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Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:56 am
by 1958kafer
Super clean mate, you must be really happy with the progress. It will be on the road before you know it!
Was it an SA bus?
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:10 pm
by Kombiiknut
Looking shit hot Matt..
Can't wait for the paint
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:31 pm
by splitthis
Fully prepped und masked off the bus ready for epoxy and paint tomorrow….weather might fuck us but we will wait and see.
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Temporary booth ready to roll. Just need a bit more light.
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1958kafer wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:56 am
Super clean mate, you must be really happy with the progress. It will be on the road before you know it!
Was it an SA bus?
Thanks mate, Morts found it in Mclaren Vale, I don’t know much about its history other than that.
Kombiiknut wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:10 pm
Looking shit hot Matt..
Can't wait for the paint
Me either mate, it’s been a long time coming.
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:37 pm
by splitthis
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:43 pm
by rusty 55
Looks killer mate, great work
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:55 pm
by red hot bus
Are you painting in your good going out flanny?
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:01 pm
by splitthis
red hot bus wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:55 pm
Are you painting in your good going out flanny?
Don’t be silly, I’m not a monster. This is reno flanny 3/7. It is one of the nicer ones though.
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 6:16 pm
by splitthis
Started by stripping the roof back today, unfortunately the blaster had laid the etch on thick as hell so was hard work getting it off even with three guys on the job. Then when the etch was finally off there was rust under it so had to treat the metal before painting.
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Thanks again to Wiz for helping out for the last couple of weeks. I probably should have got more done but the guys a bit slow around the garage
. Was great fun learning a few more tricks from the Wiz, this bus will definitely be done before he’s dead.
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:54 pm
by rusty 55
Great work guys
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:41 pm
by Kombiiknut
So good Matt
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:27 am
by Cheeseboard
Cheeseboard wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:47 am
Just done some reminiscing about life.
You bought this bus Matt in 2012 after a “3-4 year search” takes it back to 2008 worse case scenario.
In that time, I’ve had four dogs (two died of old age and one from being kicked in the head by a cow) but we only ever had one dog at a time. The current dog is two years old.
How many more dogs have to die before this bus is on the road Matt!
Stuff Wiz, has the dog got chance still!
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 4:13 pm
by splitthis
Wiz has left the building. I’ve been flying solo trying to remember everything Wiz taught me.
Front of the bus back to bare metal all the way up to the roof
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Then I had a couple of hours today to rust convert, mask and paint. 3 coats of epoxy on, still no runs
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That will be it for a week, we’re of to Singapore for the F1, I think I’ll get a day or two in the garage when we get back to try and get the sides in epoxy.
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:43 am
by splitthis
Sorry for no updates for a bit. No work on the body but lots of top secret work on the engine/shroud and tinware. Nursing a couple of busted ribs at the moment So no body work but making progress all the same.
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Looking to get stuck into filler work after Christmas and get this thing in paint next year, even if it’s just to prove Cheeseboard wrong.
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:47 am
by splitthis
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fuck me, turn your phone upside down
Re: 60 11 window
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:21 pm
by Cheeseboard
splitthis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:31 am
2 years? Surely. The house is 70% done, when it’s all finished I’m going to take a chunk of leave and just finish the bus off. A solid month of working on it every day and i should be able to get it in paint.
Just reminiscing