At Matt Gills

Matt got stuck straight into it with the cutting discs

12v Battery tray before


Where there is the extra flap that supports the 12v battery its also a moisture trap and it had blister through to the wheel well


Cut out


Welded


Battery tray in, point to make on this is to save having to paint the exterior of the rear corner the new tray was actually cut short and but welded to the lip of the old tray.. matt I duff my cap


New support fabricated


Ready for paint

The rear bumper that came with the van was bent and in two pieces




The patina and accessory lights where awesome imo




So attempted to straighten out and asked Matt to see what he could do












Sorted



It turns out it was actually two bumpers as the two halves over lapped each other and at some point they where bolted together.. which turned out to be a result as Matt was able to cut and shut them to the right length so was able to keep my OG 67 Deluxe bumper

I git a call from Matt saying that the jacking point out riggers had started to go on the inside which was not visible on the outside.








We discussed options and inside of replacing the jacking points and outriggers in fear of the repo ones not looking OG and the fact that the actual jacking points where ok we decided to remove the jacking points and, repair the OG outrigger and put the original jacking points back on

Thats me up to date until Matt sends me some more pics

Update time

looking fab

well done


Mark

Nice!

Couple of update pics from Matt

Great looking bus you've got there,good find.Coming along nicely

Rolling in the summer ?

I really really hope so, Matt reckons the welding will be finished next week so as long as I can find a painter to blend it in and the DVLA give me a easy ride when registering it then I can't wait to get around the shows etc this year. Stanford Hall is the aim

See you at Vicki Farm in your bus camping not in the V5 and Stanford Hall... again
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I was scratching my head by the V5 comment it's only dawned on me you meant T5 lol Vicky farm and the convoy would be great been Stanford four years running but never in a split!

Anyway Update pics from Matt

Floor is in!






So other then putting the micro bus seat mount plates back in and the seat mount points, this side is done!


Onto the long side sill






So basically the inner sill needs to down on the other side too