So here is where we are at as winter is threatening:
I have gutted the entire bus so I could see what I was working with.
I completely sanded and grinded and POR15ed the cabin floor.
I had my helpful wife prep for painting.
The interior (where it was going to show up) was sanded, primed, sanded, painted, painted etc..
The areas that will have panels or headliner covering it weren't painted. I hate that gouge in the dash.
Not perfect, but good enough for rock and roll, and if you squint you can kind of see the finished product.
So that was fun, my first ever paint job. Next up is insulation, sound proofing, panels and new basketweave for the seats. Waiting on some money for that.
The headliner will come later. I will have access to a garage this winter (I hope) and I plan on tackling the sunroof, among other things.
Here are some pics. I definitely need the cables, and there is a lot of rust to deal with. People have said to convert to a Westfalia top but I really want the sunroof. How are things looking here? Is this a monster project?
The other nasty bit of business is that under certain seals there is deep crumbly cancerous rust. This is bad. I am not sure what I need to do here, hopefully it doesn't require a whole new panel. Whatever it is it scares me.
So that's that, got some initial body work done and did a little painting. Maybe a bit premature but that's ok. It's supposed to be fun right? Now with winter coming I need to find a safe cave for my bus (still un-named) and get down to business.
Apparently, according to Jolie, somethings up with my Generator Pulley.
She's kind of rude when she points out these problems.
And it's never cheap.
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