The starting point.. 11 window

Grantus · Post by **Grantus** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:55 pm

This ones been blasted back to bare metal to reveal all truth.

Am concerned about the roof rust above the gutters. From the inside, there's nearly more daylight that roof.

At what point is a shell "too far gone", or deemed, "unfixable" ?

chillax · Post by **chillax** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:29 pm

Nice work Grantus, cant wait to watch the progress

Grantus · Post by **Grantus** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:45 pm

chillax wrote:Nice work Grantus, cant wait to watch the progress

Been watching your threads Jack, to get clues for the progress!

Lining up Elton for a site visit, to see if he can sell me some roof panels to sort the issues around the roof.

frenzix · Post by **frenzix** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:51 am

it doesnt look all that bad to me , the lower half is better than most.. nothing is unrestorable really. Get into it

greenbus · Post by **greenbus** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:00 pm

Besides the roof Grant, looks pretty good...

We'll meet up and check it out in the flesh.

Cheers...Elton

Grantus · Post by **Grantus** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:26 pm

frenzix wrote:it doesnt look all that bad to me , the lower half is better than most.. nothing is unrestorable really. Get into it

Doing that.

Had Elton's professional eye take a good look today, and it seems that this bus is able to rejoin the ranks of the "registerd & roadworthy", with some work.

Positive news!

splitbus07 · Post by **splitbus07** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:12 pm

that roof looks like no drama's at all. see worse done.....

Grantus · Post by **Grantus** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:32 am

Elton is on the case!

Yes, roof is fixable, as is a few lower sills.

Why I asked in the first post about its "restorability", was because I for one, thought it looked fixable, after reading and seeing all the pics here at DSK, but a few people in the trade, have looked at this bus, and given some advice that just didn't gel!

Thanks all for your positive comments, and again thanks to "Greenbus" for the assessment, and we'll move forward, and I'll keep you up to date with pics of the progress.

Cheers