Em
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Good Lord! Not dropped in here for a little while, that is fantastic progress!
Reckon most of us are all too familiar with that horrible sinking feeling that comes from tackling what at first appears to be just a little rust hole, but has you chasing rust across half the car in order to find something solid to weld to, but that looks like the worst example I’ve seen! Beautiful looking car though, it’s going to be worth it!
Intrigued by the three-ply boot floor! Reverting to single-skinned has got to be worth a few extra MPG and MPH!
Thanks for keeping us updated, serves as a major mojo-booster!
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Dave, fantastic work but please, slow down - in the time you have rebuilt half a car all I've done is fit over-riders on the mini Cooper and fix the interior light, and put a stereo in the mini estate I am now feeling mechanically emanciated ;D
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Currently driving a Renault Wind Gordini as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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emanciated = a combination of emaciated and emancipated. Sounds nasty.
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The Osi is an amazing car. , your skills and perseverance are amazing. I think the whole RR Community will have a warm feeling when this is finished. Keep going Sir, this build is just epic. Love it.
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Hey Dave! Ive had this bookmarked for ages, but could never found time to catch up. And the longer ive left it, the more and more pages have been added. 17 pages. To me that seemed like a mammoth task. Would I ever be able to see the wonders of Oldbus again? But then tonight THE HOUSE falls asleep at 9pm and Ive just spent 2hr15 catching up with YOUR mammoth task! WHOA! Fantastic skills with the door, wings, boot! Keep on it buddy! And its made me feel a whole lot better about replacing the roof and front end on my bus, at least I have genuine donor sections to weld in .... did that sentance make you jealous? BIG LOVE you beastly welding wizard! Keefy!
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drpete
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that boot floor doesn't seem that bad, i've repaired worse, you are going at fantastic rate, that car is going to look alsome when done
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Good Lord! Not dropped in here for a little while, that is fantastic progress! Reckon most of us are all too familiar with that horrible sinking feeling that comes from tackling what at first appears to be just a little rust hole, but has you chasing rust across half the car in order to find something solid to weld to, but that looks like the worst example I’ve seen! Beautiful looking car though, it’s going to be worth it! Intrigued by the three-ply boot floor! Reverting to single-skinned has got to be worth a few extra MPG and MPH! Thanks for keeping us updated, serves as a major mojo-booster! Cheers mate, the condition of the boot didn´t really surprise me to be honest - my tactic has been to expect the worse then i´m not too disapointed when it turns out bad A decent one is out of my price range so the only way round it was to buy a shed and enjoy the challenge Dave, fantastic work but please, slow down - in the time you have rebuilt half a car all I've done is fit over-riders on the mini Cooper and fix the interior light, and put a stereo in the mini estate I am now feeling mechanically emanciated ;D Don´t worry about it Kerry, it´d probably take me just as long to fit a stereo in a Mini ;D The Osi is an amazing car. , your skills and perseverance are amazing. I think the whole RR Community will have a warm feeling when this is finished. Keep going Sir, this build is just epic. Love it. Thanks for your support mate, much appreciated Hey Dave! Ive had this bookmarked for ages, but could never found time to catch up. And the longer ive left it, the more and more pages have been added. 17 pages. To me that seemed like a mammoth task. Would I ever be able to see the wonders of Oldbus again? But then tonight THE HOUSE falls asleep at 9pm and Ive just spent 2hr15 catching up with YOUR mammoth task! WHOA! Fantastic skills with the door, wings, boot! Keep on it buddy! And its made me feel a whole lot better about replacing the roof and front end on my bus, at least I have genuine donor sections to weld in .... did that sentance make you jealous? BIG LOVE you beastly welding wizard! Keefy! Thanks for taking the time to read all my waffle. I´m sure you´ll have the bus done in no time Keefy, as son as you can take time off from the family. Hope you´re all well, was that gearbox any good or is it still hiding in the corner waiting for a rainy day? ;D that boot floor doesn't seem that bad, i've repaired worse, you are going at fantastic rate, that car is going to look alsome when done Cheers Pete, that´s what i keep saying to myself everytime i go out into the garage Carrying on with the spare wheel well, todays job was to complete the other side... basically i´ve kept the middle bit with the ribs and redone all the rest... I´ve temporarily screwed it all together so that i can make the floor section... I didn´t have a plate big enough so i chopped a hole in the roof of our spare Merc W123 estate... The problem using bits of cars for welding is that they are covered in paint.....not for long though, now the metal is clean and the garage full of paint dust
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Ian
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Cant really say any more than has already been said, the quality of your work is brilliant for someone doing it in their spare time, added to the fact it is such a difficult build and the majority of home made panels and repair sections. By the time you have finished I am guessing there will be more metal that is replaced than was originally in the shell. I have never seen an OSI and before this I didnt even know of theri existance so thank you for showing us all your work and the car.
