hello all,here's my new project bus,it's a 67 bought from highet in melbourne a few yerrs ago and sat ever since,well it's been movd around about ten times just waitng to be brought back to life,so let the magic begin it's time to get grindn
had a bit of fun with hammer and chisel and got that rusty floor out of the way,only to see that the outriggers that i thought to be good, were well and truly rustn away.so i've chopped out all the outriggers,floor and jacking points,all ready to be sandblasted hopefully ths week if the sun stays out
had a chat to mr sandblaster and was advised to strip the paint from all the larger panels (warpage)so out came the paint stripper (bad stuff) ,gets the job done though
bare metal inside,out and underneath
the sandblaster did a sweet job,good price to,only took him 4 hours to do
cleaned up the bits left over from paint strippn with a paint strip disk,they're a bit pricey but don't heat your panels as mutch as a sanding disk,also doesn't leave scratches in the steel
next mission is to get the inside and underneath in 2k primer
Cool looking ride.
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I have done it to your first post to show you what happens.
Everyone love pics 👍
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australiathanx heaps for the tip brad
it took me long enough to get them on the site,not to good with computers
pictures are a little on the large side,is there any way of makeing them smaller after they've been posted
all primed up
i tell you it's a bitch of a job doing the underside without a rotisserie
it's always good to see an old veedub come back from the grave...good on you👍
looks like your working up a storm, doesnt look to bad keep up the momentum ,thanks for the pics
show us your gates
yea, it's good to finally see the bus come back to life, im pretty sykt on this project things are movin along nicely so far hopefully i can keep it up
i'v got this picture in my head of the finished product that keeps me crankn
dumped on chrome raders
dove blue
safaries
deluxe interior
hell yea
well it's time to start puttin some metal back in,since i've cut most of it out
think im going to start on the floor first
heres a few supports i fabed up
is that pallet racking you are welding in there ?
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australiano pallet racking here,only wolfsburg west repair panels
got the left hand side outer sills in,tested the door for gap at the bottom and alls good
outriggers and jacking points in and sitting flush with the bottom of floor,starting to get a little structure in the floor it's lookn sweet
front crossmember in
was a little to wide,suprised, thought wolfsburg west would be sweet so i stretched out the end folds a little on the anvil
had to make up a section for the rear crossmember as it was rusted out in the corner
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while i'm waiting on the outer sill to start the other side of the floor,i cleaned up yhe rust at the bottom of the window sillls
was mainly the passengers side that was rusted out,drivers only had a little in the corner
cut it out and cleaned it up,made up a new section to put in
tacked a straight edge along the face,so it doesnt bow in when i weld it up
all welds ground back and smoothed out with a sanding disk
was a shit of a job to grind back, specialy in the corners,glad it's done
got my outer sill and some other autocraft pannels the other day so get weldn on my floor again
got the inner sill clampt in so i can get the right hight for the outer sill to sit in nicely,then ill tak in the outer and take out the inner so i get at it easier to dolly up
all welded up and ground smooth
now i can start oin the outriggers and jax
nearly all done just got to put the stifeers bak on the side panel and then i can put the floor in
Well done
Cant wait to see it finished Love a splitty panels
Keeping it real !
hellalulia,we have a floor again just got to grind up the welds and do the plate for the bottom latch,smudge some seam sealer in there and were done
pics still loding
man got skills very nice work. gas or gasless? im assuming gasless nice welds
show us your gates
Gasless by the smudges on the spot welds. Very nice construction work. Will look very Shmick👍
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