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13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Sat May 10, 2014 8:00 pm

vwdave wrote:Looking Good. Can't wait until I'm at this stage. Keep up the good work

Cheers, I've been waiting 6 months to get to this stage but worth the wait. You'll get there.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Sun May 11, 2014 7:52 pm

Today was mostly spent wrestling with new quarter light seals. After several hrs and lots of cursing I now have two door frames ready to bolt on. Also managed to pop out for an hour to pick up some sound deadening and speakers ready for next weeks interior build.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by markp » Sun May 11, 2014 9:02 pm

Bloody looking sweet :cheers:

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by chew1973 » Mon May 12, 2014 12:41 pm

Awesome bus!

I think this is the bus I narrowly missed out on back in November, you got it for a cracking price (won't publish on here) I have one that looks just like it well when you bought it that is

Good luck with it, looks like you're making some real progress

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Mon May 12, 2014 3:48 pm

Cheers guys.

Yes, we bought it in November for a very competitive price and it pretty much ticked all of my wish list (13 windows, original fuchs, solid. The only thing missing was a big motor, but that will come :wink:

)

I know we've upset a few by painting it

but we had a clear view of how we wanted it to look and wanted a solid starting point rather than spending lots of time & £ on welding.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Wed May 14, 2014 8:12 pm

Why oh why did I buy a van with 6 pop outs!!!!

5 Of the 6 are built back up, two of which are also fitted to the van. It's been a stressfull evening.

It's gonna be tight getting it driveable by Sunday morning to deliver to the guy building the bed and interior storage.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by NUGGET » Wed May 14, 2014 8:34 pm

Looking very nice fella, your making fast progress :wink:

yep was such a shame to paint it but I can fully understand why you have.
Nice

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Wed May 14, 2014 8:42 pm

NUGGET wrote:Looking very nice fella, your making fast progress yep was such a shame to paint it but I can fully understand why you have.
Nice

Cheers

If it had been OG sealing wax red it wouldn't have gone anywhere near the paint shop. Got a tight deadline so gonna be a few late nights between now and Sunday.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by jayvanman » Wed May 14, 2014 10:25 pm

Dave M wrote:Why oh why did I buy a van with 6 pop outs!!!!

5 Of the 6 are built back up, two of which are also fitted to the van. It's been a stressfull evening.

It's gonna be tight getting it driveable by Sunday morning to deliver to the guy building the bed and interior storage.

I know what you're saying.
So far I've fitted 2 of my popouts on my own but the 3 on the drivers side are a 2 man job and can be hard work.
Communication is the key.
I've still got 1 more to fix and then 3 to fit.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Tue May 20, 2014 6:18 pm

Chubby Dubs is making great progress with the interior,

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by lee c » Tue May 20, 2014 8:36 pm

Very swish so far!!

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Stevo_L » Wed May 21, 2014 4:18 am

looks nice!
but now you can't "walk thrugh"... :roll:

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Wed May 21, 2014 6:41 am

Stevo_L wrote:looks nice!
but now you can't "walk thrugh"...

Going to have some further storage built into the walkthrough area in the front.

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:17 pm

Had a week off so headed to Devon (without the van)

Not impressed with sleeping in a tent

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Re: 13 Window Deluxe - The keeper

by Dave M » Thu Jun 05, 2014 6:26 pm

Last weekend was spent polishing the OG 48 year old deluxe trim. Got a few dents and scrapes on it but cleaned up ok.

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