Paras bus resto

The original stuff is always better

 

I won’t disagree with that

I suppose always being skint and a adapt and overcome approach
Has forced my path into restoring or making good

It’s not an easy path though

 

Cracking job. It looks like you're getting a bit of energy back, hope that's a good sign?

 

Cab door has gone back on

 

That shows how good the new colour is. Keep going

 

One step forward three steps back ffs
I lifted the poptop to find this


So that and the canvas have now been removed and I’m going to have to try and remove the skylight without breaking it and re seal it.

 

You could leave it off altogether and put a big square patch over the hole. Or a piece of perspex

 

That thought has crossed my mind
But hopefully the skylight will stay in one piece as I like having the ventilation it provides when open.

 

Steel d frame painted and the opening cab door quarter light reassembled and fitted with new seals.
God that was a fiddly job

 

The satin black compliments the green so much better than the bright anodised original finish

 

I’ve cleaned all the dry grease and muck out of the cab door window mechanism
Regreased it and given the exterior of it all a brush over with cavity wax.
It’s silky smooth now and should give many more years of service.




Also whilst the cab door is bare I’ve had a good daub into the nooks and crannies and a brush round with the cavity wax

 

Window,mechanism and all the seals,trim etc along with the mirror have gone back on.

 

What grease did you use for the winder mech? I cleaned all the old crappy stuff out of the ones on my bug but forgot to add new.

 

Just some cv grease I had spare

 

I suppose anything is better than nothing. Just wish i'd remembered before i installed them and the glass.

 

My cab door catch is fouling the b pillar ever so slightly

How much clearance should there be?
Do I need to shim between the door hinges and the hinge mounts on the van to move the rear edge of the door further away from the b pillar?

 

Hit the lock dead square into the door , had to do it 100s of times

 

Hit this bit?

 

Yeah that bit