Moose the '72

[NickJ]

Well I have finally got round to starting a proper thread about my camper "Moose" which I bought off Dave & Heather who have now become good friends.

This was how he looked when I got him at the end of April with about 4 weeks MOT left and to my shame I still haven't finished the jobs to get him through the next one, I have only driven him in and out of the drive a couple of times

I'm not very structured in my approach to these jobs either :lol: as you can see the new tail gate that I fitted before getting the brakes sorted. Although these have been done now with help and advice from you guys, thanks

 

[faux]

Nice one Nick

Good to see Moose has a thread of his own. I'm sure you be out and about next summer, camping with the rest of us. 8)

 

[NickJ]

Cheers Jon, I hope so.
Here are a couple more "before" pics

I bought a couple of Devon units off ebay which have now gone in.

 

[NickJ]

Using my scatter gun approach to doing jobs here are a couple of pics of the vitally important job of making a new table :lol:

Then I got back to the proper task of getting Moose ready for the MOT. The front seat belts needed replacing so I got a pair from Machine7 passenger side went in ok but thought the drivers side fitting above the arch looked a bit too uneven and a little crusty by the captive nut. So started digging with a screw driver and found rusty previous repairs on top of rusty original metal mixed in with seam sealer, filler & underseal. Got the grinder out to clean it up for a proper look.

As you can see there is a hole that still needs to be a bit bigger yet.
This is this weeks job :roll:

 

[Guest]

Hi Nick

the table looks great 8)

 

[NickJ]

Cheers Johnny

 

[easy]

Nice table dooder. Now is the perfect time to tub them arches :wink:

 

[NickJ]

Thanks easy, but with the speed I work it would take another 5 years to get through the MOT if I started tubbing, the council seem to be sprouting speed humps everywhere round here now as well :evil:

 

[NickJ]

I got the rest of the hole cut out today,

And then had a go at a card template for the steel repair

I went to see a friend who runs a small garage to see where I could get some steel and he has offered me some off cuts and a welding lesson 8)
With a bit of luck and practice this might be the end of the pidgeon dropping welding :lol:

 

[NickJ]

Well the welding has started but is still a bit "pidgeon dropping" like but getting better ish

This was done on a borrowed "gasless" welder but I have just bought a gas/gasless welder off ebay so hopefully this will get better using the gas and more practice.

 

[T2-Nate]

Welding looks OK but check if penetration is sufficient.
Nice bus!! Loving the skimboard-table 8)

 

[NickJ]

Cheers

 

[NickJ]

Thought it was time for a bit of an update got the welding finished and the seatbelts fitted.
Replaced the head lights today as the reflectors had started to corrode, lucky find in my shed a pair of headlamp units I bought off ebay about 5 years ago I'll get some photos up soon.
Still got to get the horn to work though :x

 

[faux]

Great to hear things are moving forward, will we see you and the family at the shows this season?

Jon

 

[NickJ]

Hi Jon, if all goes to plan you will
Just got the Beetle through the MOT yesterday so going to try to press on with Moose now.

 

[faux]

Excellent, keep us posted.

 

[NickJ]

Got all the lights working now, and ended up wiring in a switch for the horn so that is working as well, couldn't quite get my head round why the horn push on the steering wheel wasn't working but I will come back to that later.
So I think I'm getting somewhere near MOT time

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Some nice work going on there - great progress!! 8)

 

[NickJ]

Cheers, it's a bit of a juggling act sometimes family, cars & work trying to fit it all in but I hope to be at BusTypes with a road legal camper although still quite a bit to do on the interior but then heh ho :lol:

 

[faux]

Fingers are firmly crossed for you. Make sure you camp with me, Dave and the rest of the Early bay lot.

Jon