iain's 55 kombi resto
chassis number 20-121-111

I bought the bus from point break international. it was imported from Finland. I'm still to find out exact details on it, but know its a march 1955 (non-barn door). Now undergoing resto at my home near Market Harborough. It's left hand drive, cargo doors on the left. Standard micro bus interior.16" wheels, same as barn door. Needs a fair bit of welding. Going for the resto cal style. slammed, polished empi 5's, roof racks etc think it will be original blue and white. So far have stripped it down to the bare rolling shell. any day its going for a full blasting to remove any traces of rust and to leave me with good metal to weld to. Will be doing nearly all the work my self as have been in the body trade since I left school.

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Here is the latest pictures.  Shots of the bus returning after blasting and cutting the old floor out and fitting the nice new one. This includes, new complete cargo floor, 3 new top hats, 3 new tee piece cross sections, 6 new outriggers, 4 new jacking points, 2 new inner sills, and the 2 floor pan halves. the loading door side, outer sill, b post lower skin, small lower quarter panel, the forward closing panel and bulkhead lower corner sections.

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