my 1971 danburyfalia pop top project

[rusty]

roofs looking good on it new home :mrgreen:

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[andewilson]

tonight i went round to my tyre man gaz who is king of the tyre stretchers to get a few recent purchases fitted to some of my rim hoard.
heres a few pics. ant mate, some of these are crying out for red banding blue banding, white banding. etc

when i finnally get the van on the road i may need a bulk purchase

then back in the hoard till the bus makes a move

back to the roof tomorrow and get stuck in rather than come up with as many ways to put it off due to bein sh#t scared of cutting into it

 

[Marvel]

Do you have a wheel fetish?

 

[Graham L]

He certainly does :lol: :lol:

 

[andewilson]

my name is andy wilson, and i am a wheelaholic.

admitting it is the first step.

 

[Grazy]

I wouldn't say its a problem mate 8)

 

[dubscum]

wheel whore

 

[slammedresto]

wheel whore

kettle, black, mr changing wheel colour every other day :lol: :lol:

 

[andewilson]

plucked up the courage tonight to remove the section of the roof i want to graft into mine from the late westy roof

cleaned the feet up on the bows and primed ready for weldin in place on my bus

should get my roof joggled over the weekend and begin plug welding it in

 

[andewilson]

well, didnt get much done on the van over the weekend due to the bloke who has spent ages putting off finishing rendering the front of my house, gave me one weekend to fully paint the house and replace the gutters and drainpipes before the scafold was taken down :evil:

needless to say the scafold is still there :evil:

i did get round there tonight however to start trimming my hole :shock:

62mm up from the fold line above the gutter to match up to the 50mm from th line on the graft section which should give me a 12mm joggle.

thats the passenger side finshed ready for the joggler. just the drivers side to do then a bit of trial fitting to get the measurement for the two ends

 

[froggy]

You get my respect for even trying this conversion 8)
i would love to do something like this to mine in the future (might also save me some money instead of having to buy a westy :lol: )

 

[andewilson]

got a few hours on the van over chrimbo. a full day on new years eve which was a rarity. heres a few pics.

it was bloody cold yesterday. five layers of clobber and still bloody freezing

note to self. dont let your mind wonder whilst wire brushiing your joggling

all joggled and scrubbed ready for the final fit

hopefully i should get it welded tomorrow if i can.


mulling over seam welding the joggle line once i'm done plug welding to prevent the requirement for a load of filler.

 

[Graham L]

Bloody hell Andy, top work as usual. Looking forward to seeing the finished product :mrgreen:

 

[dubscum]

i agree with graham, amazing work, gonna be special when its done, when do you think you'll (you and bus) make your first show ?

 

[andewilson]

the original and quite frankly very pesimistic unveiling plan was stamford hall 2010. i think i blew that one

new pesimictic unveiling plan, stanford 2011. but happy with any show on the 2011 season.


i would be happy just to get a roling empty shell on the road for then, then carry on the build as i go. that would allow for a decent shake down time before comitting on interior etc.

 

[andewilson]

spent the afternoon round the workshop. and got the welding tan to prove it.

went to machine mart today and had to buy to packs of htree to get a pair of these boys

and did this

hopefully i should get a few hours round there tomorrow and it should be done. danbury?

I'm in the westy crew now!

albeit a fake one

 

[cunning plan]

Impressive work dude. That's not exactly a small job :shock:

 

[gninnam]

Agree with CP - hats off to you bro' 8)

 

[andewilson]

cheers guys, sadly i payed the price when i got up this morning. due to having a clamp in one hand and welder in the other i went for the age old method of squint eye spoy welding. due to the sheer volume of welds my right eye took a little too much tanning




spot the difference



left eye

right eye

ouch!!!! it hurts and i look like a prat

 

[gninnam]

Shouldn't laugh ( :lol: )

Whoops, couldn't help it......

Some of us just never learn - hope it gets better soon as it looks painful