71 DUMobile drive rebuild-- now FOR SALE--

[71dormy]

well i decided to try and fit the screen myself was quite worried about the scuttle not being right but....it was :mrgreen:

was a bit tricky as was first time fitted a screen but super happy

so back to rear arch then the other side and front arches after that ....good weekend i do think 8)

 

[71dormy]

well i managed to finish work at normal time today so had an hour on the van.was to damp to carry on filling the other side so turned her round ready to start other rear arch , kinda wish i hadnt :lol:

saw this crack so thats why i attacked it :msn4:

 

[71dormy]

stupid amounts of filler!!!!!!
:evil:

just kept grinding and poking....

didnt get any better...

no idea what anybody was thinking!!!

 

[71dormy]

with the filler gone and the "welds" revealed it barely held together so iam left with some stupidly big gaps as you will see .....

 

[71dormy]

not happy but couldnt really expect any less :lol:

 

[ant]

jeez good to see there is some metal under all that filler. some people eh?

 

[71dormy]

these cracks just spured me on ...

rust bubbles! :?

its had 2 repair panels instead of the 1 and alot more filler ....

so all this yet to be revealed :roll:
ordered the new bottom panel now though ...but all this bodging and filler hasnt seemed to phase me this time UK buses
:lol:

 

[71dormy]

i know ant!ah well the joys :roll:

 

[71dormy]

right well a bit of update, didnt take as many pics as would have liked but got stuck in the moment :lol:

rear corner and arch all welded up
put a piece in by the seem as i did on the other side ...

also got the new repair panel on, didnt get any pics of when cut it off sorry guys! :roll:

as you can see i havent welded a bit on the seem...ran out of gas

the gap on the left will be welded and ground flat, so happy days bit more filling and sanding for me :lol:

bit of primer on the bare metal ...starting to look more and more like van!!!

 

[71dormy]

overall very happy onto the front arches finally :msn4:

o and a shot of her in her new spot .... :mrgreen:

 

[71dormy]

thought would share this with you aswell...my best mates golf that we both spent many hours on...

will get some pics of it nice and clean the weekend!!

cheers guys 8)

 

[young_dubya]

Fair cracking on dude!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[71dormy]

well ive made my way to the front of the bus so decided to go for it with the arches :shock:

pretty rough pevious repairs...

was really quite bad so i chopped out all the rust and previous bodges and went from there
was a bit worried about attempting these but didnt turn out to bad :lol:

inner and outer step all on ...happy days

not 3 bad 8)

 

[71dormy]

well i had another afternoon on the van...

this side doesnt look as worse but really was! :roll:

 

[71dormy]

new b pillar and arch on...

inner and outer step

still got to have a little tiny play with this door so the gap will be better than it is now!
but all in all very happy
valance and edge of front panel to go

:mrgreen:

 

[67panel]

you got time to go to bustypes? thats about normal ,but they dont get much worse.thought i heard an angle grinder looking good,was going to call in, bus moved you as well?

 

[71dormy]

well i shouldnt stop but be nice to go camping and get a few more bits for her :lol:
yeh its up the side now call in next time you hear me

 

[young_dubya]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[dubscum]

pretty much owning that rust :mrgreen:

 

[71dormy]

cheers dude got a sh!t load of pictures to get up on here so this week will be a bit of an update....looking forward to seeing your bus the weekend mr dubscum :lol: