Introducing Mr Brightside's Midlands Makeover............

[uber cool]

You cant but a good US vehicle as a base to set you off on the right foot for a good resto.

BTW, that's one of my parking signs in the background of the roof gutter line shot, how cool is that :mrgreen:

 

[Mr Brightside]

OK, time for a quick update:

The passenger side cab floor area had some pinhole rust spots, so after discussion with Stuart & Drew at Midland Paintwerks, it was decided that as this bus is a "Keeper" (famous last words - I know) we would replace a floor section as invisibly as possible.

This is the result after welding & lead loading, just needs the seam sealer before painting.

Looks pretty sweet, well done boys !

There was a small area on the top edge of the step that needed attention, again a solid & invisible repair

In the rear, there is a small area that had rusted in the middle seat keyways, although this will be covered by the wooden floor, again we decided to do it the correct way.

Next step is a chemical treatment for the bare metal & epoxy primer & then sorting out the panel imperfections before it gets the top coat.


More pictures here http://www.midlandpaintwerks.co.uk/Mr-Brightside-the-1971-Sunroof-Deluxe/B11.htm

 

[leon]

Looking good! Wish it was my bus in bare metal waiting on a spray job.
Wow, that rear corner looks awesome too!

 

[gninnam]

Looks very solid where the work has been done

 

[Mr Brightside]

Looks very solid where the work has been done

Its also VERY solid where the work has not been done :lol:

 

[gninnam]

Looks very solid where the work has been done

Its also VERY solid where the work has not been done :lol:

Nuff said :lol:

 

[southcoastcruiser]

fabulous ! :shock:

I never saw one like this !

thierry

 

[Oslo_mark69]

van looking great !!

looking at doing mine over the next couple of months .I was wondering how you stripped the paint back . Chemicals, Sander, Blasting??

looking for the best option

Cheers

 

[Mr Brightside]

van looking great !!

looking at doing mine over the next couple of months .I was wondering how you stripped the paint back . Chemicals, Sander, Blasting??

looking for the best option

Cheers

I would love to give you a blow by blow account, but I left this to the experts at http://www.midlandpaintwerks.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; There is a combination of hard labour, Nitromors, Wire wheels, hard labour, lots of sanding & even more hard labour & a willingness to do a great job

No Blasting here :shock:

 

[Oslo_mark69]

cheers just curious

 

[Gadget Boy]

Top work By Drew and Stuart as always , You must be chuffed at the progress so far Graham :mrgreen:

 

[Mr Brightside]

Top work By Drew and Stuart as always , You must be chuffed at the progress so far Graham :mrgreen:

You could say that :lol: :mrgreen:

 

[Mr Brightside]

double post

 

[Mr Brightside]

OK, so in anticipation of my seats going to Pete & Angie at Bromsgrove Auto Trimmers, it was time to do some basic structural preparation to the seat frames.

This is how things looked on the surface:

Didnt look so good underneath, broken springs & the upper frame:

The base spring also snapped

Time to bring out the basic tools

Disregard the broken bits

Start to make things good

Remembering my rudimentary first aid skills about neighbour strapping broken bits

Wire brushed, & a coat of primer & painted Satin Black

The same process on the M051 double seat

Just got to weld the top of the seat frame & we are ready for the trimming.

 

[gninnam]

Nice work on the seats 8)
Did you suspect the springs were goosed or was it a nice surprise

 

[Mr Brightside]

Nice work on the seats 8)
Did you suspect the springs were goosed or was it a nice surprise

Thought things were a bit "saggy" but not the amount of damage I found

 

[Gadget Boy]

Nice work on the seats 8)
Did you suspect the springs were goosed or was it a nice surprise

Ive found that Alot of early bay frt seats if they are showing rumpled coverings usually have broken springs and or a broken /snapped frame .
Recently I had a local guy come to the shop as he was having his seats recovered ,he had stripped the seats himself ready to powdercoat them up to find them all broke and twisted . I welded them up Properly and he was quite happy .

It worrys me that folks are buying 2nd hand seats off Ebay for 200 notes then finding them broken and bent, to then get charged to have em welded etc :roll:

Any hoo Great work Graham and get some more updates up

 

[Mr Brightside]

In anticipation of the van coming back from the bodyshop soon, here is a taste of what will dress up the the inside a little:

Steering wheel **** :shock:

Other shiny bits:

Sooooooooo looking forward to getting it back so I can spend a little time on the interior, soundproofing etc, before the R&Roll bed etc goes in


G

 

[slammedresto]

looking good, love those steering wheels, gotta save a few more pennys up

i hope you bought some polish for all that bling :lol:

 

[Mr Brightside]

Hi all

Hopefully will have some bodywork updates soon

Stewart & Drew have now finished the bus that was holding mine up , its all systems go on mine now.

In the meantime I collected a new part for it today & I am amazed at the quality, see below

Also they are really nice people to deal with

Just waiting patiently for the day(s) I can fit it all.

Cheers

G