My 1969 Deluxe

[Supertramp]

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[Supertramp]

Spent more time removing glue and other gunk from the cab, horrible job but one side done.

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After

 

[creationblue]

Great bus mate 8)

 

[Supertramp]

Put in a temporary carpet left over from our garage to keep my feet warm :lol:

 

[fleeb1]

I like that carpet. Very nice.

 

[Supertramp]

I like that carpet. Very nice.

Thank you

 

[Dave.P]

you're a very lucky man in finding that, my friend...
what a beauty ! good work on it too :mrgreen:

 

[Supertramp]

you're a very lucky man in finding that, my friend...
what a beauty ! good work on it too :mrgreen:

Thank you.
Thought I'd show you guys some of the cool items of this bus' history:
Original handbook/manual with the PO's writings in and maintenance every six months. Very cool.

 

[Supertramp]

Spent all day yesterday washing, polishing and waxing. Used the Collinite wax for the first time and so far so good. Raining today and the rain is beading but I think it needs another coat.
Very similar pictures to those I took last year.

 

[Supertramp]

To do list

MOT June 27th
Indicator stalk moving
Check/Replace gear bushes
New exhaust
Passenger side door handle - locking barrel needs replacing
Passenger side reflector needs replacing
Bumpers powder coating
Wheels powder coating
New Overrider rubbers

 

[Supertramp]

Waxed the bus with Collinite, very impressed with it. Here is the roof:

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After

 

[Lordain Volley]

This arrived today from Status. I'm still not sure that it will fit the bit needing welding as there is no curve on the bottom right but I'll leave that for the welder to decide. He comes on Monday.
Spent yesterday/this morning stripping out all the seals and cleaning up the inserts.

Hi,
Can you tell me what you think of the quality of the cargo floor panels you bought from Status? Have you fitted them yet? Great bus by the way, a great find!

LV

 

[Supertramp]

This arrived today from Status. I'm still not sure that it will fit the bit needing welding as there is no curve on the bottom right but I'll leave that for the welder to decide. He comes on Monday.
Spent yesterday/this morning stripping out all the seals and cleaning up the inserts.

Hi,
Can you tell me what you think of the quality of the cargo floor panels you bought from Status? Have you fitted them yet? Great bus by the way, a great find!

LV

Pm'd

 

[Supertramp]

Had the bus cleaned underneath and Dinitrol applied, including inside and all the cavities so now protected for the winter!

 

[BenSSP]

Hi bus twin

Did you use the plastic or metal windscreen trim?

 

[Supertramp]

Hi bus twin

Did you use the plastic or metal windscreen trim?

Hey other bus twin :lol:
It's the original trim so I think it's metal. Pain in the arse though.

 

[Supertramp]

So my seal adventure continues. After months of leaking quarter-lights, despite already having them replaced, I finally got the side window out today (with the help of national windscreens).
Fortunately the window surrounds are fine:

The same can't be said for the 1/4 frames:

The glass frame is fine though:

So now I need to source a new (ORIGINAL!!) frame and my window currently looks like this:

 

[BenSSP]

We have the left hand, ignore the description, it's not beetle!

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[Supertramp]

Took my brother to uni so packed up the bus with all his stuff.

Apart from the weight, I was amazed at the difference in the noise. So much quieter and nicer to drive. Makes me want my soundproofing now!

 

[Supertramp]

I got the rest of the windows out a couple of weeks ago. Took the windscreen guy about 2 hours to do one. Took me all of 15 minutes to do three. Trick is to get the metal trim out first :lol:
Anyway, I think I found the cause of my leaks (apart from the shockingly poor fitting of the seals)

The rust sits in the exact points water was leaking in, that's no coincidence.
I've also got a couple of NOS black frames to start restoring all the 1/4 windows. On one of them the pin has snapped off so will have to have that drilled out and restored. The other two are fine.

Now, what to do about these window surrounds.

(Also, this is a lesson to always do things yourself and never to trust the 'experts'.