71 delux driveway resto

[dub boy]

Great detailed work done there..!! 8) I'm looking at making a blasting cabinet to and just wonder what the black pipe coming out from top right was for? Hoover extraction? I know you need a light and access for air pipe to come in but would be greatful for info. Cheers

hi ,black pipe is for dust extractor (hoover) i did put a small extractor fan on the first one i built but it didnt clear the dust fast enough and the filter clogged as well .theres a hole drilled the other side for air inlet and i just picked a hoover up at the boot fair ,works ok ,there is a small bulk head light inside to .make sure you line the cacinet with some sheet steel as the grit just makes mince meat of the wood else :lol: ,ile try and find some moor pics and post them tomorrow

 

[dub boy]

rite as a few of you know i nearly threw the towel in on reasto but had a little time away ,ive sorted through my pics and will put them up and the few panels i needed have now arrived .

a few have asked about my blast cabinet .i made it from old offcutts of ply wood and some conti boart i had in the shed ,its lined with thin steel plate as the wood was vanishing pretty fast :lol: ,i cut a window in the front wich doesnt last long but if i turn the shed lights off and just use the light inside it is easier to see. the pipe you can see at the top is for a vacum cleaner and the hole the other end is for air intake, the blaster itself is a cheap kit i got from ebay ,the pick up pipe is modified so it lies flat on the bottom of the blast cabinet ,wich is sloped to a troth in the cntr ,hope this helps

 

[dub boy]

all the wireing ect is removed from the bus now the loom is not alote of use so will be makeing my own as lhd drive ones seem pretty hard to get hold of or they are us spec ,dash cluster is pretty ropy so will be on the look out for a good one or may put custom gauges

in but still trying to keep it stock.

 

[dub boy]

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got 90 %of the under body parts done these have been painted ,flatted and polished ,took for ever and got some greif of good lady ,her exact words WHO THE HELL IS GUNN SEE THEM ,my reply in a loud firm voice MEEEEEEEE :lol:

 

[dub boy]

dash is in worst condition than i thought ,the us spec padding was in a bad way so i took it all off ,the radio opening looks like freddy cruger has cut it out so will be on the search for a radio to go in there ,doesnt have to work as it will be for show but if it does then bonus.

 

[dub boy]

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ried the front lower panel for size ,seems ok ,just need a good break in the weather now to get cracking .

 

[dub boy]

battery tray is done but no pic as of yet as it started to lash down and i had to pack up sharpish but i have just bought a box of clamps ,the same as the market traders use to hold there tarpaulin on there stalls so in the new year i gunna make a temp garage on the drive and if the neibors no likey well they can kiss my arse.

 

[Gwar72]

Cheers for the pics Dub Boy..! 8)

The weather has been pants ain't it but good work on the jobs your managing to fit in the dry spells..!!

 

[dub boy]

Cheers for the pics Dub Boy..! 8)

The weather has been pants ain't it but good work on the jobs your managing to fit in the dry spells..!!

no worries ,if you get stuck let me know but they are well worth makeing ,only thing i forgot to say was you will need a good size comp

 

[dub boy]

LONG overdue update
after finding the rot in the lower valence i had an even worse shock when i cut it out and it was rotten behind :shock: so much for boasting i had a rot free bus

 

[dub boy]

the inner lower and outer valence are all in now but i lost some of my pics

some of the lower metal what you weld to was shot so took me ages to fabricate plates and bend into shape ,gutted i lost the pics of this as i was chuffed with the results of how it turned out ,then when you box it all back in you say to yourself whos ever gunna see it :lol: .

 

[dub boy]

after finishing this i thought i would get the steering box of wich was one of the only bits left to remove ,after a few swear words and two broken pullers i made a copy of one i found on a thread on here and it worked a treat, next i thought time to start getting the glass out so i could start prepping for paint WHEN our summer weather gets here :lol: as i thought aall the welding was done and bang the bondo curse strikes again .if theres one thing that boils my piss is bodgeing ,the pics were taken after i had put a coat of primer round to weather till i got over the shock and made mind up what to do

the time it must have taken to fill this was the first thought but why ,if it had been repaired when it started it wouldnt have gone like it ????? .

 

[dub boy]

thought about a front cut but after all the work i had put into the lower panels i thought no so went to cool air and had a chat with big rich , only really had one choice ,he spent time chatting about options but due to the rot comeing out onto the swage line the screen repair kit was of no use so he suggested a front clip panel wich i was reluctant to do as it was munching my budget .so i went away and attacked the screen frame ,after cleaning it up it was worse than i thought the inner panel lip fell away as i cleaned it up :shock: gutting that it was such a small amount of the inner panel was gone .in the end i bought a front clip panel and cut the top of it as i didnt see the point in replaceing the rest of the panel as it was really clean, at the same time as buying the panel i bought a sheet of steel and spent hours makeing the inner lip as i didnt want to replace the whole panel.
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[dub boy]

tried to work outside in the week but was just to cold with the wind and welding was a nightmare with gas being blown away causing crap welds. tried to put some sheets up but i didnt really help much did manage to get the screen frame all repaired saveing me buying the inner panel.

[took a while to repair the lower lip but alote less work than cutting the inner lower panel out

 

[dub boy]

took advantage of the sun today got two more small patches done and dusted. could kick myself really as i should of treated and painted the bus when it got over here but just loved driveing it to much to take it of the road :lol:

 

[dub boy]

once again i am well behind with updates ,been busy in worshop due to pants weather ,lots of bits blasted and primed and after days of trying i managed to get the ignition barrel apart

found the caseing polished up nice so been haveing ago at that to .
managed to get the bus rolled over and its taken five days to scrape the underseal off :shock: ,next job is going to be washing the residue of with thinners ,god knows how long this will take :lol:

 

[dub boy]

time for some updates ,i wasnt happy with the footwell ,loads of little pepper holes so bought a repair panel and just cut it out.

 

[dub boy]

taken me three weeks to clean the old underseal off ,washed it down with thinners and panel wipe. went over the lot with some scotch pads to key it up for primer then gave it a good coat of gravitex ,will paint the underside when the rest of the body is preped

 

[dub boy]

sadly the head liner didnt come out as i hoped ,was going to sell it but as you can see from the pics the guy who fitted it liked his glue :lol:


the whole interi or is like this ,its taken ages to get it off ,had use thinners for this and as for the roof itself i scraped it first

 

[dub boy]

the interior is pretty much ready for primer now ,the good lady thinks i am mad sanding the roof and behind the dash :lol: