Oxide Ollie '72 the plan ......the progress.........

Anytime of year is Pimms time of year Barney me dear

 

i find getting the fresh mint a pain

 

My plan was to have my bus finished & on the road in 2 years which I thought was being generous- 6 years on I'm still welding!

 

I can see it going that way

 

Ok the update again.... The engine bay is painted and the new engine in, sold one of my fathers paintings to fund some of the work , which sold well at auction . The dub is having his next MOT hopefully next Thursday then should hopefully pick him up Tuesday . I have changed the plan a bit the next step is getting the roof sort and the window rubbers , then buy a winter coat tow bar , fit the new seats and sort out a leisure battery , then over winter the welding then the pretty stuff next spring .'.then the kitchen bed etc ( of course this is a dream and unless I follow a leprechaun to the end of the rainbow and will take years )

 

Actually looking at the plan above am not doing that badly , have got the petrol cap lock ,under dash shelf and new seats ( they have just got to go in) feeling pretty chuffed a year on , new engine , brakes, steering and gears being sorted maybe things are not as bad as they seem

 

chuffin good stuff

 

New exhaust, new engine, new corners, and lots of other stuff done, next on the list is all the usual , out riggers, jacking points, back arches, inner and outer sills, rear and outer vallences, and it also needs replacement carb and driver doors. Sadly the new lock I bought for the back does not fit despite it being a 72 onwards. Carb also needs a rebuild . Going to get Summer out of the way then start bit by bit.

 

Tomorrow's jobs are painting the headlining to get rid of those blooming awful clouds (will replace head lining later on) and you know what that dark glittery blue is getting on my nerves, going to rat it tomorrow until once the welding is done than will get a good paint job on him

 

New engine

 

Could not take the clouds any Moore and point get a new roof lining yet so painted it , it's not great but better

 

Looking at the red oxide repairs I though why not, every panel needs work so let's rat it , after a really hard day of working on Ollie with my 7year old son , look what we did !

 

That actually looks very nice, just leave it like that? Lol

 

You know what I may just do that but may Matt black the cream .......

 

And as long as no one gets up close

 

Errr changed my mind looking at all those shinny buses yesterday made me want to rebel even more ......Ollies make over is far complete but now he is going to be 'something completely different' .....purists will now turn in their dubs ......watch this space

 

Forget the purists it's your bus go for it

 

See that copper pipe from the carb to the distributor? It's supposed to go uphill from the distributor to prevent any petrol running down into the distributor vacuum can and destroying it. Someone put it on the wrong way round, pull it off and switch the ends round.

 

Cheers Zed will take a look in the morning