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Amazing skills you have mate , it will be a thing of beauty.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
my 1971 danburyfalia pop top project
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andewilson
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ground clearance doesnt look too bad. i might wind it up a bit as its this low with nowt in. imagine what it will be like with all my tat on it.
andewilson
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did a bit on the bus tonight. to get it ready for saturday
then finnally managed to get the fourth space saver i have been after for ages
and wasted no time in chopping the tyre off it ready to fit a 175 55 15 ive had sat waiting for it
then finnally managed to get the fourth space saver i have been after for ages
and wasted no time in chopping the tyre off it ready to fit a 175 55 15 ive had sat waiting for it
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today was the biggest day my van has had in four years 
after fours years of giving it full skeletal transplant, a skin graft of about 30% of its outer skin, complete heart transplant, today out came the paddles. 1.5 hours of head scratching, easy start, and crossed fingers.
after half a can of easy start, glow plugs, and constant starting. we decided to use the air line to blow out the fuel pump and this came out
me thinks the last guy who ran my engine was burning the remnants of his local chippy :lol: . i do plan to do something along these lines in years to come but today this was bloody annoying :evil: . as soon as i got this lot out of the way it satrted up with what was the smelliest smoke i have ever breathed and really ruioned the pasty i was eating at the time
after fours years of giving it full skeletal transplant, a skin graft of about 30% of its outer skin, complete heart transplant, today out came the paddles. 1.5 hours of head scratching, easy start, and crossed fingers.
after half a can of easy start, glow plugs, and constant starting. we decided to use the air line to blow out the fuel pump and this came out
me thinks the last guy who ran my engine was burning the remnants of his local chippy :lol: . i do plan to do something along these lines in years to come but today this was bloody annoying :evil: . as soon as i got this lot out of the way it satrted up with what was the smelliest smoke i have ever breathed and really ruioned the pasty i was eating at the time
andewilson
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and i also took a bit of footage. its my first time so it might not work too well
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Nick-Rackham
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Excellent bet you're well chuffed! Got to see this conversion. I was going to go down the T25 conversion route, but looking at what you've done is making me think again! Cheers, Nick
bet you're well chuffed! Got to see this conversion. I was going to go down the T25 conversion route, but looking at what you've done is making me think again! Cheers, Nickandewilson
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cheers guys. engine, box, shift rod etc all now back out or the bus ready for one final flip in a week. just to check if ive forgotten anything
ant
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Looking and sounding good
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what a massive milestone mate - you've got to be chuffed with that!
awesome progress and standard of word as per usual.
quick question mate: the body rollers you use, are they the basic rollers that cjautos sell? can you roll your bus on your own or does the higher centre of gravity cause the bus to roll onto its side with a bit of a bang? or do you need a feind or two to gently lower it once it starts to roll?
NaFe
awesome progress and standard of word as per usual.
quick question mate: the body rollers you use, are they the basic rollers that cjautos sell? can you roll your bus on your own or does the higher centre of gravity cause the bus to roll onto its side with a bit of a bang? or do you need a feind or two to gently lower it once it starts to roll?
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Can't wait to look around this bus at a show 8)
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brilliant, theres some growl from it. 8)
dubscum
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this whole build is truely amazing
andewilson
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cheers guys progress is a bit slow but watch this space as spraying will begin soon if all goes to plan.
progress is a bit slow but watch this space as spraying will begin soon if all goes to plan.andewilson
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bit of progress on the van.
all moving bits now stripped back out of it
exhaust system heat painted ready for wrapping
spent a week or two trying to get the sliding door to work :evil: it would appear if you change the three sills nothing wants to work again.
add to that my sliding door gear was a bit buggered, i was never guna get it working
however after spending a while hunting for the bit i found a completespring and u peice mech on ebay that i won for £11 and complete locking mech that replaces my broken one for a fiver . who says bus bits have gone sky high. so last night with a lot of banging, rubbing, grinding etc
after a bit more tweaking it sat even better than in the pix. i was well impressed as at times i was close to givin it a right boot :evil:
shoild be going over on its side again this weekend. to run some pipes and then strip off all the crap por 15 i painted on it.
all moving bits now stripped back out of it
exhaust system heat painted ready for wrapping
spent a week or two trying to get the sliding door to work :evil: it would appear if you change the three sills nothing wants to work again.
add to that my sliding door gear was a bit buggered, i was never guna get it working
however after spending a while hunting for the bit i found a completespring and u peice mech on ebay that i won for £11
and complete locking mech that replaces my broken one for a fiver . who says bus bits have gone sky high. so last night with a lot of banging, rubbing, grinding etc
after a bit more tweaking it sat even better than in the pix. i was well impressed as at times i was close to givin it a right boot :evil:
shoild be going over on its side again this weekend. to run some pipes and then strip off all the crap por 15 i painted on it.
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You just reminded me I need to restore my sliding door mechanism.
You don't rate POR15? I was going to cover the chassis of my bus in the stuff with a topcoat of stone chip :shock: but if YOU don't recommend it I may have to rethink...
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You don't rate POR15? I was going to cover the chassis of my bus in the stuff with a topcoat of stone chip :shock: but if YOU don't recommend it I may have to rethink...
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the sliding mech i bought was in good condition just covered in solid grease and the twosprung loaded hooks on top were seized solid. it took me about twoo hours to clean it up and get it working. when you do yours, if any bits are broke or worn jk do most bits but they dont do any of the little springs, which are pretty much the bits that brake :evil:
as for por, i felt that you have to jump through hoops for it using metal ready and cleaning the metal up etc and it still peels off in some areas. it is also very heavy paint so drags and drips like a bitch. £100 i wish id not wasted. i have heard great stuff about rust bullet though.
as for por, i felt that you have to jump through hoops for it using metal ready and cleaning the metal up etc and it still peels off in some areas. it is also very heavy paint so drags and drips like a bitch. £100 i wish id not wasted. i have heard great stuff about rust bullet though.
