My viking resto, Now for sale

Cheers dude will have a watch, but will proberly end up sticking we my current one for the time being

 

Been off work this week with it being half term, so i thought that i would put my time to good use and to some work on the bus

Finished welding in the inner wheel arch / seat belt mount

 

Next was the cab floor

1 hole


new panel stitched in


Small wheel tub repair needed


Repair piece


welded in


Welds still need grinding back but wanted to crack on with the welding

 

Next up was the inner front valance

which is missing in this picture


New one preped for fitting


Welded on

 

Last piece fitted today, was the closing panel that goes between the floor and the inner valance

Panel removed from the body cut that i was hoping to use on the front


Trial fitted, will be sound with a little hammer and dolly work


Welded in

 

Due to the fact this wont be seen once the new front panel is on i just give it a good wire brushing, splashed on some etch and seam sealed it all

Will paint the whole front inner structure with some por15 before fitting the front panel







Jobs a good un, hopefully get some more done tomorrow

 

Looking good now that the front is going back together You will be beating me soon

 

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Properly not, I've been on mine for 3 years and still haven't finished all the welding

 

i would spray some stone chip paint inside that front valance and the upper repair panel as well as painting inside the front panel , before it s fitted owen nw

 

Before i fit the front and deformation panel, all inner surfaces will be well and truly painted

 

Brilliant work...As always...
I thought you had hibernated for the winter and I might play catch up.... Not going to happen is it

 

nice work!

 

The missus has just change jobs so i'm free from baby sitting duties at weekends now so might put off winter storage for a few more weeks yet

 

Got some more done yesterday

Had the lip on the apost to repair where the front panel folds on to, so wont be seen

it ws just the lip mainly that and rotten away


So sliced off the few remaining rusty bits


with a few strips of steel welded on the lip was remade then trimmed and shaped to suit

 

Next up a few holes in the passenger wheel tub


So normal procedures apply

Cut out rot


Make cardboard template


Transfer on to steel and cut out


And weld in




So thats a few more fiddly bits ticked of the list and with the missus changing jobs i'm now relieved of baby sitting duties on the weekends so i might put moving the bus in to winter storeage for a few weeks and try and finish the front end

 

Cheers mate

 

Done a little more today

Decided to hold off putting the bus away for a few more weeks as I want to try get all the front back together

So in prep I've painted all the inner front structure with por15, welded captive nuts in to the deformation panel and started to paint the back of the new front panel

Will post more pics when doing things better than a bit of black painting

 

Well got the deformation panel on today





Ive painted the front panel just need to drill the holes for welding then it should be fitting time

I think I'm starting to see some light at the end pif the welding tunnel

 

Well i put the bus away in the garage over the weekend, i wasn't going to but with Christmas etc nearly upon us i was getting any time to do anything

I'm back in work tomorrow, so will be borrowing a genny and some lights so that i can get some chassis cleaning and painting done, plus a few over things ready for a big final push to get the welding completed next year

 

Well it's been 4 months since i put the bus away for the winter and it's still there untouched, no wonder this year brings up the 4 year mark for my resto, looking forward to cracking back on with tho