My poorly 1979 bay

To be honest I am not sure there is a difference in fact I have heard a rumour that Whale own propex! I went to a local motorhome company to have a good look around to get some inspiration and noticed all the heaters where Whale so asked one of the mechanics there and he said that majority of conversions have propex but all new bespoke vehicles have Whale as they are a more commercial option. What that means I am not sure! Spec of my whale electric gas heater is 2 kw output, same as a propex

 

They look very similar so I can believe they are owned by the same company!

Thanks

 

Wow just caught up with this.... well done you, you've done such a fantastic job! Can't wait to see it after paint xxx

 

Thanks tiny pie! Still got a long way to go before it starts to look anything as good as yours but that is my aim!

 

Aww thanks but I have a feeling yours will look even better x

 

Hoping she will be nice but still such a looooooooong way to go!!

 

Well it has been an interesting couple of weeks, to cut a long story short I ended up completely renewing camshaft and crankshaft bearings, along with big end shells.



Then rebuilt the engine and put heads back on! So engine all ready to go now, have started to strip the paint off the tin work ready to get it powder coated in Matt black!


Drivers side bodywork is now ready for primer filler!

 

Whats that extra hole in your rear tinware for?

 

No idea will be plating it up along with a couple of other rust holes!

 

Well what a bloody horrible job this is have spent about 5 hours and cleaned about 70%

 

I know how you feel
It takes me an absolute age to get tinware to the point where i can lay a coat of etch primer on it
Then theres the wet sanding inbetween coats of colour

Still its cheaper than paying for it to be powder coated and gives me somthing dub related to do to keep my interest up

 

Are those vauxhall wheels?
If they are there the wrong pcd for a bus dude

 

Thanks fella! Well spotted they are indeed and PO removed the steel inserts to get them to fit ! Luckily somebody else on here at the beginning of my resto pointed it out to me so I have a brand new set of steels waiting to go on once the painting has been done!

 

Glad to hear it

 

Finished cleaning tinware and have now repaired all the rusty bits and the hole that had been cut in by PO










Have found a great bloke to do powder coating and cos I have got most of the paint off only gonna charge £65.00 to £75.00 for the lot in satin black!
Thanks Daz in Northampton!

 

So I have tinware back and have made a start on putting it all back on!





Also fitted thermostat ready!


J Tubes in place!

Mated up exhaust system to make sure it fits.........
And it doesn't!! Flanges on J tubes appear to be approx 10 to 15mm rotated out of alignment. Of course this could be the j tubes or the exhaust but have managed to torsion up enough to get the bolts in so thinking that once the engine has ran and the exhaust heats up it should take a lot of the spring out of it!

 

Had to lever the flange on the end of the j tube to get it to line up with bolt hole!

 

Nice work

What exhaust is that?

 

Wow - that exhaust is PHAT - it's going to be LOUD!
Let me know if you decide you don't like it.

 

Thanks I bought it second hand from another late Bayer oooop north, was made originally by turbo Thomas!! It is very nice, I am very pleased with it