1968 Campervan conversion

[joaonar]

so, after cutting all welding points, the outer skin came out:

... and without it, I took what was left to be cleaned with the sandblaster:

 

[Trikky2]

Some excellent work on those doors - its a lot harder than it looks getting the door repairs like that to be right.

 

[joaonar]

and some other parts that reappeared after several years on the catacombs :mrgreen: :

(meanwhile, I need to find out some decals like these ones :roll: )

... and the dash that I needed disassemble completely:

 

[joaonar]

Some excellent work on those doors - its a lot harder than it looks getting the door repairs like that to be right.

thanks Trikky2...
Let's see how they will look at the end but I'm really confident that they will look great :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

my dashboard:

... and some more parts:

and the sliding door that needs some affection also :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

since the bus is almost ready for paint, there's another huge task that we need to start doing: the interior.
For that, we needed to check if everything will fit as planned. So, I took out my fridge just to make some less acurate measurements :mrgreen: :

Finally after several years, he saw daylight :mrgreen:
Meanwhile what's left of the blue bus is on top of my dollie. For now, I'm going to use her's suspensions to take my '68 bus for painting:

 

[joaonar]

There was a last task to do. We need to weld the brackets from the rear safari into the rear hatch.
So with Hugo's help, we did it:

some markings and cleaning:

and the task began:

And after we welded it on one side, we did it on the other:

 

[joaonar]

in the end, it will be something like this:

they now need to be properly welded so I removed the window:

That's all for now :mrgreen:
Cheer's to you all!

 

[Trikky2]

ps.

Dont be tempted to paint you dash top anything light - the reflections in the windscreen will drive you crazy :lol:

 

[joaonar]

Trikky2.. sorry for this late reply

Paint it with some other colour rather than black.... never! :mrgreen:
I already know what you're saying. If it was originally black, it will stay like that.

 

[joaonar]

a couple of weeks later, we did something else. This time, we mounted the jailbars:

 

[joaonar]

and another package has arrived:

 

[joaonar]

and I was able to do something else. After painting some of my suspensions parts (the parts I'll be using and some other one's that I have as spare parts) with POR-15 Black Chassis Coat, I wasn't happy with the end result. So, I decided to remove all of it and star all over again. I also sanded all paint from the remaining parts. After these task, I painted all once more:

In the end, they were looking good. Although there are some negative reviews on Por-15 paints, I decided to use what I had left. Since these parts are easily disassemble, if I find out it is as bad as some reviews say it is, I can always clean them all again and paint them again.

 

[joaonar]

that's all for now.
Cheers to you all!

 

[dubscum]

a couple of weeks later, we did something else. This time, we mounted the jailbars:

loving the rear pop out and jail bars! nice neat work 8)

 

[Trikky2]

Nice progress. I know what you mean about por15. I have also seen a lot of negative reports but have never used it myself.

Did you find the decals in the end? If not then I found you some here http://www.vwheritage.com/vw_spares_Decal-Sheet-68-79-Bus-14pc-2119996879_act_shop.product_pID_185315_lang_EN_country_GB.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[joaonar]

hi Trikky2.

No I didn't. Mine are a bit different. I guess I'll try and do it myself 8)

 

[68_early_bay]

in the end, it will be something like this:

they now need to be properly welded so I removed the window:

That's all for now :mrgreen:
Cheer's to you all!

Wow I like this a lot :mrgreen:

 

[joaonar]

thanks 68_early_bay 8)

So... I'm back with some more pictures of what's going on.
These ones were sent to me by André, the painter that's helping me.

Here's a picture of a transparent sealer that was used over my POR-15 paint and primer. I will keep these areas under severe control :msn4:

... and after, André used a two components primer before applying the final layer of paint:

 

[easy]

Looking awesome! 8) hats off :mrgreen: