start of my restoration (now called noah ?)

Oooh loving that paint. Can't wait to see it all put together.

 

Put the sliding door back together seems to work ok, door plates and Handles of for chroming
Not sure if I have lost the captive nut of the back plate of the door mechanism ???? And had one bit left in the bag ? which does not seem to belong ????? Any suggestions ????

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Day of today so made a bit more progress. Fitted new glass to wing mirror. Fuel tank In, suck the gasket down with permatex to keep it in place, new fuel sender in Nightmare with the hoses eventually sorted with a large bucket of hot water. Last job one of the windows broken down for a polish ...

 

Thinking about head lights. Was a us bus so I guess something drastic required ?????
Trim is rather nasty plastic chrome and I trashed one of the support frames getting them out

Any suggestions ? Could not find a thread ....

 

Pop top canvas progressed especially once I got a bigger stapler !!!

 

The bit left in the bag goes at the back of the door – it’s for the handle to help close the door.

 

Looking good nice job,
Question for you what did you use to get your pop top looking so smooth mine is starting to look a bit tatty,
Steve,

 

Sanded down and went for a respray lots of coats of primer apparently !!!!

 

That pop top is looking nice

 

Slow progress Been away with work a lot but back now so finished the pop top and got the engine lain out to start
Bought a engine stand to make the job a bit easier



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Crank and cam made up all seemed to fit nice

 

Crank and cam in, case Made up case no parts left (only joking !) clutch on and deck height measured
Crank still seems to rotate so fingers crossed

Shims and heads in the post !!!!!

If only I could get photobucket to stop rotating the photos !!!!!

 

Waiting on head and shims so gave the fan housing a clean and paint with por15

 

Looking good - love the colour scheme and that poptop looks great! Keep up the good work, we're watchin' you........

 

Barrel spacers finally arrived wrong engine than wrong size
So heads on and torqued up
Plus faffed with the heat boxes jb weld to the rescue ?. not sure how long they will last ..????
But didn't fancy new ones as it planned to be a fair weather bus

May well end up with j tubes later

 

Engine tin on

Decided to stick with the progressive for a bit can always go to duals later ?

 

Given up chasing my last bottom pieces of tin so knocked them together

 

JB weld is great stuff. Repaired a cracked cylinder head with it and it lasted years.

Are you working on the engine with it hanging from the roof or is it just your piccies?

 

Engine looks a bit strange rotated on the engine stand which has been a god send
Knocked up some DIY exhaust gaskets and painted last bit of DIY engine tin
Lots of file work on the exhaust and heater box to get some alignment

 

Been a bit quite on the van (busy at work !!!) but some new bits in the post so a good morning
Please with the chrome took 4 months ! But worth the wait