my 74 bus resto

Discussion in 'Restorations' started by smeato, Jun 24, 2012.

  1. Can't wait. :)
     
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  2. That's an epic resto mate, hat's off to you.
     
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  3. Looking forward to more fabrication porn!
     
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  4. show us, show us, show us!!!!!
     
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  5. smeato

    smeato Supporter

    Cheers bud
     
  6. smeato

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    I will, I will....
     
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  7. smeato

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    I'm finally getting round to updating my thread.
    With the rear end chassis repairs more or less done, the next bit I did was the l/h sill/door runner area. I had done this already but wasn't happy with the runner I had made, so I ended up using a reasonably solid sill cut off another bus which needed a bit of repairing. I don't have any photos of the sill repairs but here is the sill/runner fitted & the original step going on:

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    Fitted:

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    I then had to make the bottom of the c-post, I've seen this repair done a million different ways, but I decided to replicate the original cross section. This required 6....or was it 7? Separate pieces welded together :eek:.......


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    All welded and tidied up, tacked on ready for welding on...
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    Was it only 5 pieces? It seemed like more

    Lots more to come...
     
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  8. Great stuff,Smeato.
     
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  9. lovely
     
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  10. nicktuft

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    Beautiful great to see such care and detail.

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  11. JamesLey

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    I've got that to repair at some point soon so this is useful to see


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  12. smeato

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    The next bit I tackled was the cargo floor. I bought new genuine floors but they're lhd so I had to cut the edge off the l/h one & graft it onto the r/h one:

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    I then had to make a panel to fill the trumpet-shaped gap at the front:

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    Tacked in:

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    Welded & tidied up with a quick splash of primer:

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    Drilled for welding & (almost) ready for fitting.....
     
  13. smeato

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    With the floors ready for fitting, I decided to paint the chassis & the underside of the floor before fitting rather than having to paint them from underneath afterwards.


    First a couple of coats of 2k epoxy primer:

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    Then top coated:

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    From underneath with floors fitted:

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  14. Crackin!
     
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  15. JamesLey

    JamesLey Sponsor

    Lovely job fella.


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  16. Spotlessly tidy,looks incredible


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  17. smeato

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    With the cargo floor fitted (504 welds later!) the next job was to replace the fuel tank shelf/lower bulkhead but the only one I could find was a fairly rough one with some bits missing so I grafted on two side edges & a new front:

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    I had to do some repairs to the leading edge of the upper bulkhead:

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    Continued...........
     
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  18. smeato

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    I bought a lower bulkhead panel from schofields & attached it to the fuel tank shelf using 4mm bolts initially to line everything up before welding:

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    After fitting the new r/h wheel tub, I fitted & welded in the new bulkhead panel:

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    I must say, so far in the project, this is the panel I'm happiest with-the fit is perfect & looks as per original.

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  19. Photobucket, ffs!
     
  20. smeato

    smeato Supporter

    I know:mad: I'm closing my photobucket account & moving my photos somewhere else-bear with me!
     
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