1968 Campervan conversion

[joaonar]

after welding all the parts in place, hugo started grinding all the welding excesses on the roof:

and here was when Hugo really started changing his mind about POR-15 products. The paint was really sticked to the roof.
While the metal gets grinded the paint remains in place :shock:
I just hope it really works.

and a general view of the task in progress:

and after everything in place and before we started welding the roof, we filled all the empty spaces of the bus with 3M cavity wax. A lot more liquid than the one from Dinitrol:

.... and a couple of minutes later, we realized that the wax was leaving the bus from all the small holes:

If there hasn't been a huge rust treatment on the bus originaly, now I hope it will resist, at least, a few decades :mrgreen:

 

[gninnam]

Great work by Hugo and yourself as usual (the pics are great :mrgreen: )

Those helicopters and the proximity of the fire must make it a bit unnerving :shock:

 

[joaonar]

Thanks andy...
and yes they did!
But for now, at least in that region, things are back to normal.... and the rain came again, so the arsonists have to wait for the next year :evil:

 

[joaonar]

so, getting back to the saga.... :mrgreen:

On the following day, Hugo started welding the roof. But before, he applied 3M sealing mastic on top of this piece:

...and so the task began:

.... and it was perfect:

 

[joaonar]

after a first passage (welding plus grinding all welding excesses) this was the result:

but there was still one side missing....

 

[joaonar]

while Hugo was welding the missing area, I went to see it inside.
I was not used to see it with a complete roof :mrgreen:

... and while I was watching and wondering the new interior, I realized that Por-15 paint had dripped between the welded parts. Nice!

 

[joaonar]

But once again the day was almost over and although there was still a small area to be welded, we went home.
a few hours later, at 10 pm, I got home and realized from the balcony, a true miracle :evil: .
At that hour, another forest fire was begining :evil:... probably another misterious case of spontaneous combustion!

:roll:

On the next day, the welding task continued:

 

[joaonar]

more welding action:

... and after he had welded the roof, he needed to go back again to check for possible small areas that needed some more welding and a final grinding:

 

[joaonar]

so a few more work hours....

... but they were well spent:

 

[joaonar]

and finally, the bus with a complete roof... it almost makes me sad just thinking in cutting it :mrgreen:

but there was still work to be done.
Hugo still needed to grind all the welding excesses under the rain gutter... what a boring and tiring task!

... at all the way around....

 

[joaonar]

 

[joaonar]

and finally, it's waiting for the next big step....

soon, very soon.... :mrgreen:

 

[easy]

Seriously nice work dood, keep it up and buy Hugo a drink from me! he is a blinking hero 8)

 

[gninnam]

^^WHS^^ :mrgreen:

 

[67panel]

YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT HIM A SPOT WELDER :shock: NO GRINDING 8) well done 2beers!

 

[joaonar]

thanks for your words
8)

67panel: he already has a spot welder but there's no way he can weld this.....

... with a spot welder. Grinding is really a task you just need to do :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

It's done!
the bus is roofless again.. but this time not completely:

 

[joaonar]

the parts we welded inside, helped alot in keeping the curvature while hugo was bending the roof:

and the spot welder worked a lot again... what an excellent machine:

 

[joaonar]

and the central piece already welded to the roof:

and all the welding excesses grinded:

and the rear part, that holds the bed in place:

 

[joaonar]

and the corners....