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1969 Pearl White Westyposted on 18 April 2011 | posted in 1969 Pearl White Westy | ( 4 ) CommentsThis is Mark's 69 early westy, its in for a full bare metal body restoration and repainted in the original L87 Pearl White, heres how it looks.   The worst of the damage               Stripping started.  Bare metaled    Engine out !   All the filler ripped out the front.    A few dents removed before we got the doors in sealer.   Panels epoxy sealed    Engine out.  Engine bay bare metalled   Epoxy Sealed    Front screen surrond was rotten in the usual place.  Cut out and a new piece shaped to fit  Welded and lead loaded  Ground smooth to a pinhole free finish  Roof bare metalled and to our supprise there was a lot of surface rust around the gutter areas.  The major dents have now been pulled out of the front and a whole lot of heat shrinking going on to stop the panels oil canning   looking a whole lot better now!  Another large dent pulled out for minimal filler    The rear corner panel beated and heat shrunk.  Lower half cut off and the other panel is prepped to go back on  Return edge cut and ready for welding.  Panel prepped to size  Return edge welded on.  Corner offered up.  Tacked on.  Butt welded  The end result! We are very happy with this as the corner was so badly damaged we were considering cutting it off to the belly line but as we panel beated the top 3/4 out it was easier to just repalce the bottom 1/4 as it was rusty and badly folded up.   Holes and dent deleted out of the window pillar  Westy awening channel removed and the 32 holes welded up!      More accident damage, here the inner arch is pushed out.   Dents pulled and heatshrunk the metal to tighten it all up again.    90% Pulled out for very minimal filler.  Holes blown in the wheel arch from a previous battery tray repair.  Lead loaded  Front skim coated to remove all the ripples.  Corners skimmed up and now looking very streight.        All the ripples smoothed now with a thin skim coat!  In the booth and baked at 70 before any coating is applied.    Due to our standards the van and panels took more work and time than anticipated Sealer time!    Followed by 2k surfacer primer and a guide coat.     Block sanded down and looking damn straight!  Battery tray re sealed to the new corner.  Engine bay painted.    Vents properly painted!   All seams re sealed    In the booth, top coated and baked at 60 degrees !        Engine back in place    No awening chanel holes no more!!       Tank cover tinted and painted to and original colour  No signs of previous damage or welding here!   Panels primered  Pop top wood struts rotten  Plenty of cracks in the fibreglass topside aswell as the usual gel coat destroyed.  Rotten wood removed  Cracks in the joins   Re fibreglassed with matt and resin   Topside prepped   Fibreglass sealed and painstakingly flatted  Textured coating aplied to qive us a nice surface to work on top of   Painted cloud white and glossed down with a matting agent to a satin sheen.   Bumpers are freshly glossy    Roof rack detailed!  Jk canvas fitted   Vent covers painted although these are never seen.   Panels painted, shell polished, doors hung back on and all lights,windows and fittings re installed. 
       Nice and straight !     Before With every panel badly beaten
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Argh thanks so much Marky for getting this ready for my 40th Birthday. You are so generous, thanks Bro !!!!! :-)
by Chelle on 24 June 2011 20:20 |
That looks one straight bus, i spoke to you both at Stanford hall,can`t wait to see the project bus.
Dave
by David Pryce on 27 June 2011 9:26 Dave
what a beautiful job,absolutely first class.
cant beleave it is the same vehicle,i keep going round to look at it.
michael mark inlaw
by michael beach on 11 August 2011 18:54 cant beleave it is the same vehicle,i keep going round to look at it.
michael mark inlaw
