sharons bay

[plumcrazee]

right this is sharons early bay its a 1972 named sunhigh been off the road for 3 years waiting for me to start her its mainly front end rot as the rear looks ok i will let the pics do the talking

as she looked as of sunday morning






needed to get her nice and high to work on so got the lifting gear out lol





once the playing with the block and tackle was finished it was time to cut out some steel





she now looks like this after tonight



only noticed to day she had a early step on the drivers side and a late step on the passenger side lol:shake:


needs all the front chassis rails reparing as there fucked and the steering box was moving as you turned the wheel


the chassis under the pasanger side






and the drivers side




more as and when i do it as i aint doing it as fast as the 412 resto lol
_________________
matt

[plumcrazee]

right cant belive its been so long since i did any thing to the van

as sharon is away for the week i have aranged to have a good go on the van to get some new panels on it as a suprise for sharon when she gets back friday

with the help of some top mates i thought i could get the front panel on for her so she could see some progress

how fucking wrong was i the van is so fucked i was thinking of scraping it sunday afternoon we all couldent belive how bad it was. thought i had my bad luck with the 412 lol

by the end of sunday i realised that i couldent scrap it and it was repairable with the help of a front end of a bay thanks to toby to cut the chassis sections from and including a new beam i needed

i will let the pics do the talking as im knackerd

as you can see the beams not to healthy





the chassis sections







the chassis leg cut out ready





the new section to be fitted



and the new leg fitted and welded in




now the drivers side thats all the way from the front to 10" past the first outrigger thats no good



and a pic of where the outrigger should be lol



and a pic of the new chassis section thats got to go in




all in all i have never seen a bay rot this bad and only been of the road for 3 years

cheers to all the lads that have helped this week

roadi
mike
toby
tony
grainger
and eaven my mate steve who dont know one end of a spanner from the other

cheers lads much apprciated
_________________
matt

[plumcrazee]

ok latest up date

the chassis has been replaced both sides now we did that last night it just needs finishing cheers si and grainger tied up the chassis section that was missing

now a pic of the old door post





and the post cut out





and the new one tacked in





and door fitted to check alinement



well chuffed at how it lined up just got to fully weld it in now


and sharon came back today and is well happy and impressed and how every one came and mucked in cheers lads
_________________
matt

[stabs]

Nice Work.......

If i go away for a few nights would you like to come over and suprise me by doing my front panel.
_________________
1977 Panel van conversion.

[plumcrazee]

lol i dont know about doing it but i will come and help lol


here are the pics of the drivers side chassis rail








_________________
matt