remember what fergus used to look like
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hold on before we show you what fergus
actually looks like let's show you what
he went through first
so we started off with a full
restoration the van was completely
stripped the van was then sanded down to
almost 40 years of paint down to almost
bare metal then we welded in a couple of
new panels
then it was on to the primer stage where
we gave it four coats of primer and then
it was onto the sanding stage where we
sanded the whole van to get it ready for
a final coat of paint
here's a couple of clips of fergus all
primered up
hello welcome back to the channel you're
watching shane and i van life i know
it's been a long three months without
fergus but
lucky's finally back so let's get on
with the video i'm going to show you
fergus's brand new look
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if you remember in our last video we
weren't sure whether to go for one tone
or two-tone we also made a poll on our
instagram page to see what you guys
thought
and luckily for saying one tone one so
we decided to go for this uh original
medium blue color and also
we didn't go for two tones because it
put us off the fact that we don't have a
wind on this panel and it was just going
to be white
so we thought it would look way nicer
just one tone and i think we're very
happy with our decision
so if you remember fergus had a lot of
rust here around the diesel cap so we
got a brand new panel welded in and also
we replaced the back quarter panel so if
you remember in the last video we had
these old
crusty looking
hubcaps that were painted white so we
wanted the changes here right so we went
for these brand new chrome ones at least
here we can just throw them away
also do you remember in the last video
when we looked at the roof it was all
crusty with like a moss growing on top
of it well all the moss is removed now
the paint is all corrected and the roof
is looking like a brand new roof it's so
sunny outside it's actually hard to open
my eyes it's actually that wide let's
look
so if you remember what it was like such
a big difference it was
on top of the van
now
it's all nice and wide we just have to
get a trim to go around the pop
top now it comes the most exciting part
of the build is when we get to put
fergus all back together so we're going
to start with the outside and get his
appearance looking a little bit better
than what it is at the minute so first
of all i'm going to start off with the
two front grilles they're going to be an
easy fix they're only a couple of screws
and then we'll move on to the bumper the
front bumper and the back bumper and
then it'll be looking a lot better then
we'll move on to the window so let's get
on with the build i'm gonna do a little
bit of it now i'm not gonna show
everything in today's video this is just
kind of like a fan reveal of fergus new
color so in the next video we're going
to be doing most of the rebuild but for
now let's get on with the video and
we'll see how we get on so over the
three months while the van was away
getting painted i was gathering up all
the parts that we need to rebuild fergus
so all these parts came from vw spurs
down in kildare and i cannot recommend
these guys enough they're brilliant all
the parts came from there for this and
for that beetle behind me there so i'm
going to run through a couple of the
bits and pieces that i got for the van
and just before that everything that i
got is going to be linked down below so
you can go check out vw spurs and get
anything you need
there we go
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so
so while honey is taping up the
last handle
this is the other one that i have
prepared
so i wipe it down with some pan wood
and
that is going to be ready for paint
and then we're just going to use some
metal
black
protection
like
so
also do you think this panel right here
behind me is just a little bit bare i
was thinking that getting some sort of
sticker for sheena nanny's van life
maybe some sort of a logo that we can
put onto the van and then if you see us
out in the road you're gonna know what's
first
so that's to be it for me in this week's
video thanks very much for watching i
hope you enjoyed seeing fergus's brand
new look and i'm excited to get back
making the videos again with vargas so
stay tuned for the next video where i'm
going to be going through a brand new
idea i have for my pop-up roof this one
is just a little bit
on the rough side so i'm going to be
trying to make something to fix this
problem i'm also going to be putting
furnaces back together i've already
started but i'm going to be finishing
off putting the bumpers the mirrors the
grilles all the exterior stuff and then
i'm going to be torn in to the inside i
started with the interior so stay tuned
for that there so again thanks for
watching stay tuned hit the like button
share subscribe all that kind of stuff
and we'll see in the next video bye
uh
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