Miss Slowbrick gets a Dak Dak Bus

Spac

You poor, poor man.

Dont show Mrs Spac. She will want one 100%

Bus update.

Today we took out all of the old interior to start fresh with our own build. We are for the most part building it up like a Westfalia minus the inbuilt kitchenette and a change to the cupboard at the back. The sheetmetal is straight as a die and im very happy with the condition of the body. The main negative ive found is an abundance of small screw holes in the floor from previous installations that I will weld up and zinc to prevent them getting rusty.

Today I got the rear cabinets planned out and mocked up. Rachael took the interior out and gave the lot a good clean. Then she laid the vinyl floor planks on the existing plywood floor and installed some carpet to cover the metal boxes the front seats are on. Doesnt look like much but we are very happy with the progress of one day.

Bus update. Built the homemade ikea slide out bed base. Gonna put the slats on today and we officially have a bed!

No subwoofers but there is a bedding storage box now and a diy home made mini ikea slat bed.

Also gone around putting in rivnuts and brackets for most of the fixtures and cabinets. Never have I had to build cupboards that move so I'm doubling the screw count in hopes it covers for my lack of smart engineering.

Reasonable sized update. Been slowly plugging away at the interior on the rainy days and working outside on the sunny ones. Things that weve done since the last update.

- Nearly finished the side cabinet. We made this from scratch. Turned out pretty good if you look at it from a few metres away and with a squint hahaha.

- Made our own version of a slide out sofa bed in place of the RNR seat. Will be a temporary measure until we decide on if we are happy with the van to invest in a real RNR.

-Fleshed out the rear cabinet some more and it now has two small shelves and a side cupboard. It also has a compartment now for the 70ah battery that came with the van.

- Rust converted, painted and sealed all of the little screw holes left from who knows how many previous owner installations. I decided against welding them because i wasnt too keen to find out what is flammable under the floor of one of these so opted for marine sealant and gorilla waterproof tape over the KBS rust seal that I dabbed into each hole.

- Stripped and repainted the window sills and B pillars in Pastel White which was the original colour according to the paint tag. The outside is no longer Pastel White but the front doors are still that colour and we both liked the colour so decided to spray some back down on the sills. Someone had previously painted the rear window sills with some sort of house paint of white out with thick bristle brush and it just looked awful.

- Repainted the passenger side wheels in duplicolor hyper silver. Not sure what to do with the caps yet as they are no longer chrome and are rusted and pitted. Thinking I might sandblast them, sand a pattern and clearcoat. Not sure on that one yet.

-Repainted the front bumper, windscreen wiper arms and grille. The grille was a bit of a hassle as it looks like its been painted before and underneath the super thick layer of white and black paint was a grille marred by scratches and solvent burns. I ended up just painting it, putting a clear down and calling it a day. It looks fine and most people wont even notice. Its a huge improvement over the crazed and cracked black paint that was showing the white undercoat everywhere.

-Found a can of potbelly and sprayed the remainder of the can on the exhaust. The exhaust is rusty and rattly so i guess now its just rattly and not so rusty!

That brings us pretty much up to date with today! Next steps will be to get the interior back in and making sure everything fits nice!

Dont you worry, a lick of paint will bring the cabinet back into the 20 foot club.

Welcome the latest addition to the 20 foot club