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58 rust and alittle rot

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finally got crack'n on the 58 , pics will tell all , fair share of rot in the usual places
, yep but all very do able,
is a straight bus which is a bonus!! no grinder has hit this panel too , no hacked windows thank fuck
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Nice. Is that paint faded or just chalky should come up nice with a wet rub. What's the og colour.
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white is house paint id be assuming , real chalky, then the green , then red , pmg og red
liquorice allsots !
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Nice one, love early buses

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Looks like a good start!

Better than mine :roll:
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fly life wrote:white is house paint id be assuming , real chalky, then the green , then red , pmg og red
liquorice allsots !
looking on the computer now I see better. looks like a good paint job on the green so could come up steller. with a good wash and 2000 wet rub :)
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Cam Arnott wrote:Looks like a good start!

Better than mine :roll:
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few more inside pics , gonna leave it as is , just lose the rust
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prob not the stearing wheel , gotta go
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found that behind the speedo
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the front floor seems to be pretty good , looks bad but ill clean it up , probably a keeper
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scotty*85vw wrote:
fly life wrote:white is house paint id be assuming , real chalky, then the green , then red , pmg og red
liquorice allsots !
looking on the computer now I see better. looks like a good paint job on the green so could come up steller. with a good wash and 2000 wet rub :)
yer it rubs off real easy, the paint aint too bad underneath, might take it back all the way and leave it, not sure yet,
if it was original obviously id leave it but if i cant get it back to the red.....
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very nice
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little crunchy
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finally got around to cutting out some of the rust ,lots of crunch, picked up some chassis replacements, now its puttn it back together

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replacing all the ibeams, even the "good" side on the drivers side are rusting from the inside out
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chassis rails are good but need some love'n as well
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hopefully welding in the sections soon, get the ball roll'n on this bus
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quick question, its going up on the rosisserie soon, repair the chassis and floor first before it goes on? , just thinking that the strength has gone with the floor etc has been cut out, probably would have broke in half either way :lol:
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I have just picked up a rotisserie for mine which is in the same state and the panel beater wanted to weld all the floors and sills in before we started swinging it around. Just in case
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silverbullet wrote:I have just picked up a rotisserie for mine which is in the same state and the panel beater wanted to weld all the floors and sills in before we started swinging it around. Just in case

Yep, if she aint got the sills, crossmembers or floor in then she'll bend in the middle real bad!!
Good call to do those first...
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