My rusty Lee ¾ width bed arrived this month, as I was keen to get the mounting holes drilled before I paint the engine bay. It took me a little while to work out how it all went together, but it seems really nicely designed and pretty straightforward. Once I’d assembled it I got it […]
A few minor repairs left on the rear end before I can get it into primer. Welded in my new fuel tank strengthener and the repaired strap: Removed a patch repair on the Rear wheel tub and welded in some neater repairs: While I was prepping the fuel tank shelf for paint I noticed some […]
Max came down on Sunday to start prepping the engine bay for a spot of paint. Lots of sanding to do! I have a few areas on the fuel tank shelf that need repairing, the worst being the O/S strap and strengthener that sit underneath it. Chopped out: This is what was left of the […]
Inner repairs made up and fitted to rear hatch, epoxied and then outer repair panel fitted. Just a few pinholes to weld up and one further repair to the aperture.
Finally got some proper strip lights installed down the workshop so I can see what I’m doing!
jamesley: N/S track cover welded on. #vwt2 #vwcamper #vwbus #vwlove #iriscamper #classiccar #restoration
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Second corner on the rear hatch window surround pretty much repaired, and battery mounts added to N/S tray for the leasure battery.
Bugger. Lower edge is much worse than I thought. It needs the entire section replacing! I thought tailgates were still relatively cheap but looks like prices have gone up. Reckon I’ll get the JK repair and fix this one as it seems a shame to chuck it.
Onto the tailgate which needed some repair sections let in around the windscreen aperture and along the lower edge. Both corners had rust holes, with the N/S corner having a crappy repair someone had previously made. All rust cut out: And started making up some repair sections: This corner is pretty much done, I just […]
