Driver's Door

The door I got from Hans will need lots of work round the lower hinge. It was far less rotten than Morrow's and the nuts and bolts came off fairly easily. My magic fliud of brake fluid and antifreeze works well, but my fingers are stained black from teh work gloves.

Passenger Door

Finally managed to get the passenger door off. Some of the bolts were fubar and had to be drilled. Then it was hell getting the door handle and window frame off. I think the door can be saved with a lower repair panel.

Checking out the rot

Gerson says they do panels for below the spare wheel, and the piano hinge.

Pasco Panels

Bought some Klassic Fab panels at Pasco Bug Jam, probably have about 1/4 what Morrow needs.

Rear Bulkhead

I also stripped the paint off the rear bulkhead.

Dashwork

I spent the morning trying to take things off the dash. I still have more work with the switches and the washers are proving to be really difficult to remove.

Parcel Shelf

I have never had a bus with trim on the parcel shelf, but then again I have never had a Deluxe before.

Roof work

I have got rid of the roof rust and dents.

Zinc Primer

After all the tearing down work I have been doing I felt the need to tidy things up and also to protect the bare metal on the front. Doesn't look too bad.

Paint stripping.

The rear roof has a couple of holes and lots in the window frame. The paint comes off easy, but the oceans of bondo will take more work.

Roof hole

The roof patina is going. There are holes in the overhang and it looked like a mouse pulled insulation up there which trapped moisture.

Front Floor

All the old floor is now gone.

I may do mechanical work before welding as the access is easy now. Also with the rear floor gone its easy to work on the gear linkage.

Driver's side rear quarter.

Nose Job

Morrow must have followed plenty of gravel trucks judging by all the stone dents. Also below his right light is more shoddy repair work. I may have to weld in a new lower nose panel.

Side Panel

Look how high that bondo went.

Belly Pan

All the old floor is now gone and so too is the belly pan. I put it out with the trash and someone took it within 1/2 an hour!

Rear Hatch

I'm not sure why I removed the hatch. I tried to sandblast the whole vehicle, but the compressor did not have enough power. Vicky was worried that I'd be left with nothing after sandblasting. I guess I'll just use up a ton of that rust inhibitor.

Cab Floor

Shitty repairing and the rubber mat was providing some strength. Anyway a little rust or a lot a new panel is in order. Well will be ordered when funds allow.

More floor work

The rear corner is still solid. I guess I'll

still remove it as I will be fitting a whole new floor.