So the Moth has been in the bodyshop a while now and although I've been for visits I wasn't taking any pictures as they said they would and they did and I've finally got them so here goes. Previously there was a terrible repair to the floor under the accelerator pedal, this has been sorted. The windscreen repair is also coming along nicely All new metal to be filled and sanded New seat belt mounts There's loads more but Photobucket hasn't picked them all up so I'll reload and post some more later.
The offside rear wheel arch removed And back again I'm having trouble uploading pictures of the front wheel arches removed but it heres one replaced The front windscreen with some filler on and a front wheel arch a bit further along, apologies for the random order of pictures but Photobucket is really playing up And the nearside rear wheel arch back to metal a little bit of welding required A little bit of welding done And another new panel I can only see the URL's not the pictures while posting so I'll stop and see what I've posted, if you've posted up any pictures on here you'll know what I mean!
I posted up 2 pictures of the rusty sill this is the sill repaired And one of the cargo door And Wayne with a hammer and chisel Another back to metal snap, there was a lot of filler which is being replaced with all ne w metal, amazing really as I had no idea a lot of it was there More of the same
It's definitely coming along and I'm hoping to have it back mid June to try and have it usable for camping mid July This was the worst side so I'm hoping to see all the van in primer soon
The van had deluxe seals on the side windows which I like so I thought I'd go for this all round, nice easy job I've seen it on Youtube..... So on with the windscreen seal so far so good It was a tight fit but not too difficult You woudn't think it but this was hours later around midnight and for some reason I'm the only one still up, how can anyone sleep when it's only half done Well I wish I had because about 5 minutes later I got a little heavy handed and heard a sharp cracking noise like a windsreen cracking, amazingly it all looked fine but it wasn't there was a hairline crack top to bottom, I was feeling pretty down and fed up wondering if I should be bothering with it all. I'm also trying to fit in building a car port to protect it when it comes home. I left it for a few days and then decided to crack on but that's easier said than done when none of the usual suspects will deliver a windscreen. I figured there was nothing to lose by trying a regular windscreen supplier and hey presto, I had a new screen delivered for £100, it wasn't quite hey presto as the next day delivery was for a T25 which my wife accepted and it took over a week to sort out the exchange. So I started again and although it still took me hours more than it should of as the guy on Youtube does it in 10 minutes I finally have the front and back glass fitted with deluxe metal trim inserts The front and the back
I was able to pop down to the garage for a visit today and the filling and sanding has started on the drivers side Fingers crossed they can start painting the inside next week cargo door repaired and primed and a random shot of the van jacked up using the tow bar [/IMG] [/URL]
Thanks guys it's a small team doing the work and someone seems to specialise in each aspect of the job, i.e. the welding, filling and painting are being done by different people. It's a relief to hear you think it looks good as although I agree I have no experience. I'm probably done for pix at the moment unless you want to see bits I'll be adding (nothing that exciting) when I get it back? I plan to post everything up as it's done so you'll see them one way or another. I'd hoped to drop my seats off at www.delilahs.net this week and see what they can do for the interior, as it's a converted panel van standard cards probaby don't fit the off side, but they must be good as they can't accept any more work until mid July when fingers crossed and van drivable I hope to be camping! Once I have the new interior in I'll be selling a full width metal frame r'n'r bed with some basic cushions/foam in cream, original brown basket weave seat covers in excellent condition, the matching original door cards and the rest of the panels which are cream and can be seen in previous pictures. They won't be available until I get my new interior but if you're interested are in no hurry and can collect from Chorleywood Wd3 let me know and you can have first refusal.
Good work on the bus M8, I put my widows in and put the chrome trim in afterwards, I couldn't do it the other way.
Can anyone tell me what the 2 holes bottom left of the van are for? I've never done anything with them but I suppose they have a purpose, one below the boot lid and one next to it by the rear light
No idea re the holes, presumed summat to do with yer bumper. Either way, thats gonna be a fine looking bus when finished Cakes
Thanks Jack, they're not for the bumper they both had grommets in that someone was surprised to see still there when I first got it and went to a VW specialist.
I think they're access holes for cavity wax. When your bus is finished, inject some cavity wax in there to stop your new metal from rusting from the inside out, and then put the rubber grommets back in.
Thanks the plastic inserts will go in afterwards for the side windows but I thought the metal ones front and back had to go in first, you live and learn maybe next time....... ;-)
