Willbur's 65 SO42

[Willy]

#6337

I was supposed to be finished with my welding today… ????

Then the heater tube decided to be rusty…

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by Willy.

[Willy]

#6353

Got my rusty cross member and heater tube out, working on getting the new one in now

[John Jones]

#6385

nice fuel pump punk…. take that shit off.. 🙄

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[mtnbus]

#6394

Hahaha

they made me take the pos electric pump off my bus too !

[BBWB]

#6406

John Jones wrote:

nice fuel pump punk…. take that shit off..

mtnbus wrote:

Hahaha they made me take the pos electric pump off my bus too !

This is kind of funny, because I recall in the old days at KCW when electric pumps were used pretty regular. 😎

I'm at the age where "fuck off", "fuck you", and "fuck it" answer most questions.

[John Jones]

#6427

BBWB wrote:

John Jones wrote:

nice fuel pump punk…. take that shit off..

mtnbus wrote:

Hahaha they made me take the pos electric pump off my bus too !

This is kind of funny, because I recall in the old days at KCW when electric pumps were used pretty regular.

yeah yeah… We used to slam everything too…  but I’m not running subaru… 😯  😯  😯

 

Hey Will…. I hope you put the cover on good….

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Willy]

#6437

Alright fine, I’ll get rid of the “too high tech” electric fuel pump.

 

I tied it it down pretty tight, is it really windy there already?

[Andym]

#6439

Good job Will

[John Jones]

#6444

Willy wrote:

Alright fine, I’ll get rid of the “too high tech” electric fuel pump. I tied it it down pretty tight, is it really windy there already?

Just hope you tied it down good…  But I know you were in a hurry when you left.. 😉

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Willy]

#7127

Back at this one, but this time I’ve recruited Glenn to help me. We’ve got a good amount finished so far. We started Thursday night and I finished welding in my new cross member and heater tube, then ground down all the welds while Glenn stripped the long panel and the drivers side.

 

Yesterday morning we finished stripping the nose,  pulled on it some more, found a few more dents, ground out rust from rock chips, and found some rust though at the bottom. Cut a new patch, which actually fit pretty well, and welded it in.

 

We’ve been sanding all yesterday evening and into early this morning and the first section of ‘do is in 80 grit!! Looks much better than it did before. ????

Long panel today….

[Glennmoss]

#7138

I got a bit carried away tonight trying to make this corner not garbage. Still pretty rough but a lot closer. Finished driver dogleg and mounted the door. Will sanded the other corner already and did some welding on his door

[Rustabus]

#7146

Oh Gawd!!!!!! John has to put up with both of you???!!!!?!?!! 😀  😀

[John Jones]

#7158

Yup… Both of em!!!!  Glenn get the Brother award of the year!!!! 😀

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Pat K]

#7181

Getting closer to shiny…?

Keep at it young’n.

We will build it if it comes.

[Glennmoss]

#7233

After five days of sanding on Will’s bus we finally got it partially in poly. 

Sanding sucks ass. I felt like Sisyphus in hell pushing the rock up the hill only to have it fall right back down. My hands are pealing like an onion.

I hated breathing in the consistent haze from all the sanding and we have successfully covered all of KCW in dust.

But at the same time, it’s also very zen. Working to make a panel perfect only to realize that you messed up somewhere and have to do it all over makes you relax about speeding through and instead focus on getting it right.

It sure makes you appreciate trips like this one to Havasu more

Overall 4/10 would not recommend

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