Aircooled VW South Africa

Here are some before and during pics,cant wait to see how it turn out

will be nice Im sure

Im pretty sure aswell,i saw the job Mellow did with his busses,they looked pretty good,i havnt driven it in about 2 weeks,im getting withdrawels

Samba....it's look good! Really like the 3rd picture with the tent on the side.....I need to find a tent like that for my bus. When's it going to be finished?

Hopefully the week before christmas,it doest need that much work,the panels had body putty on,quiet thick in places,with all of that off,i was suprised how straight the panels are,so you can expect some more pics soon,hopefully after pics aswell

Will you be doing a full respray? I would like to see how it turns out

A full respray,same colours,i dont think you notice much difference,it will have a higher sheen on it tho

When wanting 2 sand down a project car,especially down to metal,i recomend using the SA manufactured SANDFLEX Flapdisk made by a company called Grinding Technologies,its was recomended to me by a friend,he used it on his cars,and we both had great results from using them,it chews through paint,putty and rust with minimal effort,and last a really long time,I used 1and a half disks to get the whole side of my bus down to metal,they cost in the region of R30 a disk.
I also recomend using the Black & Decker Mouse sander,its standard sanding pads chew through putty and filler coats leaving the correct finnish 2 start applying putty and primer,it also has a sharp point on it,handy for getting onto corners and hard to sand areas,aswell as scuffing the paint in order to paint over it,......If any1 else wants to recomend anything else Paint & Body work,it would be appreciated,advice especially,there isnt much in the way of this topic on the forum,i think it could be valuble to add it to the stickys in the Genral or Advice columbs of the forum.

Kegan

Heres some more pics,iv almost sanded down the entire side of my panal,next step,surface prep for putty and primer,cant wait

Looking very good....does look straight. Nice one

Nice Kegan its coming along good man where are you going to spray your bus

The guy behind me sed he was gona organise the use of his friends spray and panalbeating shop for a weekend,but nothing seems to be coming of it yet,im gona call him again today and ask about the putty and primers he sed he will get for me,.....i hope he doesnt hold up this resto,i need my bus for christmas,

I payed a visit to a panalbeater 2day who has agreed out of the kindness of his heart to help get a few big dents out of my panal for free!!!!!!!!!Aswell as the use of his forman to panelbeat my all the panals and straighten them,and whats more,he will then put all the body putty on wear its needed and hav it ready to paint by no later than next wednesday,which leaves me with the spraying and the replacing of the trim,new rubbers,hopefully new mirrors,the valance and a few other odds and ends to do,cant wait!

Well,i just got back from the body shop and im pleased to announce that all the dents have been pulled,the badly out of shape front right wheel arch was pulled out and straightened.And the panals straightened as best they could,....so yes that means body putty,thankfully not that much,and they primed the side!!!!
not bad for a days work hey?


Pics to come,

Sambabus, is lead filling not an option? Does anyone know what the extra costs for lead filling is? Good to hear about the progress on your bus!!!