diago my first resto ever

still no photos will try tommorow
but battery tray sorted rest of mot work cv joints,ball joints ,anti roll bar,brakes ,light all done i think /hope
just water jets/wipers to do and i dare take it for the MOT
the paint shops booked from first week in jan
so now got to decide wether to take it for mot before paint or not ?

 

i know but just thinking still need to register him and if i ve missed something thats oily its not as bad when i ve not got to worry about paint i dont think it will be done before easter unless everyone that lives near me gets there busses done and are so board they need to come and help do mine lol

 

Mot sort the niggles then prep for paint

Nowt worse than having a mint looking bus you cant use

 

Paint, re-assemble, Mot. That's what I do anyway.

 

not many new photos cos i always forget till i ve nearly done will take a load next time i roll him out me and fletch got him all stripped ready to go off to the body shop to get the dents taken out and the paint put on no real nastys just a lot of rain mud a full ash tray and 2 dimes just a few bits to clean and treat for surface rust oh and a old vw key but not for my bus lol

 

finally took some more photo today dent
dent










step just starting to go rusty treated with rust killing stuff there was a tiny hole here after removing the rubber matts at lunch time a hour before the boyz from from the paint shop where due so out with welder to plug it

 

and the troublesome sliding door


going over to the body shop in the morning to try and straighten it out
and off diego goes to the body shop

 

Wow - best pic of the slider yet - it's fooking bad eh? Then again, you never know - sometimes a quick stamp and sorted, sometimes it just won't. You'll soon find out if it's a goer - not worth fighting if it won't bend back in the right place.

Rest of the van's is great order isn't it?

 

started with this
turned up at the body shop this morning stuck the hinges on and

they had a little play this morning before i got there )
it still needs tweaking but its loads better

 

looks alot better mate good job

 

Good job on the slider, looking forward to see her in a shiny new coat

 

there hopping to tweak it a bit more next week before they set about the other panels

 

they've done a good job on the slider

the body work looks in pretty good condition now

 

Yeah I am looking forward to seeing it painted

 

i manged to get my louvre windows done at work yesterday all new seals and a good clean up
the grotty rotten rubber i started with friday afternoon





to two nice n shiney ones



all was going smashingly until i put the last screw in the last louvre

aggghhhhhhhh

got a bit of work done on the sink unit also did nt realise it was as cream cracked as it was




fitted a new water pump and new handles also but not got a photo of the finished item doh will take one in the morning