1968 Campervan conversion

[joaonar]

... and Hugo was enjoying writing signs and taking pictures of them:

(1º Never use Por-15
2º Use Epoxy primer
3º Don't despair
4º Sand it or be sanded (screwed)
5º Start all over again)

... while we were still sanding the bus.
I was trying to work faster with a pneumatic sanding machine but I'm not as skilled as Hugo

 

[joaonar]

so I went back to my manual sanding task and Hugo decided to give us a hand:

... and after he had cleaned the rear, these rust spots appeared. They were under the Por-15 paint. The major question here is: were they already there when we painted it :?: :?:

 

[joaonar]

however, the task was almost done:

and while Andre was blowing away all the dust from the van, Hugo was again taking pictures. This is an addiction that is caught not knowing how :mrgreen:

and some painting products that I bought for the task:

 

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and finally some good cleaning:

 

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and part of the products I bought and that Andre used this weekend:

 

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André in action::

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIVs_psiX44&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVxCbiQld2Q[/youtube]

 

[joaonar]

while I was cleaning some parts with the sandblaster:

At the end, the bus was looking like this. Not bad for a Saturday and Sunday morning:

 

[Trikky2]

Ahh nice! That looks much better.

 

[joaonar]

thanks Trikky2.

A few days later, I went to London. On arrival to my hotel, some packages were already waiting for me:

I just love when everything works as planned :mrgreen:
but the trip was not only for a commercial purpose ... also had its share of cultural :mrgreen:

and during my return to Portugal:

... and already at home ....

... everything was okay:

... although incomplete:

 

[joaonar]

A couple of days later, we went back to the "putty" task

... and this time is for real :mrgreen: :

André in action:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS04RBMNuak[/youtube]

 

[joaonar]

and after André aplied the puty, it was time to sand it:

... while I was sanding the interior:

 

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but there was still a lot to be done:

 

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in the end of that weekend, the bus was looking like this:

meanwhile, I have some time to decide the colour scheme.
:mrgreen:

 

[Trikky2]

Looks like the panels on your bus will end up more straight than they ever were when it left the factory.

Thats a rear safari window right? Be interesting to see how you get on and how water tight it is.

 

[joaonar]

yes Trikky2.
It's a rear safari from Creative Engineering. They are slighty different from others I've seen.
I will take some pictures from it soon

So, the bus is almost ready for the final painting :mrgreen:
Here are some more pictures.
In these ones, André had stopped using putty and he was already cutting it:

 

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meanwhile, some more rust that appeared beneath the Por-15 paint:

fortunately we spotted it on time...

 

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After André had cut and sanded all the putty, he sprayed some primer where the cut was deep enough to reach the metal:

 

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finally, it was time to spray all bus with spray filler. This will give a smooth finish to all body:

well... it's almost ready for the final painting!

 

[joaonar]

hello to you all, again.
Since my last post, we made some small progresses :mrgreen: .
The bus isn't ready yet for the final painting and it's still in Hugo's bodyshop.
However there are a lot of other tasks to do that can be done without the bus being present, so while I wait for the last Hugo's hours of work in it, I spent some time working in all other parts, pieces and acessories.
So, a few weeks ago, the bus was looking like this:

But there're a lot of other parts to be done. One of them, was the poptop. I needed to spend some hours on it to get it where I want.

It was looking good, but it took me (and also André) a lot of work to get it to a perfect shape.