Not an amazing amount of pics this week, oweing to the fact i forgot my camera! What else to do to the van whilst its sideways...? Strip the roof (easier for us to do that the panel beater):
and the inside cleared of old gack:
Meanwhile Dave is busy with cargo doors:
"just like a bought one...":
Went to visit the paint shop place because we're only a couple of weeks off moving it down there... here's Jorg-Arnds progress with Jays bus (the inside is in primer:
For the time being engine re-assembly was going well:
.... until i accidentaly dropped a washer down the oil-filler neck and had to strip it back down partialy to find it and get it out Glad i didnt turn the engine over with this in there!:
Pretty much done now though:
Pics of the front doors hung and new front floors welded on coming up soon. We're getting there... _________________ -------------------------------------------
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Thanks for the kind words... your bus isnt look so shonky itself now! _________________ -------------------------------------------
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Good Job me ol china, bet you both can't wait to cruize again in the bus
Wont be long now, u will get your ears chewed off by folk congratulating you on your resto! You can buy ear muffs dirt cheap these dayz
Good Job me ol china, bet you both can't wait to cruize again in the bus
Wont be long now, u will get your ears chewed off by folk congratulating you on your resto! You can buy ear muffs dirt cheap these dayz
Great work
Steve
Is that directed towards Dave or me?!!!
Good luck Mustard Man... I wont say it was easy or difficult until i know mine starts _________________ -------------------------------------------
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Went to visit the paint shop place because we're only a couple of weeks off moving it down there... here's Jorg-Arnds progress with Jays bus (the inside is in primer:
Hey Jay, your bus looks good, first time I’ve seen it since the pictures you sent when you bought it.
The biggest problem I have come across is that when the inside of these busses are painted, (being a trimmer that’s the only part I’m interested in) the painters don’t paint enough of the inside to body finish. There are a lot of places that are seen that should be body finish, but they are missed. Make sure that you are aware of the parts that are seen or should be body finish on your project so there are no shoddy bits showing after the trim is fitted.
Parts that are usually miss
The front channel along the front floor that holds the two kick panels
The centre heater pipe, vents and light buckets in the front of the cab even under the dash and shelf
The area under the seats
The overhead air vent unit
The metal divider panel behind the front seats
Under the rolled top of the metal divider on the rear passenger side
Inside of the door, rear doors and tail gate apertures
Rear tail gate hinge area
Just to name a few
Sorry to hijack this post and if you all ready knew about these points, but its something I’m very passionate about and I find every time I get a car and just had to mention it.
Kev.
Great advice Kev.This is the sort of info that adds so much to our forum,Thanks for sharing your valuable experience.... Kim _________________ Live Love Laugh
More progress to report, we're on welding week 9 (if i haven't lost count, along with my mind and my bank balance) and we're nearly finished! Just a bit more wire-brushing & painting to do underneath to start off with... funny how Dave left me to do the wire-brushing eh...
But managed to make it good...
Meanwhile the major progress has been the doglegs and the front floor... this has been one of those jobs thats dragged on and on because we've been waiting on parts. The original plan was to rip the whole doglegs off and replace with the Gerson panels... these turned out very difficult to get and were a very expensive option ($800 - $1000 for the pair, delivered ). The Brazilian shite ones were not an option - Daves (and Pashs's) experience with them was so bad he refused to work with them and I agreed.
I ended up buying just this panel pair from Autokraft (via Classic Veedub) + the floor panels:
The rest (almost the whole dogleg) was fabricated and repaired by Dave by hand...
view from the inside:
and the front floor:
As a comparison, here's an old pic of what it looked like before. Its difficult to make out but basically the inside dogleg was made up of crap tin panels held in place with gallons of silicon sealant, Yeuch!
Pretty impressive improvement, i think you'll agree.... Amazingly enough, this kind of almost wraps up the welding work for Dave, just a few little odd jobs here and there:
... and I'm turning my thoughts away from the major mechancal work which I've done and onto a few details, like a speedo tidy-up, and those shiny shiny wheels, yay!
So, very soon we're off to the panel shop for some pulling, pushing, pug, paint and polish... I have mixed feelings about this because up until now the work has been very much under our control... from here on in we'll be at the mercy of a paint shop (notoriously unreliable in my experience), so who knows if we'll be 2 months 6 months or 24 months away from cruising around again. SUMMER IS ONLY 3 SHORT MONTHS AWAY AND I DONT WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH IN A TOYOTA WHATEVER!!!!
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What else to do to the van whilst its sideways...? Strip the roof (easier for us to do that the panel beater):
Glad i didnt turn the engine over with this in there!:
). The Brazilian shite ones were not an option - Daves (and Pashs's) experience with them was so bad he refused to work with them and I agreed.
6 months 
or 24 months 
away from cruising around again. SUMMER IS ONLY 3 SHORT MONTHS AWAY AND I DONT WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH IN A TOYOTA WHATEVER!!!!