Well after pulling the engine apart on my wifes bus I decided that I would tackle the dodgy paintjob it had prior to our purchase back in 07.
Ive been reluctant to see what horrors lurked under the alpine white paintwork perticulerly as the PO just masked every thing up (including the nose badge :shock: ) The bottom of the slider had had some work and the join was starting to come apart which is what made me decide to remove the proverbial bottom 10 inches of paint and take it like a man.
What Ive found so far has quite literally shocked me, but under the dodgy paint was the original Niagra blue and under that... practically all the original metal :shock:
Now I know thats not that unusual on a recent Cali import but this is a UK supplied, rhd crossover.
Yes I know, totally and utterly bizarre.
Rear corner showing a few small holes along the battery tray line.
Original rear arch, some welding done just to the front of it but done very well.
Front arch and B post, this is a sunroof bus ffs.
original paint can clearly be seen under white paint and in engine bay.
Going to start stripping the other side and lower front tomorrow to see what other weirdness I can find
Ive been reluctant to see what horrors lurked under the alpine white paintwork perticulerly as the PO just masked every thing up (including the nose badge :shock: ) The bottom of the slider had had some work and the join was starting to come apart which is what made me decide to remove the proverbial bottom 10 inches of paint and take it like a man.
What Ive found so far has quite literally shocked me, but under the dodgy paint was the original Niagra blue and under that... practically all the original metal :shock:
Now I know thats not that unusual on a recent Cali import but this is a UK supplied, rhd crossover.
Yes I know, totally and utterly bizarre.
Rear corner showing a few small holes along the battery tray line.
Original rear arch, some welding done just to the front of it but done very well.
Front arch and B post, this is a sunroof bus ffs.
original paint can clearly be seen under white paint and in engine bay.
Going to start stripping the other side and lower front tomorrow to see what other weirdness I can find
