Billy breaks cover (or Graham & Jen's new bus)

[Graham L]

A few more nights work and all the underseal on the belly pans is off and now stonechipped and the first coat of Blue on the underside, beam is coming off once its rolled back over so hence why no attention to that, wheelarchs will be done when its on the ramp.

Once a few cables have been run back in tomorrow hoping to get it back onto its wheels and on the ramp

 

[Haveacamper]

looking good mate.

are those bellypans welded on...can i see stitches or are they removable?

 

[Graham L]

Welded on so they are not coming off!!

 

[sparkywig]

Nice bus Graham. 8)

 

[dubscum]

slow down :msn4:

 

[sparkywig]

slow down :msn4:

:lol:

it's alright mate, he hasn't got any doors yet....

 

[AGC]

Are bellypans normally welded on Graham?? If not I wonder why these are... any ideas?

 

[Buss69]

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Once a few cables have been run back in tomorrow hoping to get it back onto its wheels and on the ramp

What! Not polished! I really think you've let yourself down :lol:

 

[Graham L]

No photos for a while but work has been progressing if not a bit slower than I wanted,

Both front arches now stripped and stonechipped

Cab area cleaned up and stripped down

Rear end stonechipped

Engine bay, battery trays and tank area cleaned up

Engine sat waiting to go

Gearbox brackets not right, not anyones fault here, we copied a US one and its wrong :evil: :evil:

Need to get on as need to be out of the current unit by christmas :roll: :roll:

 

[61 stu]

lookin awesome 8)

 

[AxlFoley]

looking good, what was wrong with the gearbox bracket? did it fit the gearbox or was it due to the spacing of the box from the chassis?

 

[Buss69]

OMG :shock: those front wheel arches look amazing :mrgreen:

 

[pando]

awsome work brillent blue is my fav colour doing a 70 in the same colour myself wish i could of kept the original paint like yours some silly po painted yellow

 

[Graham L]

looking good, what was wrong with the gearbox bracket? did it fit the gearbox or was it due to the spacing of the box from the chassis?

Hi Mark

Spacing between the 2 mounting plates is wrong, holes don't line up properly and the rails are not wide enough to go over the gearbox mount, so lots wrong with it :roll: :roll: :roll: , back to the drawing board (angle grinder and welder :lol: :lol: )

 

[OSullivan]

Hi Graham

Whats the best way of getting the underseal of the arches?I'm looking to do a simillar job on mine.

Cheers

Kevin

 

[Graham L]

Hi Kevin

Best to get all the loose bits off first, then use a sprayer with Diesel in it to soften the underseal up and then go with a scraper again, brake cleaner then gets the remaining residue off, the other way is a heat gun but the smell and fumes gave me a splitting headache.

 

[OSullivan]

Cheers for that Graham.Did you go down to metal before you stonechipped it or just back to the old paint?

Kev

 

[rallye dale]

Coming along nice Graham

The underseal really is labourious work to remove, in the middle of mine now

 

[Graham L]

OK quick update, Billy now has an MOT and the paperwork has gone into the DVLA today so with a bit of luck will get a reg number in about a week.

Not plain sailing though as big engine appears to have wrecked a main bearing so thats got to come out, a 1600 with twin 36's is going to replace it for now . First phase of the Interior being trimmed by Pete and Angie at Bromsgrove Auto Trimmers mid Feb and then going to Adrian at All Things Timber for the cabinets before going back to Pete & Angie for some final trim bits so looks like no Ninove for me, (maybe in the modern car but not the bus). Looks like end of March before it will be complete.

Some piccies as this is the Gallery

Engine going in but will be coming out again soon

Back on its wheels and ready for move to new unit

Billy and other Brilliant Blue Deluxe off to the new unit just after Christmas thanks to Craig at BC Recovery

Last Sunday Paul (God Bus on Here) came and machine polished the bus, what a difference, photos don't do it justice as its come up really well considering what it looked like before. Now need to get the doors colour matched to the rest of the bus and it will all look the same colour.

Still lots of jobs to do: sunroof, sound deadening, insulation etc etc before it goes for trimming

 

[Graham L]

Cheers for that Graham.Did you go down to metal before you stonechipped it or just back to the old paint?

Kev

Back to old paint which was all still there, tried not to go through it but did in a couple of places