typography inspired table design

playing around with layout compositions of various Anthony Burrill’s letterpress posters…

Table making So with the Westfalia inspired rear overhead locker sorted, it was time to crack on with my idea for a table for the interior. Getting a table sorted for the bus will really help make it feel like a proper camper! 🙂 Original letterpress posters I had already created the basic shape for … Read more

where does protection end and restoration begin?

localised swage line rust clean up treated and put in red oxide primer

Paint preparation OK, so with the bus roof gutters cleaned right back to bare metal to remove any rust, it was now time to treat the metal that had been affected by rust with some Granville rust cure, prior to getting them painted in grey primer. Seeing the gutters all cleaned up and in primer is … Read more

looking worse before getting better

wheel arches prepped and bare metal neutralised

Looking a little worse Working under the bus, I was admiring just how solid the original metal was, and what amazing condition the original paint was like in the wheel arches. Things could have been a whole lot worse when you start cleaning and stripping things back. However, one of the guys at Resto Classics … Read more

protection back to bare metal

before and after – quite a difference with the clean up process!

Work progress Whilst I was out having fun and enjoying seeing all the different buses on display at the SSVC organised Brighton Breeze event, it was good to know that my bus was in good hands with the guys at Resto Classics who were busy making a start on getting the underneath cleaned up and trial … Read more