Paras bus resto

I may let this cure and then put it back on the van
Once the vans all in one colour I can go back over panels and tidy it up a bit.
Otherwise If I keep redoing panels I’ll just be chasing my tail.

The aim was to get the corrosion treated and get the bodywork sealed up against the weather
I’ve achieved that.

It’s just bits like this that are annoying

 

keep at it Para, top job as always
I think you have the best idea get all the panels on then sort out the small patches as needed

 

I couldn’t help myself
Yesterday before it was fully dry but had started to skin over.
I picked the bits out of it pressed the paint down where the reactions were
And rolled over it again
It’s not perfect but better than it was so I’m happy to leave it for now.

 

Now to clean up 40 years worth of gunk and grime

 

check the little spring at the bottom, looks broken, makes the door difficult to lock and unlock

 

Spring A

Or spring B ?

 

C

 

I’ll take a look when I scrub it up
It’s soaking in white spirit at the moment.

 

All cleaned up and happy to report that the spring is present and functional

 

I need to refurb my quarter light frames
Has anyone replaced these rivets and if so how did you go about it?

 

Been aluminium I’d imagine they will peen over using a large pin punch and a hammer?

Also this one the rivet seems hollow at the bottom so I’d imagine I’d need a domed punch of some sort

 

the Pivot hinge has a fibre washer between it , I would clean the original up without splitting it if you can, it’s tricky to get the hinges to work with the new rivets

 

I machined my own brass hollow pivot pin and just used a ball bearing and a pair of mole grips to splay the bottom out

 

I need to replace the seal

 

Nicely done and not as likely to seize up I’d imagine

 

Is it tricky because it’s hard to get the correct tension when splaying the end of the rivet?

 

Yeah exactly, the new rivet is aluminium too

 

I take the rivets out of the frame, easy to hide that way

 

That sounds good to me
Can you recall what size rivets they are?