My new crossover

[Lee C]

Still more to come out I think!!!!!!

 

[USwesty]

Looking good fella! Wish mine look like yours! Think I wud seal the tank inside with a kit from frosts or you will forever have fuel issues. Think im goin to do that too.

 

[Lee C]

Yep, either that or a new tank??

 

[USwesty]

I was told it was a one year tank tho? and weather you could get a new one? and weather another secondhand one wud be the same? I have acid soaking in mine at the moment to remove all the rust and then Im goin to use one of those tank sealing kits from frosts.

 

[Lee C]

Not much to shout about lately

Darren has been pullin a few miles of burnt n unecassary wiring out along with his hair!!!

But I did find some new rot for him to weld, that'll keep his face straight(ish) :lol:

Oh & more bee's nests :roll:

Then I started cleaning the engine bay, looks canny like!!

Check out the battery trays!!!!!! :shock: :shock:

Then I went a little bit mental on the front panel !!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

 

[dubscum]

was that original paint ?

 

[Lee C]

The front has had a previous american drill loads of holes in it & fill it wi bondo repair!!! :roll:

So I thought I might aswell paint the orange part of the front panel totally!??!!

 

[dubscum]

oh the bastard bondo :? it's gonna be a sweet solid bus 8)

 

[Lee C]

Nice :roll:

 

[Lee C]

Alittle more done yesterday.

Would have got the engine bay painted too if me mixing scales hadn't thrown a wobbler AGAIN !!!! :evil:

 

[USwesty]

Looking gud fella! Keep up the gud work! I had to bare metal my roof too took me the best part of a day with the grinder and a strip disc. Found a way to make it so much easier tho. I removed any flakey paint and took the top off the rust, then brushed with boiler descaler (Phosporic acid) and leave over night then wire wheel again to show clean rust free metal. This made such a better job and so much quicker.

 

[creationblue]

I do love this colour I must say.........nice bus Lee

Just

 

[Lee C]

Bit o paint on!!!!

My wife hates the colour, but I quite like it!!!!!

I need to find some easier way of getting the surface rust off of the roof like, it's a proper pain in the arse :evil:

 

[creationblue]

Mate tell her from me shes wrong :lol: Its the bestest colour on an early! And pretty rare compared to my Pearl White :msn4:

Just

 

[Lee C]

Impossible!!!!

She's never wrong!!!!!!

:lol:

 

[Lee C]

A little bit more done between jobs this week,

Rot out n welded up courtesy of Darren.

That's it for now, but I hope to spend a bit of time on it this weekend!!

 

[Lee C]

*********WARNING**********


Loads of pics
I went a bit mental wi the camera!!!! :lol:

Primer rubbed, reprimed, re rubbed n re masked.

Then 2 coats of colour,

but I wasn't happy with the finish, so....

I put 2 more on

But then I took the masking off n realised it's not quite the right colour

Me own fault for just guessing the colour like :lol:
Then the scales went off mid mix & I'm trying to match 40 year old paint!!!!
Was never goin to be easy was it ???
I'm planning on weathering the new paint by rubbing it thru a bit to make it look older & polihing up the old paint to make it look newer, might not be too bad then, eh ?????

 

[Lee C]

Little bit more done lately

 

[Lee C]

& I found this

 

[rallye dale]

cool

loads of pics we like