John Wyatt wrote:Love this post, roughly how many hours would you guess at this stage before it will be ready for filling/paint prep?

On the roof or the whole bus ?

It'll be mot'd and camping one day

God I hope it will be.

The roof is will take around a 4 days to correct.

Rick T wrote:
Mine's the same, I've tried getting the out but with no luck. I also had loads of holes in the roof which I welded up and this didn't help, as now they won't even pop back out when I push them. I spoke to paint shop and he just told me to leave them and he will sort it out. He didn't seem to think it was much of a problem

Rick

Dents and issues on the side of the roof can be sorted easy as long as it does not look like a 50pence piece, dents or issues with the centre sections can be hassle as if you simply filler them it'll crack or pop out within months ( when in use ).

BlastingDiePast wrote:

Rick T wrote:
Mine's the same, I've tried getting the out but with no luck. I also had loads of holes in the roof which I welded up and this didn't help, as now they won't even pop back out when I push them. I spoke to paint shop and he just told me to leave them and he will sort it out. He didn't seem to think it was much of a problem

Rick

Dents and issues on the side of the roof can be sorted easy as long as it does not look like a 50pence piece, dents or issues with the centre sections can be hassle as if you simply filler them it'll crack or pop out within months ( when in use ).

Mines bang in the centre!! You could push in out but the slightest touch and it would pop back in, now it's just stuck in after I welded the holes up

Rick

Was meaning whole bus and appreciate quite a bit of guesswork involved!

A few updates

The dash section and rebuilt walkthrough section has been blasted, primed and top coated in just a white I had in stock.

Now we can start welding everything in.









Both seat base sections have been cleaned up, primed and painted



The main reason for all this is this section here, the small void under the passenger seat.
Once welded in you will never be able to prep or paint it.

Chassis is almost fully welded





Cargo doors blasted and repaired







They are going back in the last room for a quick clean up then new skins and paint

The seats in the bus were rotten, so as they are almost impossible to find for not silly money we are going to make some.



So first try at making the base



Fits ok but needs a little tuning to get 100%

More welding.

Walkthrough section is now fully welded in




Gearbox is installed and the throttle, clutch cable tubes are in (with a dry fitment of the cables)

Handbrake support welded in



Front cab floor, seat bases, kick panel test fitted

Moving to the rear...

D posts installed, engine hatch panel tacked on and rear valance installed



D posts cut to size



Engine side panels adjusted and ready to go in



Cargo floor placed on

Rear luggage section and fuel tank support panel has been blasted and etch primed ready for some repairs



First off remove this



Check



Next find donor panel

Check



More rot to repair

So once we have repaired these sections we will fit a fully built engine to the gearbox, weld in the engine side tin, then we can fit the repaired fuel tank support panel and luggage panel.

Then the inner engine hatch panel, rear wheel arches, battery trays and rear corners.

Once we have the rear corners on this will show how much of the D post will need repair at the top.

On the road next week then!?

are both your seats mounted to the floor with those hooks or is the driver side with sliders?
nice work by the way.

henk!!!

henk wrote:are both your seats mounted to the floor with those hooks or is the driver side with sliders?
nice work by the way.

henk!!!

The passenger seat is bar and hook the drivers seat slides on adjusters pre 63 buses have fixed seats both sides.