I thought most of the list was done and dusted with just a few odd bits to do or redo? Didn't look that much to me? I'd do the "do's" first, and all the time reconsider the "redo's". Leaves you free to change your mind.
Zed the only bits that will be redone before the mot are the rear arches Ive got two new outer arches here ( i was going to use them to make repair panels for the inner tub) It would be quicker and neater and i could protect the repair better if i Lopped off the outer arches ive bodged chop out the inner tubs weld new inner tubs in Zinc prime the tubs and the back of the outer arches Weld new outer arches in properly The only draw back is the cost of the inner tubs but as jk are doing zero percent finance for 12 months it would be rude not too The other jobs that need unpicking and redoing can be done after the mot
It looks the right shape, the seams are there and the door fits flush - first things I look at. It looks honest enough. I'm guessing it wasn't £10K!
937 views and just over a hundered replies Is it because im going about it the wrong way and people are too nice to say or Is it that people pop in but dont understand what im doing so dont know what to say?
i no ye get k=like that , sometimes , that was a cheap bus looks nice and straight , get ripped in ye no ye want to , 4am this morning me and edele fell in the door from the wedding drunk as skunks lol owen nw :
I always like getting new shiny bits through the post ;D I paid a little less for mine than you did.......no MOT and had been sitting around for 4 years..........I thought I'd payed too much especially as I didnt think it was that bad : keep ticking off those jobs and it will be on the road soon enough. ....I was going to strip and paint all my mechanical bits but I just want to get it on the road ......dont really want it to be off the road for another year, hope you have it MOT'd for its 40th Birthday I know what you mean about feeling down about the work left to do, I think we all go through that stage in a resto.....probably several times : keep working through it and you'll feel the love again ;D
Theres a fine line between genius and madness zed I find when im zoned in outdoors miles away its genius and when im straight and in the normal money oriantated world its madness Diddy when i bought my bus prices were a lot less than they are now and i thought id paid too much Especially when they supposed full recon engine spat the bottom end in the first week of owning her I know some see my painted parts as making work for no reason but it helps my head and keeps my motivation up and im safe in the knowledge that every part of the mechanicals have been through my hands and inspected and treated with love And i bloudy hope my bus has an mot by the time shes 40 as shes the same age as me just a young 33 Easter she will be on the road If easter was good enough for gods son to be ressurected then its more than good enough for my bus The body work will be in need of further fettling but the underside and mechanicals will be as good as the day she left the factory Cheers to everyone that posts on my thread it really spurs me on Hopefully they will love me back for the attention and see me on many trouble free journys
Your doing swell there dude, you'll get there...and when you do you'll find a whole lot else to do with her, it's not the destination, it's the journey that matters 8)
Indeed it was Sir...she's flowering nicely, another week and we shall dry her for pressing in our special paper thin books O0
