Interesting bit of film ..

Wow i literally watched this about an hour ago because it came up on my You Tube. Fascinating but with a hint of ooh hmmm ha. Interesting to see how they deal with that nasty dent on the back corner and how they restore .

Would you have the Kahunas to do it ?? Properly committed if you do !! Would love to have had it done

I think I’ve seen them do this a couple of times on car sos, and one came out like it was made of lace! Not a lot left. Got to be brave with that.

I bought a rhd '68 bus last year that was sent for dipping. It came as 5 boxes of parts.

YellowBay69 said:

Would you have the Kahunas to do it ?? Properly committed if you do !! Would love to have had it done

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I would have liked to have had it done to mine but then again when i first got my bus she was very on her last legs. She was on the side of a river and the owners completely let her go. Trouble is i got extremely restless and i just could not let her stay there. I gave the owner 1100 quid and she was mine. Not for the faint hearted as everything needed doing i.e the bottom 30 inches had paper mache all round, all mechanics need something and now years later she is now in good order and i would never be without her. She's not perfect ( i know where the small imperfections are ha) but she's all good. I don't think she would be here now if i didnt come along ha.

sparkywig said:

I bought a rhd '68 bus last year that was sent for dipping. It came as 5 boxes of parts.

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Ahh she will all come together in the end .Is there an update on progress @sparkywig ?

Velgreeno said:

Ahh she will all come together in the end .Is there an update on progress @sparkywig ?

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Not on that bus unfortunately.

sparkywig said:

Not on that bus unfortunately.

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wow - it really was that bad ??
That’s what i’d be worried about.
Could I ask how much it cost ?

YellowBay69 said:

wow - it really was that bad ??
That’s what i’d be worried about.
Could I ask how much it cost ?

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I don't know how much it costs, I bought the remains from the people that had it dipped.

oosh - tough for them. Good that you could do that.

sparkywig said:

Not on that bus unfortunately.

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Oh right. How bad was the bus ? Some good parts there though.

Velgreeno said:

Oh right. How bad was the bus ? Some good parts there though.

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That's all that was left, apart from the beam, engine and gearbox. The body was like a lace curtain, unfortunately they scrapped all the good small parts attached to the shell.

sparkywig said:

That's all that was left, apart from the beam, engine and gearbox. The body was like a lace curtain, unfortunately they scrapped all the good small parts attached to the shell.

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Ahh right. Thats a shame .

sparkywig said:

That's all that was left, apart from the beam, engine and gearbox. The body was like a lace curtain, unfortunately they scrapped all the good small parts attached to the shell.

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but the question is: was it possible to save this bus if it had not been dipped? If it all disappeared, maybe it wasn't structurally sound in the first place me think.

It's getting away from the original post slightly, but the owners of the bus had quotes of around £20k to restore it.