The Yellow One

I was going to work on this for someone else but he wanted it doing yesterday so he asked me if I wanted to buy it.

It's a Cali import, in really good nick, can't believe how good compared to a uk bus.



You get the idea, it's a 7/8 seater kombi with factory metal sliding roof, although rear seats are missing. I've got all glass inc opening 1/4 lights and sliding side windows and most of the original cards

It came with an unfitted 1600 but

Six rib box and

Ecu suggest it should be 2.0FI, which it will go back to.

When I dragged it out of its storage I had a chat with the farmer and after taking it home for 6 weeks I ended up taking it back again to its new workshop

 

So now it's ensconced in its new home I can get on with it
First job free off the back brakes to make it easier to roll about

Stripped down without too much of a fight, ordered new shoes and cylinders.
Front panel is solid but the wipers have been bashed in a bit,

Had a bit of a bash at them


Nearly there but I could do with a set of proper dollys, access isn't easy at the back of them!

 

liken that and colour lol tuesday_wildchild

 

My other one was that colour originally too
It's stayin

 

am a big fan of yellow the first pic i went i like that a lot then seen rest love it

 

Looks very solid.
Have you got any pics of the sunroof & mechanism. I've never seen one in the flesh!

 

Good luck @Flakey
I just had to replace both the right and left cables of my sunroof, £145 per cable

 

Its hard to explain isent ,any rust just wipes away and its solid metal underneath unlike UK rust that's rotten all the way through.

 

Will do

 

Heck! I'll be looking at them soon

 

well I only needed one replacing but was advised to do both so I'll save the other cable if you need it

 

Looks like I sill be needing it if you've still got it?

 

Had a clear out today to see where it's at.

Mostly there I think, don't know where this panel goes?


Wish I'd paid more attention to @Merlin Cat roof at techenders now, some broken bits I think @davidoft?

Cable?

Bit broken off that side?

Front corner drain needs a little work


Bottom of B pillars good though

Felt seal required but no welding

 

That board goes behind the spare wheel in the back

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Never looks much in pics but plenty of work prepping floor and roof




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Been pricing up what I need for the sunroof

 

Lovely easy job removing the driveshafts when the engines out

Both inner boots are looking ok, original I think, reluctant to replace just for the sake of it knowing the quality of new rubber.

I do love my free parts washer

 

Just wondered, what fluid do you use in your parts washer?
Cheers
Andy

 

I'm doing my cv joints at the moment
It's a messy job that would be made a lot easier with a parts washer.
I'm reusing my old cv boots for now
The quality of rubber is shocking at the moment
So I may upgrade to polyurethane boots when mine do give up the ghost.
That bus looks in decent nick underneath


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