The buses arse end, The last mile.

Well i finally after a little effort achieved the continued threats of i will finish the bus, well i have! HA, Thank god for bank holiday week ends. last time i done an entry on the rear end, she screamed oh god that hurts, No sorry only joking scratch that and ignore its just my sick sense of humour.

Right back to the actual task i should be talking about the half repaired corner of the bus. the corner had been welded in and it was the finishing left to do, so i pulled out the filler and spread a thin coat on the van then flattened it off to a smooth finish followed by a coat of filler primer to get rid of those in perfections in the filler, you know the odd line still visible from the course sand paper, This was then followed by the obligatory red oxide the vans standard colour, while the Red oxide was drying i coated up the Overider with some red oxide to protect it prior to the white primer & coated up the engine hatch and rear apron, I left the painted areas to dry adequately overnight, Then removed the masking and paper prior to being reassembled today, That will be May 7th 2012.

took a few pictures as usual not sure if i ever do enough pictures really but no complaints to date so i assume all is good.

Hatch prepped and ready for priming.

Rear corner, Nothing like stating the obvious is there, In filler primer this was prior to flatting off, i should have taken a picture when it has been flattened off it was oober shiny the whole panel looked the bollocks, HHMM gives me a idea for a later date.

From another angle, looks pretty good if you ask me, mind you if i said i wasn't i would be a twat?

Panels primed, but not flattened off, cos I've got this idea you see.

Overider primed, when you look at this Don't forget this was mullered in the shunt and i beat this straight.

If i said it was perfect i would, I get the feeling of Dajavous (fuck knows if that spelt right even spell check said what the fuck is that) here, Oh perfect i would be a liar but if it was it really wouldn't match the rest of the van would it. That assuming that you have seen it.

The newly coated area from another angle.

Now we really are on the home run when you get shiny bumper parts.

These were rusty as F**k so i gave them a good rub down and a splash of silver, One was badly twisted from the prang by the time i had beaten it straight it didn't have much chrome left.

Just the catch, Lights & bumper left to do.

Apart from the obvious fresh paint you wouldn't know it had been Hit at all.

Not bad really, Perhaps i should take it up for a living !

Now that's more like it, Got my Baby back just the way i like it.

All done back up to scratch see you at the next meet if ya see my van feel free to stop and chat.

Right then i need to think about this idea, catch you soon PEEP'S.

Oh yeah take a look at these pictures, All being good and well this is the next visitor to the Work shop, Ya just know if it does it will be on here.



Wolfsburg Weed Huggers Lazy Sunday.

Well following an invite from the rocking Christian Peck of the above Mentioned Club A bare few die hard Aylesbury Low Life's took up the invite and headed off into depths of Amersham, We arranged to meet in the Lay by on the Wendover By pass, As we meet here regularly prior to events this has now become known locally as the notorious local Dubbing site, Although the only Flashing is probably break lights and camera flashes.

After a death defying haul of many miles may be even 15! we arrived it was 20 Minutes i may never forget, Obviously we have to add some glamour to beef it up, We arrived at the Squirrel But i have to admit there was some very nice Tin on site when we arrived, Christian was running around in his Hi Vi's vest like a whirling dayglo mad thing, It was nice to see Tom Dunkley doing his bit parking the vehicles in a proficient Manor HHMM. On arrival My self & my trusty side Kick the original Boy Wonder That'll be Tim i call him that cos i look at him and wonder various things like How Why, What did i do, Not Really only Kidding he a good Kid, Dave and Angela along with Sean & Lisa, James & his Good Lady(sorry Names I'm crap) had managed to find time out from his busy schedule with the Road House Cruisers to come along & good old faithful never lets you down, Dave Clarke.
We parked up we were all obviously Hungary as we all made a meal out of parking after this we were settled, Chuffing Cold but settled, Time to get out the Camera and take some snaps.

