Winnie the poo - our new van has arrived.......

Its been said before but thats one fantastic resto you are doing there. Winnie is going to be magnificent.

 

Thats a lovely pair of unmolested lips!

All too often the return lips are damaged and are real tricky to repair/replicate well.

Its looking good though, and is in a much better condition than the first fresh off the boat pics you posted 6 weeks back indicated, looks like the guys doing the bodywork know what they're doing too, looking forward to seeing this finished

 

Couldent agree more

But please ask ronaldo to drill the rivits out on the indicator housings and remove them instead of masking them

Ive seen busses painted that way and allthough its a top job after time the edges of the paint start to lift around the indicators and allow moisture to settle underneath

 

Not much to report today, had a very late one last night with the engine - heads are on, torqued and valves adjusted - it's coming back together nicely!

 

Camper jam tickets have arrived today.....

 

White bits!!!!!

 

It's been a good day with Winnie, I'm expecting to see a painted shell when I visit the paint shop tomorrow which is really exciting! The white part is done, it's just the brown now. I'm hoping to bring the body back to my workshop on Friday so I and the family can crack on over the weekend. Pat, a good customer of mine who's between jobs as a kitchen fitter has been drafted in to repair Winnie's interior cupboards and laminate - he's doing a really cracking job so far!! We got another rear cupboard from RCI on eBay, but it still needs some work...

 

Casting my mind back, this is what the engine bay looked like....



And this was it at lunchtime today... Now that's a bit better

 

Amazing resto in such a short time - keep it up fella!

 

This bus is going from one most would walk away from to one of the best out there in 6 weeks! This should be on the Telly.

 

lovely job ! making me feel a bit guilty I am a year into my westy ... about 60 % done

 

it's certainly a resto most of us can only dream about, fair play for (obviously) having the money, time, and mates to get it done this fast, it'll certainly make mine look like a shed if I ever park next to it!

 

This must be the most momentous photo of the entire resto so far - to say I am chuffed is an understatement!!

 

wow.

 

Awesome!

 

nice

 

Wow indeed. Respect absolutely due.