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PostSubject: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:42 am
well, been a while since i had a resto thread so here goes:

you've all seen the pics of this bus in general chat so i will get straight into the action so to speak! lol

havin cut the rot out of the rear quarter/sill on the passenger side Friday night i treated the inner which was pretty solid with some rust treatment & let it soak in over the weekend.........then yesterday my rear wheelarch/sill panel turned up so out came the welder:

pics in a sec

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:46 am
pics in reverse order?? lol

how it finished up.......havent welded for a while so not as tidy as i would have liked.....left a trough for a skim of filler over the weld line:


gettin there


the sill section adjoining was locally repaired:


some short stitches to hold the panel & allow for some adjustment:

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:54 am
then rain stopped play so i moved inside & did this......

tidy white walkthru:


that looked like this when i bought it:

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:09 am
Nice work Impy Smile

Should be on the road in no time Wink

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:17 am
big dave wrote:
Nice work Impy Smile

Should be on the road in no time Wink


thx dave......wanna finish the inner repair today if the weather holds......its all cut out n ready, have cut pieces ready to match up the inner to the new outer.

am hopin to have it legal by the end of November.......i aint had it runnin yet.....am focusing on the metalwork.....if i start makin it pretty n buyin bits for it i will get sidetracked! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:33 pm
more welding today, joined new outer rear sill wheel arch section to fabricated inner section & wheelarch closing panel..... thats that section pretty much done bar priming, sealing & painting.

tacked a patch into the floor near the drivers pedal area & will finish tommorow.

no pics today......will take more tommorow......as yet havent found THAT much welding to do mot-wise (sorry gunge)

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:46 pm
Impy Mcdub wrote:
as yet havent found THAT much welding to do mot-wise (sorry gunge)



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Welding!! what welding on mine!!


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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:50 pm
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Welding!! what welding on mine!!


There's fuck all to weld to!! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:14 pm
nice to see your aircooled again like me looks like a nice find fancy a swap for a beetle lol
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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:13 pm
been out on the bus again this afternoon.....half the bus underside rubbed down n resealed & i prepped n rattle canned the engine lid & removeable valance in the colour im plannin on doing the bottom half of the bus.......ford ceramic blue.....NO....it aint primer grey! lol




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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:19 pm
Nice one chicken... Cracking on with it... afro afro afro

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:22 pm
Nice one CLifford, keep up the good work

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:24 pm
good work imp, loveing the primer grey lol! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:33 pm
dubberatlast wrote:
good work imp, loveing the primer grey lol! lol!


thanks carlos......took the pic in the dark! lol!

it'l look rat-look in the dark & tidy blue in the daytime...kerching.....multi look! lol!

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PostSubject: Re: Tabitha the 73 tintop bay   Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:57 pm
well.....spent a wet few hrs under the bay today.....chasin down dodgy wiring & changing out the starter motor for a kindly loaned better one (thanks Zal)

im not all there though......after strugglin for ages with the starter top bolt behind the fan cowl i remebered i have a removeable valance.......job was much easier to bget at after that! lol

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