'63 Mouse Grey walkthru project (Sida 1 av 2)

Nice project,will follow this.. Welcome!

Thanks. Should this be in the projects section, or is it ok here?

UK - south coast.

Been busy on the bus for the last 2 weeks.  got the chassis repairs all done and painted, beam painted and back in with new center pin.  Spindles rebuilt with new bushes and refitted tomorrow.  Battery tray removed and will need a new rear pillar, which should be here tomorrow.  Here's some pics, more soon.  Planning to have the bus on the road for my holiday 2nd August and SPA bus show...

Been a busy week..
Got the spindles fitted, rear chassis painted, spring plates painted, indexed at 20 degrees and fitted with new rubber donuts and plenty of rubber grease, e-brake, accelerator, clutch and heater cable conduits all needed extending and sleeving, where they had been cut off. Gearbox  fitted with new nose cone, cleaned up and fitted. New shift rods, couplers and bushes all the way to front, gear lever base painted and new gaiter fitted, assembled with new grease. Shifts gears, but still needs some adjustment (new brazillian shift rods) New tie rod ends, backplates for front and all drums wire wheeled and painted.

All brakes at wheel ends assembled. Steering box drop arm had been cut in the junkyard, every puller I tried even with heat would not take it off, so I had to remove the steering box and grind carefully through the arm. Some water came out of the column, so I stripped the box. The cover was corroded and came off in pieces.. I had a spare though and the rest of the box was in very good shape, even the output shaft bushes are nice and tight, so I reassembled it, fitted a good drop arm and filled it with penrite heavy oil steering box lube. Then refitted to the bus and a new drag link fitted. Steering is great!  Fitted good used front shocks and new rear ones.

Fitted the powder coated 15" bus rims with 195R15C tyres and put it on the ground. I was pretty happy at this point!  Turned it around after tidying a weeks worth of mess and my wife started to remove the rear interior panels and scrape all the dust and dirt from the rear floor. It is good except for right at the front, where it is dented and rusty - I think the junkyard stored batteries in here, which leaked acid.

Finally yesterday I fitted a new brake clevis and pushrod, which seemed longer than any I have seen before, so I had to shorten the pushrod and use a spacer to fit the bay servo master cylinder. I started to make the brake pipes, but my flaring tool broke, so I need to get a new one. I took apart the rear hatch handle and cleaned and greased it, so now the key works. Then fitted a new rear windscreen with new rubber, as the old one was cracked.
Here's the pics

Thanks, I have been pretty focused for the last 3 weeks
My wife told me this morning it is 4 weeks til we set off on our 4 week trip, I thought there was only 3 weeks left, so feel a little better \:D/

A guy I know who is an old school panel beater came over today with his port a power. I know a fair bit about metal but didn't want to mess it up. Basically the whole pass. Side was pushed in by 1/2" and the cargo doors, pass. Door and rear hatch wouldn't close properly. There were also some pretty good size dents in the roof, from where the '65 bug was sitting ](*,)

Well, about an hours work and everything lines up and closes right \:D/  \:D/

Now I can chop off the damaged short side panel and do the rockers and cargo floor repair. The goal is metal repair done by end of Saturday. We'll see!
Pics or it didn't happen, right?




Going out for dinner with my in laws now \:D/  ](*,)
More tomorrow.

I´ve missed this thread! Nice project and nice skills! OG paint rocks...

Wow, amazing fast work.. and I really like the colour combo...

No updates, been getting a bit crazy last 2 weeks, long days and not enough time off. All welding is done as of today, including rear seat belt mounts. Brakes plumbed ready to bleed, insulation going in, Simon came over and repaired the fucked up wiring loom and he's coming back Monday to get everything working. Motor assembled ready to go in - 1776 sp with stock exhaust and rebuilt 30 pict 1 carb, rebuilt German fuel pump and distributor. Fuel tank sealed with POR-15 kit and fitted. Windshield surround wire wheeled, treated and paint blended, just waiting for a new pass side windshield, as had a stone chip and cracked on removal. Wiper linkage all fitted, brakes adjusted and a load more other jobs done. MOT inspection booked for Wednesday, a week before we are planning to leave for the 4 week trip. Started modifying Westfalia bed brackets to make a full width bed and cut all wood to shape too. Made a rear facing seat to accommodate toilet and storage, my wife made curtains and covered front seats. Now the welding is finally done I can clean it out and start putting clean stuff inside.
Pics:

Took it for the MOT inspection this morning and it passed with no advisories

Now it's time for some paint, bumpers and a camping setup before I leave for holiday, hopefully before next weekend  \:D/

Friskt jobbat och ett snyggt resultat! Men om strömfördelaren och förgasaren som visas används blir det inte rätt funktion på vakuumregulatorn!

Brilliant, and on time as far as i can tell!

SvW