O/S Middle sill welded in over the weekend. Next up some minor repairs to the rear wheel housing.
Entries by Jim Ley
Fitting a Bay floor pan (O/S)
It’s taken nearly 6 months since removing the original floor pans which had seen better days, but today finally saw the first floor pan go in. Step 1: Arse around for 20 minutes getting the thing to fit: Step 2: Weld that sucker in: And all finished. Middle sill on that side and rear wheel […]
jamesley: Obligatory twat in a van picture before and after the chassis rebuild. Floor is ready for tomorrow too! #bilthamber #iriscamper #vwcamper #vwbus
Two coats of epoxy mastic on the chassis tonight. Nice and shiny!
Zinc primed all of the chassis bits I’ve been working on. Epoxy on tomorrow then first floor pan in at the weekend! A long night made easier by fresh pizza at home from Max.
Final repair around the rear torsion beam. Now to paint all the chassis!
Chassis before and after
jamesley: Before and after of the work thus far on the chassis restoration. #vwbus #vwcamper #iriscamper
Final floor prep
Some more chassis fun from over the last few weeks. I decided to finish off the chassis work before the floor goes in and I’m glad I did. Annoyingly I had to remove the brake cable guide tube I’d welded in as access would’ve been awkward (it only takes a little while to unpick it […]
Rear torsion bar cone and more floor support prep
Todays efforts. Welded in the cone section that strengthens the rear torsion bar. It was a bit of pig getting the welding torch in position for some of it and the welds could’ve been a little neater but the penetration is good. I’ve drilled a hole in it so I can cavity wax it and […]
Loom tabs and floor paint
I’ve welded on two new tabs for securing the wiring loom to the chassis: Given the floor another coat of zinc primer and a first coat of epoxy mastic. The mastic went on much better this time; I think last time I didn’t thin sufficiently and had the inlet pressure too low. Starting to look […]
