1968 Campervan conversion

[joaonar]

so I had to mount both suspensions to pull the bus outside... This kind of work is not to be done inside a closed space:

and after I cleaned these areas....

0 rust :mrgreen: !
However, some more holes appeared :|
At least you get to know where you may have rust problems in a near future :mrgreen:

I also cleaned one of the doors... but I didn't have enough sand :|

 

[joaonar]

with the wheels in place (without the dolly in the way), Hugo finally managed to start cutting all the rotten areas underneath the bus:

.... and while Hugo was working in another car, I started cutting all these welding points

In the interior of those areas, there was a lot of superficial rust:

 

[joaonar]

the front/underneath is excellent:

And I'm still considering if I'm going to mount the original optics or the later H4 :roll:

While I was cleaning all the sand there was inside the bus, some Hugo friends were arriving into his bodyshop.
They were preparing a barbeque :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

Next day, there was another task to do. I had a lot of pieces to get in some new shelves so I took them out from all the places from where they were and we started to organize them:

so a couple hours later, I had everything cataloged and protected in boxes:

what a puzzle!
:mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

I went back to Lisbon and a couple of days later, Hugo sent me these pictures:

... and the area to be used already cutted:

... and before Hugo weld it in place, he protected the area with a primer:

... and also inside the new panel:

 

[joaonar]

then he started welding it:

... and with his new welding machine, he welded the upper part of the new panel:

 

[joaonar]

and almost done:

....grinding the welding excesses...

... and once again, with his new welding machine he welded the bottom part of the panel to the bus:

sweet!
:mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

To end this area, Hugo pulled the bus outside....

... and he protected the new weldings with a primer....

Awesome work!
8)

 

[gninnam]

Awesome work! 8)

Totally agree :mrgreen:

Those doors look to me like they are well past saving??

 

[Guest]

great job

 

[T2-Nate]

Doors look well corroded but I'm curious at how Hugo's gonna tackle this one 8)
I must say that 40 EUR for 12,6 kg (25 lbs) is actually....a bargain!
They look new and at least they're all original, quite nice but I've never seen it done before.
Nice work on the front clip too.

 

[joaonar]

Those doors look to me like they are well past saving??

I guess so, but Hugo is still deciding if they worth being saved. The question is that I got to pay all the work Hugo is doing on the bus. It's probably cheaper to get a pair of new doors and sell again the panels I bought.. or use them if the new doors are the ones with a recess on the panel...

thanks Johnny

T2-Nate: It was 19,5 Kg for 40€...
even cheaper :mrgreen:
(did you see my post about the Unity instalation kits :?: )

 

[joaonar]

While I was in Lisbon, Hugo sent me these pictures:

a few days later I went to Hugo's bodyshop.
You just can't see where Hugo's fixed it:

and here's also a sweet job...

and the same here....

 

[joaonar]

the bumpers also needed some of Hugo's attention:

and some old holes inside also....

but there were still some areas to sandblast. So I did it:

and on the outside we decided to clean it also, just to be sure that there was no rust....

 

[joaonar]

We decided to sandblast other areas that we knew they needed to be fixed:

there's still a lot bo the done :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

Next day, Hugo mounted the front bumper....

... but there was still a lot to be done in them.....

Other task was to fix the heating pipe underneath the bus:

 

[joaonar]

so, we sandblasted the inside of the tube and because Hugo didn't have a tube with the same diameter, he decided the best way was to do a new one:

 

[joaonar]

but these are the areas that most concern me at the moment:

The weekend was over so I left hugo working and went back to Lisbon....

 

[joaonar]

a few days later, Hugo sent me these pictures that he had taken whit his mobile phone:

 

[joaonar]

and underneath the bus, these areas are like new:

:mrgreen: