How To: C8A restoration in Holland

[8threcce]

It's been a while , since my last post ( could be a line from an AAA meeting)

And did some reorganizing, finally decided to move my HUM body from one place far from home to a new place 10min from home so that I have more time to work on it under supervision of a expert chassis builder.

Earlier I told you about bending the omega profiles for the roof supports.
In the meantime they have been assembled and now newly placed and they look absolute bang on

[8threcce]

Well guys almost a new project on the market, Im recovering from a car crash with a narrow escape.
Now bored at home with whiplash and terrible headackes..

So what to do to keep the project moving, well I decided to refurbish the seats
Nice little project no husle.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Pieter

Best wishes for a quick recovery, events like that can really throw you for a loop.

Glad your able to some time working on the HUP.

Cheers Phil

[8threcce]

Hello all.

The painstaking slow body reconstruction of the HUM
made some good progress today.
I was finally able to fit one of the body panels.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Great work Pieter, it will be better than new when finished!

Hanno

[Jonathan Moore]

Hello Pieter,

I hope that all is well, how is the HUP coming along, any progress?

Jon

[8threcce]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

Hello Pieter,

I hope that all is well, how is the HUP coming along, any progress?

Jon

Jon
Thank you for your message.
The HUP is coming on very slowly, Im now working on the body but the shed is too cold to work in.
Due to my accident earlier I lost the whole of 2018 and a great part of 2019 for physical recovery... the HUP was just getting too heavy for lifting parts etc .. and my neck and muscles couldn't handle it.
To not go nuts I spend time in assembly of a GPW , much lighter parts ..but it also helped as a sort of therapy..
The jeep is almost finished..deadline April this year..and then move on with the HUP..I think in 2020 we will place the body on the chassis..cross fingers

Regards
Pieter

[Jonathan Moore]

Pieter,

It's great to hear that you are ok, the HUP will get restored eventually, your health must come first.

Look after yourself,

Jon

[8threcce]

Hi everybody,

Again it has been a while but step by step I'm getting there.

I moved the chassis out of storage and last few weeks we rundown all the items that needed to be fixed and all where dealt with.
The Chassis now has breaking power, emergency brake is working and we fitted the oilfilter to the engine brakes and made some oil lines.
The both drive shafts where redone , completely balanced and one got a new tube (super job).

Main progress on the body.
Side panels are added to the frame and we are now working on the roof and specially the hatch opening.

I managed to reproduce the hatch structure and we are now in the progress of adding the hatch frame to the roof.

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