bodywork

[eckerB]

Hi folks,need some help locating a bodyshop around my area,or few miles away.The small weld seam on the front wing of the bongo is starting to rust,I saw a thread on the forum where the same happened to a members bongo and he got the rusty bit cut out and a patch
welded in place.Tried a few bodyshops here,and they don`t want to know! Too small a job for them I think.Can anyone advise,cheers.

[dave_aber]

Have you got a photo of the offending bit you can post on here?

[eckerB]

Have you got a photo of the offending bit you can post on here?

I have a photo of the rusty bit.Don`t know how to upload them to here!Help.

[dave_aber]

It's a bit of a jumping through hoops exercise to start with, but once you are set up it's pretty simple.

http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =42&t=9285

Worth the pain though - we all want to see photos of everything!! (even rust)

[eckerB]

O.K. got photobucket,have put the photos in photobucket.I can`t get the link to Westonwarrior,how do I put the photos on to
this post? Many thanks for your patience

[Doone]

I think you look for the coding or code list for the photo and paste that code on here. For photobucket, I think you copy the last code in the list?
Also, you could go on the forum for your area (Staffordshire) and ask for a bodyshop recommendation on there, someone with local knowledge may know a shop that will take on this job.

[francophile1947]

Click on the thumbnail in Photobucket and a new page will come up with a larger picture and a list of 4 items under the heading "Share this image" - click on the bottom one (Img code) to copy it, then paste into the forum - see a photo of DBO below Make sure you resize it to no more than 640x480 before posting.

[Doone]

And that poor guy's a threatened species!

[francophile1947]

And that poor guys a threatened species!

Of course - do you know of more than one DBO

[Dabs]

And that poor guys a threatened species!

Of course - do you know of more than one DBO

You know what.........I knew Id seen that face before .........thats exactly the kind of face DBO had the other week when I got my Red Vee seats ...........he gonna get his own back this weekend when he gets his new ones back!! Its me n Ste that will be

Off Topic!!

Sorry

I have heard Ian Taylors bodyshop does a good job I think hes in your area EckerB !! YBB will be on im sure

Dabs

[eckerB]

Hope this is right!

[eckerB]

Another photo now I`ve got it right.


Thanks for all the help getting these photos here!

[dave_aber]

Ahhh.. OK, I can see where you mean now.

To be honest, that doesn't really warrant welding, unless the rot behind the wing is much worse than what you can see from the outside. I'd unbolt the wing, sand it back to bare metal, treat any rust with "Kurust" or similar, then repaint the area with primer and top coat / lacquer etc. And then do the same to the tail end of the wing.

Paint the area where the wing meets the body with waxoyl before fitting the wing, and clean up any visible from the outside.

[eckerB]

That rusty seam is not part of a weld then?So if the wing was unbolted it comes in two parts
at this point where the rust is.

[dave_aber]

http://www.lushprojects.com/bongoparts/ ... wheel.html

As far as I can see, it is in 2 parts.

Not dismantled it myself though - no doubt someone who has will be along in a bit!!