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Looks like a giant OSI Jigsaw, with some of the bits missing, superb progress Dave
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I´m sure you´ll have the bus done in no time Keefy, as son as you can take time off from the family. Hope you´re all well, was that gearbox any good or is it still hiding in the corner waiting for a rainy day? ;D To be honest the family is good to me and I get a fair amount of 'play time'. I'm just desperately needing a few warm days to weld and paint. The compromise of working outside I guess The 411 ended up being moved on, and so the box is still with Judgie who took it back to his workshop from the Gathering that year. With the bus not having been driven I'm hanging onto it ... though I'm hoping I wont need it just yet! Great update again today mate. Tell ya what, if you can save the sections that have the pressings then at least it will all go back together looking like it left the factory. Otherwise I guess you're gonna be purchasing a bead roller?
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Anglia68
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Excellent as always Dave,very inspiing. I'm slowly welding up the works '96 Transit and it's almost as bad as your OSI but not quite as cool. ;D
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Cant really say any more than has already been said, the quality of your work is brilliant for someone doing it in their spare time, added to the fact it is such a difficult build and the majority of home made panels and repair sections. By the time you have finished I am guessing there will be more metal that is replaced than was originally in the shell. I have never seen an OSI and before this I didnt even know of theri existance so thank you for showing us all your work and the car. Thanks iand, you might be right there mate, think i´d better order some more metal before I start the other side To be honest the family is good to me and I get a fair amount of 'play time'. I'm just desperately needing a few warm days to weld and paint. The compromise of working outside I guess The 411 ended up being moved on, and so the box is still with Judgie who took it back to his workshop from the Gathering that year. With the bus not having been driven I'm hanging onto it ... though I'm hoping I wont need it just yet! Great update again today mate. Tell ya what, if you can save the sections that have the pressings then at least it will all go back together looking like it left the factory. Otherwise I guess you're gonna be purchasing a bead roller?[/quote] Bead roller is definately on the list mate, i´ve been following Ians (Bias) build thread very caefully, he´s just bought and modified one Excellent as always Dave,very inspiing. I'm slowly welding up the works '96 Transit and it's almost as bad as your OSI but not quite as cool. ;D 96 Transit....you´ve probably got as much welding to do as I have then Pete ;D right, i´m off out into the garage for a couple of hours, i think i´ll have a go at making the floor section
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2011 7:00:23 GMT by Oldbus
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Well I got the sparewheel well finished... First job was to cut the old roof section to size.. and bend it to shape... originally the floor bit has loads of ribs in it for strength... so I marked it all up... and using some cut offs knocked up a "special tool" .. as I don´t have a bead roller that´ll do me ;D so I welded it all together, using spot welds where possible... ground back all the welds and then gave it all a slap of paint, looks like that´s one job I can cross off the "to do" list ;D
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2011 17:31:14 GMT by Oldbus
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Oops, I kinda feel like I almost tempted fate by speaking about bead rollers now! They do ROCK tho. But good work on the home made tool, it looks like its done the job perfectly well. Cracking pace mate, you are really flying thru this
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funkyhunk
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You're doing a good job mate, I thought two rotten inner and outer sills, and two fendermounts was bad on my 75 taunus, but this is a behemoth of a restoration. I'm sure it'll all be worth it in the end, those cars are insanely pretty. I know a guy that owns a '67 OSI 20m grey metallic with the original turbo may kit around here, and it looks awesome. I'm sure yours will look just as good
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Holy...crap
Just read from start to finish - I think your next challenge should be to buy a car... then just make your own entirely !
Serious kudos to you man!
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You're like a crazy backyard genius!
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vegar
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Love the home-brewed tool! What a satisfying part of the project - that's a great big chunk of it that's better than new. Plenty more to do I'm sure!
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stealthstylz
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Awesome work mate, I too made my own "special tool" for knocking swages into stuff, though I usually just end up clamping the sheet to a piece of rounded edge box section and knocking the swage in with a blunt chisel.
That roof is really similar to a fastback Mustang.
Matt
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