Rob aka lastofthehardcore. Van repairs.

[jimpainter]

This is the van

And this is the first problem


There was alot of filler in the arch and rust underneath it. The seam rash wasnt as bad as it looked but after its done it will be trated.


Started to remove

And removed

Amaizingly there wernt any other repairs required.
Tacked in

Good fit. Good lines

Welded and sealed

Onto the other side. Front and back knackered


cut out

And fitted. Again fairly straightforward with no other repairs needed.

Rear lower corners are going to be replaced just didnt have the panels to fit.


More to follow as and when

[jimpainter]

A quick update..
Rotten arch and step.


Cut off and trial fitted arch

Rotten bits of step cut out

Arch fitted

Started to repair cab step. A long story



The cab step was bought off schofields and was an absolutely crap fit. It didnt fit anywhere and all profiles were wrong. I tried to cut bits out to use but none of it was right. So its being taken back and im going to get a body cut if i can.

[jimpainter]

A quick update

An original bodycut was used for the step rebuild instead of a repair panel.

All done

Sliding door seal channel was gone

and all done

Rear corner being cut out

When i started on the rear corner this happened.
Thats it for now.

[lastofthehardcore]

wow, thanks for taking the pictures Jim, its great to have a before and after.
you make it look so easy!!
cheers

[fidget]

Are the schofield steps really that bad?, got on sat in the shed waiting to be fitted

The evil things going to be taunting me everytime I look at it now

James

[Plasticman]

Thyre all shy te, made by the same folk, make your own up out of metal not de-lux alcan.
M

[Cruz]

What about schofield front arches? Only other option is to use an 25 year old one cut off a van which may look ok but you never know

[Plasticman]

recently got these from schoies, rick did tell me they was rubbish! but needed part of them, pity the same folks that make such as their slider lower skin cant do them .
mike

[Cruz]

Dammit

[jimpainter]

I agree with micky the steps are crap. The arches arnt great either as they dont match up anywhere near with the step. It took a lot of bending and working to get it something like and it will need a skim of filler. I was lucky to get a cut off a bus that was usable. It makes a change.

[jimpainter]

Righto an update.
Started off cutting out a bit of rear valance

And let in a piece


Rear lower corner went in finally


With good panel lines

The bottom of the front arch was rotten so decided to just use a piece of a repair panel instead of the whole lot. When i removed arch this happened

A quick patch made up and let in

Arch and a couple of other repairs made


And finally had to do the lower corner/ cab step. Again didnt fancy a repair panel so got a bodycut and let it in.

[jimpainter]

Had one last day on the van today, just had the window and front screen to repair.
The side window and front screen popped out fairly easily.
When they came out we found this


The side windows didnt look too bad but once cleaned up there were holes present so i had to replace some bits.
I had got hold of a complete window surround so the repairs were all the right profile.






Then it was onto the windscreen. Both corners needed attention and there was also a hole in the centre of the panel.







Forgot to take pics when they were cleaned up.
But its all done and thats another bus finished.

[lastofthehardcore]

Thanks jim for a top job, all done........now for me to get off my backside and sort the rest of it out!

Super chuffed that the bus is solid once more, if i sell a few eggs i could have it resprayed ay.

cheers Jim