Huey - RHD Single Cab

[ProfessorWheeto]

Nice looking red wheeels dood :wink: im all about the reed wheels what tyres are you going for? a cheeky white wall sir? :wink:

Not at £156 EACH PLUS vat PLUS postage I'm not :shock:

Think I'm going to ring bay area rods and see how much their whitewall application service is. Will have the best of both worlds then, proper commercial tyres, whitewalls and still some wonga in my pocket.

 

[easy]

blinkin eck thats a bit steep :shock: I got mine through ATS and cost around £90 each they are Marshall ones and are pretty sturdy tread, worth a looksy 8)

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

blinkin eck thats a bit steep :shock: I got mine through ATS and cost around £90 each they are Marshall ones and are pretty sturdy tread, worth a looksy 8)

Well I can get 3/4" thin white bands for £45 each, but i wanted wide white bands which were expensive! Looks like I'm going to get them done by that bloke instead.

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Wanged the wheels on the van temporarily

Some bright spark had fitted both headlamp rims upside down, so the drain hole was facing up. Both reflectors had a rusty tide mark. :roll:

Luckily had some at work, and gave Huey a bit of attitude whilst I was at it.

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Loving the \ / look on the eyebrows!!

Getting there - can we expect to see some all-over black soon... can't wait!!

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Another month I reckon, will seem like a lifetime!

New Zaust...

Couldn't resist firing it up like this :lol:

All fitted...

 

[Beedubs]

8) keep at it scotty!

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Going at it full tilt this weekend as I've got the workshop to myself.

Thursday night I began to finish off the little bits of welding left in the treasure chest area, will take photos when its all complete.

Looking like a reject from Half Life I started on the bodywork

The roof is solid but severely dented

Got all the crappy paint off and got down to primer, metal and original paint. There is no point in going to bare metal all over as the original paint won't be hiding anything nasty and its another layer to help get the panels flat.

Front Panel, looks like its been replaced in the past however it was full of filler so its obviously hit two kangaroos in its lifetime.

No point poncing about with bondo, I went for the grinder..

This was bent for some strange reason

Gave the inner front panel a coat of hammerite, tacked the strip that runs along the top of the cab floor as it had some free at one side, started to put the new panel on

Used parts of the old front panel to get the correct curve around the grill.

Really wanted the front panel finished by tonight, but decided to call it a day at 11pm.

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Making some great progress there - keep up the good work!!

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Cut the brackets for the indicators out my old front panel and grafted them onto the new one, made some plates to blank off the late indicators and after much faffing about got the lower front panel fitted

Here is the old front panel, full of holes presumably from where someone has had a go at pulling the dent out, but instead of welding them over they've just slapped filler on it

Last little bits of welding to the treasure chest area, you would have though the profile used for treasure chest strengtheners would be the same as normal top hat section, however this is not the case so I had to do some modifications.

Got the whole bus sanded down now, now I need to start beating the dents out and skimming it with filler.

 

[Justin & Muttley]

I love reading this thread - keep up the great work... the end is in sight 8)

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

I hope it is! These late nights are doing me in! Decided to have a lay in today. Just about to go down there now.

Really wanted it in primer last night but ran out of time. Got a lot more bodywork to do today...

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Only got the cab bulkhead left to fill on the van now. Still got the doors to do.

Roof is looking a lot better now

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Had a bit of a 'mare tonight. Wanted to get the interior done after I'd high built it however we ran out of seam sealant so couldn't do the last little bits in the treasure chest and cab. Will hopefully get this rattled off tomorrow night.
Got the high build on though.

 

[easy]

Looking great doood! 8)

 

[Rhodierider]

Looking real good, can't wait to see the next few photos!

 

[Guest]

looks so much better with just a lick of primer even 8)

nice

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Thanks for the comments guys

Jacked it up and got the wheels off..

Stone Chipped the arches

Painted the underside and used the spare paint in the gun as a guide coat for blocking the high build down

Primed and painted the cab

Painted the treasure chest area but the colours have come out dodgy

Fresh out the gunwash...

Now where does that bit go? :lol:

 

[Grazy]

Well done Prof 8) Almost forgot about the caddy tailgate on the bulkhead looking cool as fook mate

 

[ProfessorWheeto]

Arches and underside all painted

Better photo of the treasure chest

Well its not on the outside so needed to go red. Apparently this makes me a "tart" :lol:

The purpose of guide coat, the black paint shows a low spot, the metal shows a high spot

Back on the ground, fitted the hubcap clips to my wheels whilst there were off. Lots of flatting back to do to the body!