A good start to the New Year on the Baja. Seam sealed and Raptor coated the underside, framehead and framehorns. Colour coded in Savannah Biege, or as Max always calls it “Bundy Biege” 😳
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Finished up the passenger seat back today and did a trial fit. Love how these have come out. A lot more complex than any of the other seats I’ve done so far but well worth it!
Sometimes things don’t quite go to plan.
After epoxy priming the chassis last Friday I was planning to seam seal the whole chassis the next day, only to find the paint was covered in wrinkles and was still wet in places. Thinking that perhaps the cold weather might’ve affected it I left it to harden for a week.
When I went down Friday the paint was still wet so I knew something had gone horribly wrong. I double checked the data sheets and discovered that my paint supplier had sent me the wrong hardener! My chassis was coated in a useless mess.
Cue 2 days of stripping the gloop off with a wire wheel and repriming it with some of the old epoxy primer I had left over from the van.
I’ll now erase this whole fiasco from my memory.
Chassis all epoxy primed today. Always nice to start getting some paint onto things.
Turkey keeping me company today, he’s a big lad!
Making a start on reupholstering the baja’s MX5 seats this week. Passenger base is done and test fitted to the cushion. Just need to hog ring them to the frames once the back is done.
A few pics from the shot blasters today. Picking up the chassis tomorrow and into primer on Friday! Can’t wait.
A very wet day today! Stream in the forest burst its banks so ended up cycling through 1ft of water. Stupidly ignored a road closed sign on the way home and hit 18inches or so of flood water! 😳
On the plus side I got the front beam all stripped down ready to clean up and add some reinforcement to.
Back at my day job this week after 4 weeks furlough.
I managed to get a huge amount done on the bug over the last month, to the point that the chassis is nearly ready for some paint. Dropped off at Metalblast today for shot blasting, ready for me to epoxy it when I get it back.
Last upholstery job for the baja; the front seats.
Max and B are happy that they’re comfy, and they fit me well too.
Further fabrication and welding for the bus gearbox today.
Framehorns clearanced to make room for the output shafts (it’s a big boy!)
Rear mounts welded to the framehorns.
Plate fabricated and front mount welded to it so I can use the original mounting bolts to attach it to the chassis (plate made from 3mm steel which is hard work bending!)
