the bang bus

[dubscum]

got my little helper to shake me rattle cans up in prep

don't know how the beasty boys stole all those vw badges couldn't get mine off

grill had been sprayed before with the back grill on, so that got a coat of black

front bumper on the booth, lol

nut brown seemed so right, but i think i've got it wrong this time. Very undecided ... think it will be going back to cream as soon as i get back

breakdown kit

camping kit

cleaning kit

all hidden away

 

[dubscum]

does the brown work or should i go back to cream (badge and grill) all comments welcome

 

[gninnam]

Looks the mutz to me 8)

 

[type2mike]

Love the brown emblem but I'd go back to cream grill. Looks great! Can't wait to get mine on the pavement.

 

[PinkPanther]

Great pics of Elvaston castle and Alvaston in the backgrounds.Great van dude where did you get the upholstery done?

 

[uber cool]

Nice bus. Good to see something different. Liking the brown grill and badge, makes it stand out

 

[dubscum]

Great pics of Elvaston castle and Alvaston in the backgrounds.Great van dude where did you get the upholstery done?

won't say where you live but pass you bus all the time, love it, you still got the husky dogs ?

a man from donnington did my upholstery, amazing finish and at the right money. you want his number ? i just had a chat with him we both came up with some ideas and a week later he came back with. could not believe how good it is.

 

[dubscum]

bugging me to ****, the brown works but just is not right with the rest of the van mostly the wheels

well straight from work i went to buy some brown paint, choose matt brown as i loved the finish on the orange wheels, went straight to my mum's gaff as there's room outside to get the wheels off, without turning the bus around. i swore i would not be taking the wheels off for a while, as it takes 2 jacks or an axle stand an a bar to push the spring plates down to get the rears off, how wrong i was.

looks like the right sort of weather to be working on a van in the street and rattle canning out side.

as was

down it came with thunder and lightening

up again

first coat down

don't know it the heat worked or helped but time was pressing on

fail AGAIN

liked the finish on the wheel, don't come across on camera as well

matt finish on the wheels made the gloss finish on the grill and badge look even worse, no time for messing around tonight, badge came off with a cloth covered screw driver

 

[dubscum]

as the matt and gloss failed i did the grill and badge in matt brown as i wanted to keep it brown.

there was a break in the storms so i went al'fesco this also did not last long before i was back in the over crowded shed

while the paint was drying i fitted some of those white curtain wire things your gran would have her net curtains on

this will stop then moving about when driving and keep the light out when camping

this is now how dark it was while working on it

getto or just plain stupid ? but lay in a puddle as 10pm as being out the house since 6:15am and not eaten since 11. I was not running out extention lead and lead lamp to line a bolt up

here a couple of shots of it finished and colour coded, looks mint, don't it

here's a couple more closer. looks ace now. going to get some cream walls on the tyres. could'nt get the whole bus in the flash would only get bits. i'll try and get some daylight shots tomorrow, but is an early start at work and i need to clean polish and scrub (and pack) the inside all ready for the off thursday morning

trust me it looks 100 % better, even my mum said :thumbup:

 

[luke]

Thats lookin real good, i love the stance of your bus by the way, its spot on!

 

[Benyon]

to me its the bumpers that stand out as the wrong colour... :hang:

 

[dubscum]

i don't like dark bumpers and i think the white shows how low it is, but it is a bit bright might go for an off white

 

[mcvw]

I don't normally go for different coloured grills, but it looks good to me.

 

[PinkPanther]

Yep only got one samoyed now, would love number of your man in donnington pm me with details. Would like a closer look of your ride if poss? 8) 8) :mrgreen:

 

[Tiki-Al]

you are mental

this bus is mental

love it :mrgreen:

 

[dubscum]

would like to thank you for all you comments:

daylight pictures, monobrowe ? i do like it again now but not told the mrs i've also packed my tools and a few different colour rattle cans, might even come back different again

the cards were a bit mucky

cleaned up to a line to make sure i was doing something

received the final custion today.
sex ?

gonna get the fronts done when i'm back and all the cards too

the final piece of the jigsaw ......... for now anyway, i'll properly tip the box upside down and start again next week

thats it times up put your pencils down. Were off in the morning, carry on camping :cheers:

 

[STUMP]

Luv it !!! the cream walls will make the wheels stand out better and get the brown steelies noticed This will also bring the colour of the bumpers into play....could try a little brown pinstriping around corners of bumpers so they don't look so bright ???? But its your bus and its up to u 8) 8)

 

[dubscum]

toured cornwall. 962 miles in 7 days in a slammed bus with a ****** drivers seat ..... my back hurts. thirsty fuckers aren't they

 

[dubscum]

got the staff on building up the awning for the first time without instructions .....

base camp

tarted up the cool box

then got our cook on

WIN !

LOL cleaned it and them inside, seals are the best

the classic watergate bay shot

snapped a awning pole ............ nowt a bit of tape won't fix

 

[dubscum]

stayed at a camp site between 2 fishing village's .. neighbours looked cool.

as for all the you can't enjoy a narrowed slammed bus ... what ?

another site, might have scraped off a few sites but i like that ****

got loads more but its been a long day, i'll done some more updating another day