Overall all who attended i am sure take there hat off to The weed huggers, i recon there was an overall attendance of forty possibly plus vehicles across the event, considering this was the first event it was in my mind impressive, Local press did arrive, Group Photo was taken, Robert Charles From WGC Dubbers was there with friends so some travelled a distance to take part, My offering to the Weed Huggers is his is already in the making for a local annual event Thumbs up for the Weed Hugger Annual Lazy Sunday, and arrangements should already be in place for next year, I can bring My bus i would have been up for Rattiest Bay.

Late Ghias are nice as is any Ghia, But early is always better.

Now look at this beauty, pay particular notice to those indicators, rest my case.

Nice straight Early bay, With Gas Burners gotta Luv Em!



Mon Suer Christian Peck's Oobber Cool Split, despite being the Organiser this was my particular Favourite.

Could be Lower, Not Fucking Much though !!

So clean you could eat off it, Don't think the owner would be overly happy though.

Looks awesome, Sits perfect.

American Racing mags look the dogs Bollocks

Neil was there with this awesome T25 his latest addition, Off roading in the previous few days to the show.

Nice early Bug, loved this straight  unmolested and full of period features.

If mine looked this good i would seriously be one happy chap.

Late bay was clean, subtle lowering and the Fuch rims set it off a treat.

Proper slammed, Stock rims Likes a lot.

Bay was a awesome colour, Sat nice as well.

Beautiful Early Ghia, should have got a prize still don't Know.

This one was a real treat, proper Empi Bug, not sure if it was a genuine article, but i though it could well be.

This turned up Late in the day, suffering from serious sunburn,
Momma always warned, You gotta use sun Cream.

Rear Repair End Repair Part Deux,

Right then peeps, last time we had any movement i had basically stripped down the rear end of the bus and undertook the correctional works to the damaged over-rider, Over-rider is still on bench waiting to be painted. No rush cor blimey charlie.

Right then what have i done recently Lots, well enough, its all the pressure i get from Mr Spike Hughes, Every time we speak he asks done the bus yet he's killin me really killin me. Well i have been at it with the old air chisel and grinder, had a good Chopin session. lots of trimming and trial fitting till i was sufficiently happy with the fit then out with the welder and reality to the immortal words of hack hack cut weld. I wasn't happy with the metal i had to work with as the majority of people i associate with are aware it was hit in the same place two years ago, and as such the metal i would be welding to was a little thinner than i would want so i had to put a section in to give some integrity to the repair.

The pictures below are there to tell all.



Stripped ready for the repair.

Tim doing what he does best applying humour to the proceedings.

The last repair.

The damage under the tin ware that was'nt really visable.

Thats what were talking about hack hack, see the previous join line, like i said was not happy with the fact that i would have to join here again so this was removed.

Old and new for comparison.

Eventually GSF managed to get the bloody battery tray, better late than never.

Old battery tray cut out.

The old air Chissel i love this tool !



This is the section i made up to make good the plate in order to have good plate to attach the new rear quarter to.

Close fit just needs to be tweeked a little when fitted.

The damaged area behind the crushed inner frame works.

The ols crap cut out and the replacment sections made up and ready to fit.

First section welded in place.

Outer pieces welded in place thats the inner frame repaired.

The first of many trial fittings.

 

Battery tray finally welded in place, along with the new section of plate requiered to undertake a proper repair.

First of Many trial fittings before welding, trial fit as much as needed till you are happy with the fit.

Yepp fits inside nicely as well.

Last of the trial fittings now then to weld in place.

Welding Done, Check for sqaure with a suitable flat surface.

So far so good.

Now agood clean up with a fine sanding disc.

Good penetration marks, a good sign means the welds are done well.

And plenty of welds to ensure the battery tray is sufficiently fixed in place.

Now then all thats left to do is the final prepping a smidge of filler and a coat of paint HHMM well redoxide anyway.

Catch up with you all soon peeps.