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Baggage bay doors fabrication.
1. Aluminum baggage bay doors and outer supporting frames all rotted from water getting behind the outer bus skins.
2. All baggage bay doors were removed, prefabricated with new design to make them open higher but using some of the hardware from my old doors was important to keep some of the Eagle design.
3. All doors were double skinned with insulation in between to control noise and temperatures in the baggage bays.
4. Vertical outer framing door supports all rotted and needing replacing. When disassembling the outer frames large deposits of rust were inside of the framing.
5. After all needed outer door framing was completed, the new doors were fabricated and installed with much difficulty all alone.
6. Doors now raise higher making getting inside the baggage bay easier, I need to get new door shocks when possible.
7. New baggage bay doors skinned and primer painted.

Front wheel well.
1. Front wheel area housing the framing for the front torsilastic tube support and baggage bay flooring all replaced, flooring increased to 7 1 ½” tubing frames the entire length of the baggage bay floor with a cross member support also tied into making this stronger.

Front Left and right wheel wells.
1. Right & Left wheel well framing repaired, reinforced after cleaning.
2. Wheel well framing painted after all reinforcing and seal welding.
3. Torsilastic tubes had to be “Clam Shell” repaired and new side supports fabricated and sealed welded to torsilastic tubes.
4. Wheel well all repaired, reinforced and painted.

Front wheel hub removal
1. Front wheel hub assemblies removed after inspecting the grease inspection ports. The “A” arms need boring and bushing for new horizontal kingpins.
2. Removal of the kingpins was made possible after fabricating a portable 20 ton jack frame to press out the old king pins which are also shown in video.

front end framing replacement and fabricating new spare tire compartment.
1. Front end skins removed off front of the bus, exposing rotted and undersized framing needing replacement.
2. It took nearly a month of planning and cutting and fabricating and welding of all new 1 ½” tubing supports in the front of the bus for safety to the driver.
3. Original framing had no structural strength in case of collision at any time.
4. Painted new front end frame supports and fabricating of new spare tire compartment all newly redecked and painted.
5. New power steering installed in front of the bus, installation using my engine hoist for the new power steering controls.