Progress Pics - Dormobile X-Over

[gninnam]

Nearly 6 months since I did anything Bloody work.......

Did a bit - checking the nearside and removing metal.
Was hoping to salvage a bit more of the original metal but found traces of accident damage - ah well.

So a few pics.

Was hoping to keep the metal around the tail light but when I took the paint away:

So, will be replacing the battery tray up to half way then:

Hopefully over the next few weeks get to the point of putting metal back in - wish the wind would die down

Cheers

 

[gninnam]

Another few hours spent cutting metal out......

Working on the rear lower panel - decided to retain as much original panel as pos so just removed the really bad bits:









Started to work on the nearside D post (is that what its called) at the bottom - not very pretty:







Then started to trim more metal/rust away from the rear - again trying to leave as much of the good stuff behind:




Then the missus invited me to the pub so that was as far as I got (all this in between showers too..)

 

[sparkywig]

Good work Andy, I'll save a place for you at Bristol Volksfest next June.

 

[71Dormobile]

Fantastic job going on there Andy, keep up the good work, look forward to seeing you and the bus at a show

 

[rallye dale]

Time does indeed fly :shock:

Bet it feels good to be back at it after some time away 8)

 

[gvee]

Great to see more progress dude!
Might be off to the next LVC meet, which I think is this Thursday - fancy it?

 

[gninnam]

Good work Andy, I'll save a place for you at Bristol Volksfest next June.

Funnier things have happened at sea

Fantastic job going on there Andy, keep up the good work, look forward to seeing you and the bus at a show

Cheers and hope to be doing that soon

Time does indeed fly :shock:

Bet it feels good to be back at it after some time away 8)

Does feel good and actually enjoying it again

Great to see more progress dude!
Might be off to the next LVC meet, which I think is this Thursday - fancy it?

Looks like the weather is due to be a bit crapy tomorrow
It's every Thursday init? Not sure yet as the other half is out so was going to grab a few hours on the van.....
I'll give ya a bell tomorrow :mrgreen:

 

[gninnam]

More cutting and working out how best to get the new metal in.
Checked the offside rear to see what I have.

So - the rearmost post, bottom part well fubar'd:




Quick peek at the rear chassis (where the bumper bolts too):







The battery tray (well not really):


And the money shot:



Cheers

 

[leon]

Nicely done. Won't take long to weld all that up with those og cuts.

 

[gninnam]

Nicely done. Won't take long to weld all that up with those og cuts.

Cheers mate.

So managed a few more hours cutting more rot out on Saturday and continuing to work out how I will be stitching it all back together...
Started to remove more of the battery tray

In the above shot you can see the chassis being worked on - more rot...

Cut more out of the nearside as I found more rot.

Trimmed back the nearside tray also

Final shot shows (hopefully) how thick the filler was in some places.

Cheers

 

[gninnam]

Had a few more hours today (Sunday).
Spent about 2 hours working out what and how I was going to do it so cutting started.















Out of the cut that I had, a wasps nest fell out:



I then cut the cut down to a very close fit - plenty of fettling to do to get it to fit properly (hope to do it sometime next week):

 

[Lee C]

Body cuts look good!
It'll be better than putting all different panels in, eh???
Interested to see how this goes!!

 

[NickJ]

Nice work Andy 8) looks like you're doing a top job.

 

[Cali_bay]

That's coming on nicely... 8)

Soon be nice and solid again.

 

[Airtime]

That's coming on nicely... 8)

Soon be nice and solid again.

I couldn't have said it better. 8)

Keep up the good work!

 

[cunning plan]

+1

Whilst you are at it chap, are you going to make that rear valance removable? :shadey:

arty0021:

 

[gninnam]

Body cuts look good!
It'll be better than putting all different panels in, eh???
Interested to see how this goes!!

I hope so - thanks

Nice work Andy 8) looks like you're doing a top job.

Cheers but loads more to do yet.

That's coming on nicely... 8)

Soon be nice and solid again.

One day hopefully

That's coming on nicely... 8)

Soon be nice and solid again.

I couldn't have said it better. 8)

Keep up the good work!

Cheers

+1

Whilst you are at it chap, are you going to make that rear valance removable? :shadey:

arty0021:

Cheers for the positive - tempting idea with the removable valance - remember seeing someone else doing the same....

 

[gninnam]

What a warm day today. Sweated buckets with the sun beating down continually so ended up not doing too much - stopping every 5 minutes to wipe off the sweat and quench my thirst....

So, started to tidy-up the cuts to try and get a good fit - ready for welding:

This will take a bit of working out:

Tried the rear light to make sure that it all lines up OK - and it does

Workin' away next week so that is all for now

 

[gninnam]

Not much to add (what a change) due to good weather and family commitments....

Cut out the area where the holes where in and welded in a new panel:

Not too pretty :

Tidied up and zinc primer on ready for a skim of filler:

I have been this afternoon working on connecting the chassis on the off-cut to the chassis on the van.
Creating a sleeve to go inside that I will plug weld then seam weld around the joint - nice and strong and should look neat.
Hope to get this finished this week (no pics yet).

Cheers

 

[gninnam]

Continued with creating the chassis insert, welding it together and giving a little spay of weld through primer.

Used an old off-cut of chassis then split it into three pieces then welded together and it slides tightly into the chassis in the van and also the off-cut - pics:

And in the off-cut chassis:

So, just need to treat the inside of the chassis in the van to some rust protector stuff, drill some holes in both the chassis's so I can plug weld then, then finish with a seam weld...... Will make more sense when I do it

Cheers