My bus story

[yorkierob]

thought I'd share a few pics/details on the work I'm doing to my T3. Hes an 85 1.9dg and recently had a few bits of welding done as was suffering with the usual bad rear arches and front step


he's now nearly ready for a first coat to the bottom of RAL 3020 rustoleum..at last!
be aware the sanding and prepping has took me nearly a month so far but as the bottom was stone chipped it has made the job alot harder

[yorkierob]

last pics didn't all work

[yorkierob]

[yorkierob]

as you can see from the last 2 pics the rear nearside arch didn't look to bad from the outside but had rusted from the under-arch outwards so required quite alot of work!
I'll post up some more pics as I get on - hopefully be somewhere near ready for the summer

[yorkierob]

got 1st coat of paint on half of the bus yesterday - only did half that was in the shade all afternoon and hasn't covered bad for the first coat. I used the orange fine finish rollers from B&Q and found (after all the loose little hairs had come off!) these gave a much better finish than the sponge ones but as Its my first attempt so all I say is try it yourself

[jamesc76]

be good once its there!

[yorkierob]

I hope so
having to adapt and learn so fast is hurting my head
not to mention sanders elbow

[yorkierob]

first coat finished - well thought it was til I shut the tailgate!

[gaz f]

[quote="yorkierob"]first coat finished - well thought it was til I shut the tailgate!



Looking good though for the first coat.

[yorkierob]

Flooring done

Clear lenses fitted looking good so far me thinks