My 73 resto called jennie

Next couple of photos show new lip to the tailgate opening

 

So a bit of an update

 

Borrowed a roll over jig to clean up the underside, this was 5 years ago.

 

Refitted y peice before the floor repair went in

 

The front panel was a bit crispy, so decided to cut the panel out down to the deformation panel

 

Sarting to cut out front panel

 

Now onto fitting the new panel which wasnt as hard as i thought it would be, opening up the returns to the post and then using a strap pulled in nice

 

Changed jobs so now got to move the bus from the works unit to home

 

Got myself a rollover jig and managed to get bus under the carport, trying to keep the noise down to a minimum as its against next doors lounge. top coat of gloss and raptor black finish.

 

So as winter was approaching and the car port was smaller in length than the van, it was on the move again to a mate of mine who had part of his barn where he stores all his lifting gear available. I was at the stage where i needed it dry and warmish to get all the filling and primer on. This bus has moved more in milage to different locations than i have driven it.

 

So in the unit now, and filling and flatting. plenty to do

 

More to come

 

My 2 doors where shot but we set the front panel up with them but after i managed to locate 2 early doors with the smaller hinges but these left a bugger gap between the doors and the front panel edge, so we had to tack weld a strip along the edge and skim over.

 

Starting to get some primer on now as a guide coat

 

For some reason i deleted last post so now getting some primer on as a guide coat

 

The poptop roof carpet was a bit grotty and stained so decided to strip it out, fitted 25mm cellotex for insulation and recarpeted it.