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It did turn out nice! Thanks for watching :)

For sure! This bus was a taxi in its previous Brazilian life, so I’m sure it was abused extra hard, not anymore :)

Oh yea I’ve been saving up for this order for a while 🎅

Yes! Get into it! A two car is a little cozy but able to get the job done. When I started this project I was in a townhouse one car garage.

Thanks for commenting!

I’m told I am a patient person, I think 4 kids is teaching me daily patience.

I want the upgraded battery pack for it since I use it so often, definitely worth buying the big ones.

It is coming together! 🎅

Seems like most of these busses need the bottom 12 inches completely replaced, it’s worth diving all the way in if you have the time!

Thanks for watching! I so appreciate the support

Yea I have no business trying to tig upside down as a beginner but it came out nice :) thanks for watching Mike.

@@BrandonsBus Yea you did well. it is really hard to do. I was surprised you did so well.

Thank you!

Each video I get a little bit better!

Haha those new panels are definitely spoiling me, fabrication from scratch is so tedious and difficult. I haven’t seen your DM! Where did you send it to me?

@@BrandonsBus, however, it would get to you via this thing. I'm not computer head.

It looks like you have got quite a haul of nice new shiny bits, and that means that there will be more great episodes for us all to look forward to when you are fitting them all in. The blasting cabinet will be a big asset: it's just a pity that you really need a beast of a compressor to feed the things for a decent period of use. Best wishes.

Oh yea I love a little movie magic

I really appreciate your comment, you know both how difficult this process is and how long I have been doing this. Thanks for following from the beginning!

Yea absolutely love the spot welder, I’ll use it wherever I can. Mig and tig generate so much heat that spreads on the whole panel, seems like the spot welder limits the heat just to the one spot.

Truth is it’s as good as your compressor is, if you have a beast of a compressor the blast cabinet works perfectly. I probably wish I got the size larger, but I couldn’t really fit it in my garage.

@BrandonsBus , I have a 7.5hp 80 gallon with 1" plumbing and a ½" line to the sand blaster and I'll hook the box to it. Plenty of CFM. Should be enough?

⁠​⁠@@2JustMe1I wouldn't pretend to have enough experience or expertise to be able to advise about blasting equipment, but there are I few things that perhaps you could consider. It sounds like you have a pretty good compressor set up though I don't think that you can really have too big an air reservoir to act as a buffer when you're blasting. Some compressor sellers give cubic feet per minute figures for their products but don't specify the pressure at which they develop that volume. You really need to know what pressure you will require to blast at, and the volume of air needed. Abrasive blasting cabinets are great things to have, and allow recycling of the media you are using, but they all have size limitations and the type of equipment you need depends very much on the type of work you expect to do. There is a guy here in England who has a CZcams channel under the title of Maximus Ironthumper: He puts out videos on various subjects, but lives off-grid and has a background in blacksmithing. He has also recently completed a ground-up restoration of a Land Rover that you can find on his playlist. I refer to him because he has featured media blasting several times on his channel and he has both a blasting cabinet and an industrial capacity blasting gun that he uses outside for big pieces. He has a really serious diesel powered compressor of the type used for road works (bought second-hand) and a pretty massive air reservoir. He also has the facility to link up air reservoirs to increase capacity when needed without permanently having a huge tank taking up too much room in his workshop area, and where only a more modest sized compressor is wanted. When blasting outdoors, it is possible to spread out tarpaulins to catch the blasting medium for re-use, but not much use on windy days. As for as the cabinets themselves are concerned, it's a compromise between the space you have available and the size of the parts you are likely to need to blast. In most cases, bigger is probably better, but efficient air extraction, filtration and lighting are also factors. I have always felt that a stainless steel lining for a blasting cabinet would be better than a painted metal surface that will, inevitably be blasted away. I hope that these observations are of some use: they are based on my reading up on the subject rather than personal experience as, I regret to say, I am now too far over the hill to take on the restorations I would have loved to try. Good luck and best wishes.

I love my spot welder, and it’s pretty cheap from harbor freight compared to most welding equipment

​@@BrandonsBus , lol, I bought mine in 1981 from the Snap-On truck.

During metal fabrication, the replacement panel needs to be taken on and off multiple times for fitment. Clecos are temporary fasteners that make that process easy with small holes that are eventually welded shut.

It's a temporary stopper. Thank you for the explanation‼️

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Not during the 90 minute dry time!

Split windows are the best! Honestly tho, I love all vws.

I have a mask on the whole time l was spot welding :)

@@BrandonsBus health is first ! Regards from Germany ..

Slowly I’ve put together some tools for the process, thankfully sponsorships have helped with that.

@@BrandonsBus all the best for u ...

Nice! Finding rust free busses is aways awesome

Work and family pulls me away from being able to post consistently but there is so much more to come!

Thank you sir, I really love this hobby, it’s what drives me to do it right.

Thanks for supporting me!

My daughter and I plan on restoring a bug next!

@@BrandonsBus she can become a specialist also. What a great experience for you both.

Same!

Thanks!

I had my mask on the whole time but my clothes still smelled like burnt rubber ☠️💀

They will be welded shut

@@BrandonsBus sehr gut

Thanks!

Bodywork is almost done!