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.

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.

Last upholstery job for the baja; the front seats.

Max and B are happy that they’re comfy, and they fit me well too.

Made a good start on getting the bus gearbox to fit the bug chassis today. Frame horns clearanced to make room for it, and throttle/clutch cable guide tubes moved outwards.