early bay resto

chuggaboom · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject:

i have a gargae as you can see from the other pics but its not as alrge as your the barns some of you have

in the garage it would be like covin and the other people that use the garage like my dad would be pissed off if the van was in there for months on end and end

plus I work on the railway so being outside isnt much of a change to what i do during the day and all the prep work folding and making of panels can be done in the garage

Covin · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:37 pm Post subject:

Is your garage a drive through one like mine ?
Mine is a good size and a drive through which is very usefull but it's no good for doing long term projects in as it means my Covin can no longer get out so it's trapped in the back graden until the Bus is done

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Bit of a pain really which is why I'm going to build a new garage in the back garden for doing future builds in

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chuggaboom · Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject:

no its a double drve in and stay in work shop on one side so the door is blocked and the other has the pit in it the garage isnt really big enoughas the doors i think are the smallest you can buy

the bloke that built was a cheap skate if i ever get hold of my dads house i will extend it and have it so you drive in from the road its alot of work as its brick built

but i may do it as the rest of the house need barely any work

chuggaboom · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

oh well nothad internet for ages and been a bit busy with work its really annoying as well but work is coming on nicly

front panel is off and allmost all the rust is rubbed down a lot more chassis work to the front and i will be coasing in frosts rust preventor this is a water based rust preventor (dont ask me) which means i can over coat it on the zinga where new panels are in and then seam seal it athen under coat it and the front panel will be ready to go on

not geting that untill the weekend

going up to schofields open day

is anyone else going

chuggaboom · Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

i take it no body else went to the open day

was good great hospitallity got me a fairly decent set of early bay doors for 40 quid with opening quarter lights and glass

2 new arches
chassis repair piece for o/s the bit with all the holes
front panel
so all i need now is some cab floors and i will all teh panels i need for the b posts forward

starting to clean up the underseal and the paint on the inside and outside of the cab getting ready for some more rust killer and high build primer god its gonna look diferent removing all the other bits underneath so its a blank canvass for refitting incluing remote brake server and heater matrix but thats all to come

should have a computer running where i can upload pics as well for a proper update of my slow progress

chuggaboom · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject:

tim for an update with some photos dads comp working now with my camera so i can show you all what i havent been doing god women and work never stop distracting you

new a post on off side

too cold and wet so found some stuff do in the gargae engine lid bare metaled

and with the beam removed i found some more rust so i started to replace the rubish with new metal

and i started to cut out the other side to look at replacing the chassis leg when i have done with the other side did this as i ran out of gas and want to cut somthing

i relaxed a bit and removed the windsreen

and started to clean up the floor and arches in the cab

also mocked up the new chassis section for the extra bits i need to ad this now all fits and is waiting for better weather so i can weld out side

so in the mean time my front panel is now beeing modified to my own preferance

oh and the main thing that holds up this resto

chuggaboom · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject:

just a couple of pics here of front panel has been removed and the beam out

Covin · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:14 pm Post subject:

That brings back some bad memorys for me Grin

Good work m8, you'll get there, trust me. The front chassis is not to bad to do but the rear end is a nightmare to get into... Hope your rear chassis is ok

Keep the updates coming

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jp · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 12:36 am Post subject:

Good work matey doing a fine job

roll on those warm light evenings.

I use axle stands to hold up my resto... never tried using a girl in a basque

sounds like a plan though Grin

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Alex (FTS) · Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:22 am Post subject:

Definatly looking forward to some long evenings-doing a great job fella

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chuggaboom · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject:

well after a weekend of work and girlfriend and a late finish today not much has happened

remember this

well what you cant see is the distortion i got when welding it in its bowed inwards not good at all would need a lot of filler so my dad being the muti talented man he is has filed it with lead

leaving a lot less to fill with the normal 2 part body filler

i have also cut off the overlap where the the lower panel and upper panel fit to together for a smoother look

all i need to do now is remove the bump

i was thinking of preping and spraying the back of the panel before i put it in so it matches the final body colour

opinions and possible problems would be apreciated

thanks and another update soon

famous phil · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

whatever you do dont stop m8 , your doing a hell of a job ,

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