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koerspiloot
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 Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:55 am Post subject: **Koerspiloot's 65 Panelvan ** full resto project |
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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
Arrival:
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koerspiloot
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floor:
rear corners 
Look at this!
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koerspiloot
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:55 am Post subject: |
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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
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:56 am Post subject: |
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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
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:57 am Post subject: |
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home-made sheetmetal
after an hour:
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koerspiloot
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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
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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
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more:
this is it  soon more
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fig
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:39 am Post subject: |
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Wow!!!
Serious respect!
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SteveW
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| fig wrote: |
Wow!!!
Serious respect! |
Agreed! 
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crukab
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:25 am Post subject: |
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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
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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
I'll keep you up to date |
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mynameismud
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Where are you finding those clamps? The local shop here doesn't stock them.
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koerspiloot
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| mynameismud wrote: |
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
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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
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cool- those are pretty freaking awesome- i'll check around
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mynameismud
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| Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: |
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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
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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?
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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
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koerspiloot
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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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