| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:55 am |
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Hi,
I'm from Belgium and I'd like to introduce my project here.
This is my first project and I never welded before, but that's a challenge !
I hope you'll like it and excuse me for typing errors ;)
I bought this Californian 65 panelvan approx 1 year ago. As I began to strip the bus, I
realised it would be a hell of a job, but that's the way I like it :wink:
Arrival:
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:55 am |
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floor:
rear corners :(
Look at this!
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:55 am |
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at the inside:
The roof is a complete loss:
Nose : again mastic!
some pics
1 solution, a sandblast-job:
more
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:56 am |
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2K Epoxyprimer:
I realised that those sidepanels were a disaster, so I'll buy them new
new sheetmetal:
as you saw, the roof was full of mastic, so I bought another one
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:57 am |
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home-made sheetmetal
after an hour:
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:57 am |
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more
left door
meanwhile, i bought this 1600cc engine
A pillar
home-made:
this is how I want it to be within 2 years...
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:08 am |
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recent works:
I needed a complete cabinfloor, but I knew it would be hard to find and very expensive.
Inspired by a few Thai, I began to practice and I made this:
After 8 hours:
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:11 am |
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more:
this is it :) soon more |
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| fig |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:39 am |
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Wow!!!
Serious respect! |
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| SteveW |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:10 am |
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fig wrote: Wow!!!
Serious respect!
Agreed! 8) |
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| obus |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 4:55 am |
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| WoW!! that takes some big ones. looks like it is coming along nicely. |
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| crukab |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:25 am |
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Looks like a lot of work !!! How long have you been working on the body ?
Where are you in Belgium ? We will be in the Braine L' All eud in June to see my son. |
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:44 am |
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crukab wrote: Looks like a lot of work !!! How long have you been working on the body ?
Where are you in Belgium ? We will be in the Braine L' All eud in June to see my son.
I'm from "Kortrijk" in West-Flanders, approx 100km from Braine L'alleud :)
I bought this bus in December 2005, and those last pics of the cabin floor are made last week. At this moment, I'm looking forward to receive the 3 crossmembers and jacketpoint so I can weld in my floor.
Within 4 weeks, the complete roof will arrive in Rotterdam , work enough with that roof-transplant 8)
I'll keep you up to date |
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| mynameismud |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:53 am |
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koerspiloot wrote: more:
Where are you finding those clamps? The local shop here doesn't stock them. |
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:56 am |
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mynameismud wrote: koerspiloot wrote: more:
Where are you finding those clamps? The local shop here doesn't stock them.
I bought them in Belgium, in a local "welding-shop". But you can make them by yourself! If you want to, I'll take some detailpics so you can see how it works. |
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| The Sage |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:34 am |
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What am I missing about the roof that these pics don't show?
How much time do you estimate you have in to date?
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| mynameismud |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:34 am |
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| cool- those are pretty freaking awesome- i'll check around |
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| mynameismud |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:36 am |
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| im guessing you didnt know of all the issues with it...i would be highly pissed to dig into that mess. |
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:47 am |
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The Sage wrote: What am I missing about the roof that these pics don't show?
How much time do you estimate you have in to date?
You can't see it that good on this pic, but believe me, there were 2 solutions:
*Get that roof straight with a lot of mastic,
*A complete roof transplant
I didn't put up a smiling face removing the roof, but I want it to be 100% straight, and I'll take it as a challenge :)
I hope to finish the welding at the end of 2007, so I can hit the road with my "new" panelvan , in summer 2008
Let's hope :) |
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| koerspiloot |
Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:58 am |
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mynameismud wrote: im guessing you didnt know of all the issues with it...i would be highly pissed to dig into that mess.
I was pissed, but from now on, the fun begins! If I walk into my garage, I see a 100% rustfree "bus"(if you can call it a bus ;) ) and I have so much fun doing it all by myself... hoping that I complete this panel so it looks like it was sold in 1965,
With a bunch of optimism, half of the work is already done ;) |
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