Flash's Lowlight Finished

We've now completed the front on Flash's Bay, however the colour is wrong. The bus was painted in the States about 15 years ago in a custom colour which we just could not match. We have used L90D and tinted it to the max, but it's just not right. Flash isn't too bothered, life's too short, so he is going to use it this season and then it's coming back to have a full respray. We've built it back up with its original bumpers, but now sporting a nice coat of powercoat. All that grief and you can't even see the bloody front panel behind everything, but hey, we know it's right. NEXT.

Flash's Front Panel

Flash's new front end is ready for paint after some heavy hours put in over the past couple of weeks.

Chassis Repairs For Flash

Before we can fit the front inner panel, we are repairing the ends of the chassis. You can't see any of this when the new panels are fitted. Shame really, well we know it's there and done properly.

Rust Bubbles Behind Front Bumper...

Flash's lovely early bay from Cali is showing a few UK weather blues. Some rust bubbles behind the bumper have appeared, so we've ground it back to find the extent of the damage. Looks like it needs an inner and outer lower repair panel. We even found an 8mm Facom spanner with an 8mm nut and washer inside the panel! Looks like somebody dropped it when fitting the ariel years ago! However you must remember this is the effect, not the cause and we've got to find out how the water's got in there. Either from an old windscreen leak, or present day leak. We're going to have to remove the screen and look for water ingress.