I've been hiding out, but don't worry, I've still been working on truck.

My last update was on the repair of the roof. Its been finished for some time now.





Treasure Chest Painted Medium Grey, its a master series paint, supposed to be "hardnosed". Its very durable. I had a piece that I tested it out on, it sat for about thirty days. I tried to DA it off with 80 grit and it wasn't even touching it.







Most of the truck is in high build primer and only needs to be blocked down, then ready for some paint. But first, the underside needs to be sanded and finished with the master series silver and paint.

Here is the dolly/ lean two I built. Lean two sides can be swapped to lean in the opposite direction. It took 2 weekends to build and approx. $350 in materials. Raw material prices are getting ridiculous.







Lets get this thing on its side. Thanks to Mike (the BIG dude in the black shirt that is picking the truck up), Vern (white shirt) and Warren (Marron shirt) for helping. And thanks to the women and children for standing in the driveway watching, ready to call 911





We cleared the garage door opener by 1", whew.




Rolling around on pipe



I was lucky and picked up front and rear slash bumpers today that are correct for this year. So I've got some front/rear pointed that I will sell if anyone needs them for their project. The front is all cleaned up and most of the metal work is finished, it needs a little metal ready to smooth it out and it will be good for paint. The rear needs some work. (they are shown in the top picture)

I have everything for the engine. Its going to be a 1600DP, E110 (left over from an old motor) and the rest is bone stock. I'm holding off on building the engine until the paint is ready. Its been difficult waiting. I really enjoy building engines.

Wow, good progress Looks really good

Awesome work!!!

Dang Will, Looking good, you should come on her more often Eric built one of those for Eliot and it has been sitting around, could have saved you a few bones.

Thats a friggin sweet SC, that treasure chest looks mint!

No big deal. I enjoy building stuff like this; plus I don't think it will be my last bus. My wife wants a squareback, but I'm trying to convince her that a 11 or 15 window bus would be cool.

That thing looks nice!! We need more Type 2's on the road..

Love the progress pics... How's the Notch project coming along?

Not very well. I need to get the truck finished and get back on it. The notch only needs a small amount of body work to finish and it will be ready for paint. If this truck hadn't showed up, I would be nearly finished with the notch. Oh well, thats how it worked out. We need the truck first anyways.

I've seen the build thread on that notch, its friggin sick, i'm going down the dark path of GL with my notch too