My '72 devon....

[Gwar72]

how cool is that! :grin: well done!!

Cheers Doris.! It works well but i think the compressor is too small.!? So managed to get the bits done that were important but will be better on a bigger compressor..!!

just read this whole thread, great job !
enjoying this, keep up the good work

Thanks Squirt..!! Have you got a thread up yet on your bus..!??

Well Did a bit today.... Tinware after a go over with the blasting media....

Then a coat of Red oxide to cure it...

Also put the cooker hinges through the blaster as they were rusting and then just clear Lacquered them..

 

[Gwar72]

Then had a go at applying my replacement Fablon type material on the top locker base/roof.....

Sprayed the wood with a high temp megafix adhesive and then part peeled the backing off the fablon. Was definitly a two person job so my mate "T" gave me a hand and we got stuck in...!!! :lol:

Stuck on.....

Then put the table storage brackets back on...

Well pleased with the out come, really like the wood grain effect..!! 8)

 

[the irv]

great work 8)
can't wait to see this with the interior in

 

[Dave.P]

just read this whole thread, great job !
enjoying this, keep up the good work

Thanks Squirt..!! Have you got a thread up yet on your bus..!??

not yet bud, will do soon when i can track down my pics of the progress but my p.c is a minefield :lol:
p.s good work on the vinyl stuff, ive done that on mine in places and it aint easy
Dave

 

[Gwar72]

great work 8)
can't wait to see this with the interior in

Cheers "the-irv"


Well some more has gone on in the engine bay...

Right hand side coming along nicely.... just need to put lip on...

Left hand side....

Top shock captive nut ground off..

Ran out of gas so moved onto the rear section infront of left wheel arch and found some more bodges and rust...!!! :shock: :roll:

Patch bodge repair on out rigger ..!!?? :shock: All they did was make a tomb for the old one and weld it over to encase it....!!!! :evil:

So out it came...

Some lighter work at home, brackets back on the swing out cooker front....

 

[Gwar72]

Well a few small jobs done yesterday....

Cut out 240v sockets holes so the new sockets faces sit flush to the front of rear bench seat kick panel (much better than the white box ones that were in there previously)..!!

Trial fit for now....

And then a bit of filler work on the tinware to hide my seam welds... :lol:

 

[Gwar72]

Put the plastic vent cover back on overhead cupboard. Now this piece is completed..!!

Reminder how it used to look like...

 

[Gwar72]

Well got some more done over the weekend....

Fablon type stuff stuck over the top of draw unit....

Then we were up the unit with some metal going in...

Right lip done apart from a return seam edge

Pillar repaired

Top shock captive nut welded in.. would be near impossible :?: to do without cutting out the floor above it in the fuel tank bay (luckily that was the rusty bit that we had to cut out regardless )...

Another lip going in

Outrigger coming off and finding hole behind it... :evil:

Out with the rust

In with new metal.

A good weekend me thinks...!!!

 

[Gwar72]

New metal going in..!!!

We're just replacing ends of the sills as in the future Winter '14 i may have a go at replacing both sills..!!?? :shock: :?: But want to get a couple of seasons in the van before hand..!!

Top hat section on....

Then i did some filler and seam sealer work on the weld areas in the engine bay..!!

Oil bath stand back in....

Getting closer to rear tubs going in and paint going on in the engine bay..!!! 8)

 

[Gwar72]

Not done much to the van but have been busy doing van related stuff..!!

Got the keys to a new shared unit the weekend before last so emptied out the crap that was left in it....(only been in our tempory small unit for 9 months but now on the move..!!)

and then white wash the walls and painted the floor....!! Then it's an already VW operating theatre..!!! 8)

Annie on the move.....

And all tucked up with her Pal's...!!!

Can't wait to get back to doing some work on her now...!!!

 

[creationblue]

Nice work with the bus 8)

 

[Myvanway]

Fantastic work dude.
Loving the interior resto. 8)

 

[Gwar72]

Nice work with the bus 8)

Cheers..!! Just can't wait to her finished and get her back out on the road..!!

Fantastic work dude.
Loving the interior resto. 8)

Thanks, Loving all the work your doing on your bus to..!! :mrgreen: I'm now in the situation of getting my bus done and on the road for my European road trip (like you with Ninove)...!!! Bugin at the end of June is my target..!! :shock:

 

[Gwar72]

On watering duty this weekend but managed to get tinware prep done with a couple of layers of high build primer then some top coat colour...!!! Feels good to get the colour back on..!! 8)

Now run out of top colour so need to get more, need it for the engine bay when it's ready for paint to..!!

 

[Gwar72]

Well here's what we got up to so far.....!!!!! 8)

Had a look at the rear bump stop bracket and decided it was all going to come out and be replaced..!! :shock:


You can see the rot in the top and in the chassis rail so started to cut it all out

OUT it came..!!!


Then the bump stop holder to..!!!


This is the bung bit that the bump stop pushes up onto..



Then the spring plate came off to as it was shot....

2 bolts broke off so will have to drill them out..!!! :evil:
But all clean under them so that's good..!!



While we had roomwith all this off, we trial fitted the new rear inner wheel arch and sparky was right "you ain't getting that in without the outer arch coming off..!!" So plan B we cut it in half and now it'll go in, in 2 peices...!! :lol: 8)

 

[Gwar72]

Trial fitted the tinware round the engine before i give it a final top coat. 8)



Then cut out the sections from some 2mm sheet ready to go back into the chassis...
Magnets holding it in place..

 

[crossovercrisis]

Really enjoyed looking at your thread, although also somewhat scared ! We have a K reg 72 cross over , Devon pop top too. However the poptop is not in as good a nick as yours as does not have the windowed bits. ours started off as a mini bus it appears. We have only owned Ollie for 3 weeks, still paying him off so can not do much work till Aug :shock:

Our pictures are on the Latebay restro thread , so far just taken the geer linage front end out and replaced a few bits and put a new wing mirror on, next is a scat gear shifter and a new steering wheel we will get there , good luck with it all i will keep watching the thread

 

[Gwar72]

Cheers Crossovercrissis..! You'll be fine..!! Plenty of advice and pics off people on here that will help you..!! Great bunch on EB..!!

I will have to pop over to LateBay and have a look at your van, what thread heading is it under on there.??

 

[Gwar72]

A bit further on.....

Rear nearside arch half in (this was the 2nd hand but new panel i got off fleebay, hence the paint dribble and old seam sealent)....



Offside body lip repaired to receive arch....



Rubbed down wiper arms and Etch primed...



Then painted satin black 8)

 

[Gwar72]

Found someone to make up some bump stop brackets for me and well pleased with them...!!! 8)







Bump stop holder... 8)







And then the chassis rail welded up..! And the bump stop top bracket welded on and lower bump stop holder attached to...!!!