
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Had a few to many bumps in the nose so decided to rub back, will age down new paint to match existing panelsImage
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Engine lid required hinge base to be replaced.

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Primer surfacer to interior
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Sorry bout the large photos, all sorted now.
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....sweet as

Great story, great bus. Congrats...

Keep the pics coming 8)
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A Post had a small issue, will grind back later.
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Top Hat?? in roof had a small problem there as well, dont know why closer to roof line didnt catch the deadly bug also.
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Quick little bend and in she goes.
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Found the level of issue in the Apost was a little bit larger than first thought, area didnt like the heat so cut out further.
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Outer skin of lower left dogleg had a few holes so a phone call to the Busstop will see this problem solvered.
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