About time I posted on the restoration of my 1971 Deluxe sunroof bus. I got it in April 2013 out of Salem Oregon. Been sitting ever since. Finally got around to getting it going. This is when I picked it up.
First I built a place to work in my warehouse.
Then I bought a parts bus from Geoff and stripped it. Good I did because I need a lot of parts! This was it when done.
I have stripped the 71 down to where it needs to be pretty well. The engine is at Dana's Miller Auto for a rebuild. New cylinders, pistons, bearings and all.
I found bits of rust during the process.
Front floor is rusty.
But the cargo floor is good.
Rust around the sunroof but I have a spare roof from a Westy (thanks again to Geoff) so will cut the metal needed out of it. The slider portion has rust but Geoff gave me a spare when I bought the roof.
All windows are out - rubber is no good, the dashboard is cracked - back to the parts bus. It had a good one.
There was no chrome trim around the belt line but there are holes that have been filled in. The parts bus had a full set of trim.
According to the M plate, it originally was Pastel white on top and Elm Green on the bottom. Not my favorite. Going to paint it Niagara Blue. Alabaster basket weave interior which is what I wanted. But maybe something else...
It's about ready (after a serious clean!) to go into the body shop. I intend to pick peoples brains a bit - hope you don't mind....
Report back later.