dubscum
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cool, getting there now. looking good mate!
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Cheers lads.
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On to the rear floor section by the bulk-head.
See this is why you go to a good, professional restorer - perfect welding.
And you know he is good when he is fabricating stuff like this for fun :character0036: :
:mrgreen:
Next is the front chin area, front tubs then flip back over for chassis coating - then we are done with that part of the restoration! :mrgreen:
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On to the rear floor section by the bulk-head.
See this is why you go to a good, professional restorer - perfect welding.
And you know he is good when he is fabricating stuff like this for fun :character0036: :
:mrgreen:
Next is the front chin area, front tubs then flip back over for chassis coating - then we are done with that part of the restoration! :mrgreen:
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cunning plan said:And you know he is good when he is fabricating stuff like this for fun :character0036: :
:mrgreen:
Next is the front chin area, front tubs then flip back over for chassis coating - then we are done with that part of the restoration! :mrgreen:
RUDE! I want one :evil:
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Yes, I'd like to say it was mine too :lol: 
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That's coming together nicely! The welding does look great indeed. 8)
The bus looks hot!
The bus looks hot!
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Cheers gents, all support welcomed :mrgreen:
All the parts that needed painting that I have right now have been painted:
Next mini project whilst waiting for the welding to be complete (I keep adding more stuff onto the welding list that I'm not happy with :lol: ), I thought I would rebuild the rack.
Mainly as it is a little tatty rather than 'ratty' - so i may as well make it tidy. You can see where someone has snapped off the screw heads and a few of the supports for the top bar are discoloured. I will give the wood a quick rub down and varnish too.
Kind of funny when I am just going to load it back up with ratty stuff :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
All the parts that needed painting that I have right now have been painted:
Next mini project whilst waiting for the welding to be complete (I keep adding more stuff onto the welding list that I'm not happy with :lol: ), I thought I would rebuild the rack.
Mainly as it is a little tatty rather than 'ratty' - so i may as well make it tidy. You can see where someone has snapped off the screw heads and a few of the supports for the top bar are discoloured. I will give the wood a quick rub down and varnish too.
Kind of funny when I am just going to load it back up with ratty stuff :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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good work mate, its looking really good.
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8)
Dubs and Classics have been busy!
Bascially, A posts needed completly rebuilding, new front lower pannel, indicator holes corrected and new mounts fabricated, arches and tubs done.
Dubs and Classics have been busy!
Bascially, A posts needed completly rebuilding, new front lower pannel, indicator holes corrected and new mounts fabricated, arches and tubs done.
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Cheers Andy :mrgreen:
Rack is now done:
All the metal work was keyed, cleaned and resprayed with just a grey I had spare.
Wood sanded back a little, cleaned.
Then wood-stained.
I replaced the small piece of cracked rubber on the supports that attach to the cutters with a bigger, better piece of rubber.
The rubber was actually recycled from an old bicycle inner-tube.
Back together.
All new fixings and loctight on most of them to stop them rattling loose.
Rack is now done:
All the metal work was keyed, cleaned and resprayed with just a grey I had spare.
Wood sanded back a little, cleaned.
Then wood-stained.
I replaced the small piece of cracked rubber on the supports that attach to the cutters with a bigger, better piece of rubber.
The rubber was actually recycled from an old bicycle inner-tube.
Back together.
All new fixings and loctight on most of them to stop them rattling loose.
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gninnam said:Great work on the rack - looks very professional
Cheers dude. I tried to make it look quite good.
Soooo, after all this time, I started playing with the only thing i actually wanted to play with.
Plan is to get this engine up and running, just a basic setup, then perhaps build something tasty later.
Parts are accumulating 8)
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Engine top-end apart..
Case looks OK, can't see anything wrong with it, turns nice and smoothly with very little end-float - if at all. So, still going ahead with my original plan to clean this engine up, new valves, piston rings, dissy, carbs etc and use as a temporary engine just to get the bus on the road at some point.
There is a crack across one of the cooling fins in one of the heads and some chips in the valve base, but I think it will be OK as a 'get you by' engine, as confirmed on another thread by EB guys. 8)
Case looks OK, can't see anything wrong with it, turns nice and smoothly with very little end-float - if at all. So, still going ahead with my original plan to clean this engine up, new valves, piston rings, dissy, carbs etc and use as a temporary engine just to get the bus on the road at some point.
There is a crack across one of the cooling fins in one of the heads and some chips in the valve base, but I think it will be OK as a 'get you by' engine, as confirmed on another thread by EB guys. 8)
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Slammed said:
Yup, and here comes some more tallent:
Finishing off the front pannel from in the bus:
Stone-chipped / sealed.
Light repair.
Top wheel-arch repair, again nicely done to fabricate the original 'lip'.
Straight lines! No more wavey-ness by the door shuts 8) Nice skills by Dubs and Classics here as I know there was filler and rubbish metal to work with.
Few more bits left, then roll again and stone-chip the 'like new' chassis :mrgreen:
Dubs and Classics might have a new toy to play with for the last time we need to roll my bus, so keep watching :msn4:
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The bus is back!
I managed to give the bus a quick blow over myself before it left Jason's workshop (he was kind enough to let me use a corner for a day), it is now VW Savannah Beige, but flat, without gloss. I think it looks great - kind of classic, yet 'rod.
Dubs and Classics have done a great job fabricating the old rubbish areas.
Proper indicator mounts at last 8)
Looking real nice and straight now. Slightly shiny too :mrgreen:
Now for the important parts, the chassis - amazing job done here by Dubs and Classics.
Excited to start the rebuild properly now I have a blank canvas.
Big thanks to Jason though, even though he was so busy, he agreed to work on my bus in-between his other projects and I am real happy with the result. The chassis is now one of the best bits to look at on the bus and I shouldn't have to worry too much about going through puddles as that's a Schultz mixed layer of protection on there 8)
I managed to give the bus a quick blow over myself before it left Jason's workshop (he was kind enough to let me use a corner for a day), it is now VW Savannah Beige, but flat, without gloss. I think it looks great - kind of classic, yet 'rod.
Dubs and Classics have done a great job fabricating the old rubbish areas.
Proper indicator mounts at last 8)
Looking real nice and straight now. Slightly shiny too :mrgreen:
Now for the important parts, the chassis - amazing job done here by Dubs and Classics.
Excited to start the rebuild properly now I have a blank canvas.
Big thanks to Jason though, even though he was so busy, he agreed to work on my bus in-between his other projects and I am real happy with the result. The chassis is now one of the best bits to look at on the bus and I shouldn't have to worry too much about going through puddles as that's a Schultz mixed layer of protection on there 8)
