1957 Dove Blue Splitty 11w - 'Vinnie'

h · Post by h » Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:26 pm

great to see another OG paint 57 back where it belongs

4tune8 · Post by **4tune8** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 11:18 pm

ya couldna chosen a better bloke to do ya work
the Ek in the pics is SJ's
and this is mine.......Stu did all the mechs

KombiMadness · Post by **KombiMadness** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:56 pm

Great story!!!! I love the original documentation and that you're only the 3rd owner

Fantastic score, and yes Patina (as opposed to rust). You must be understandably stoked!

PASHN8 · Post by **PASHN8** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 5:03 pm

Thanks guys for the kind words, i'm a very happy lad!

4TUNE8, LOVE your bus mate, it sits perfect!

kombi niko · Post by **kombi niko** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 6:00 pm

What a great early bus!!

DRHEMS3 · Post by **DRHEMS3** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:21 pm

Many people dream about a find like that, Congrats!

4tune8 · Post by **4tune8** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:01 am

PASHN8 wrote:Thanks guys for the kind words, i'm a very happy lad!

4TUNE8, LOVE your bus mate, it sits perfect!

I bet you cant wait for yours to be up and running

I'd recommend using "GFresh" adjustable springplates too. I reckon there's an opportunity for a photo shoot, I'd be interested to see how far apart the vin numbers are.

A good friend of ours, Steve Seres, reckons that the OG owner was his granddad

cheers Peter

PASHN8 · Post by **PASHN8** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:50 pm

I agree, will have to compare!

Was his grandfathers name Vincent?

PASHN8 · Post by **PASHN8** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:24 pm

Update time!

So after much research, the decision was made to repair the roof properly rather than the patch job I was trying to get away with.

Back on the truck, and this time to headed to Sasha @ Delux Kustoms who needs no introduction.

First up was blending the paint and some light filler work on the previously repaired areas:

After discussing a game plan, it was time to buzz the roof back and see exactly what lay beneath the small few holes that we could see.

Before long over 70+ hold were discovered in the roof skin:

Lots of welding, shrinking, stretching and cooling resulted in filling all the holes completely, a great test of patience. Roof then deoxydened and washed twice:

Roof painted, red oxided, dove blue'd, rubbed back again, aged and blended, hard to tell it was every touched, and definitely not noticeable to someone who hadn't seen the holes beforeahand, so very happy with this result:

Front and rear end blended and sealed:

Original front bench retrimmed by the talented Dave from Volkstrim in matching black vinyl to the original material using original padding.

Great progress so far, and more updates to come!

067DUB · Post by **067DUB** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 5:42 pm

Wow, quality work! There needs to be more Sasha's around !

Cam Biscuit · Post by **Cam Biscuit** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:17 pm

Brilliant work!

byronbus · Post by **byronbus** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 7:26 pm

That's fantastic, love dove blue with the red oxide coming thru

warb · Post by **warb** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:04 pm

giddy up, looks the goods!.

Leroy · Post by **Leroy** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:38 pm

Love love love this bus!! Keep the pics coming

PASHN8 · Post by **PASHN8** » Tue Feb 23, 2016 9:52 pm

Thanks guys, to say i'm stoked is an understatement!

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