Its been a while since the last update so here is a touch of over kill, the bus has now gone back to Ian in primer due to a change of plans so I wish him all the best and hope its not too long before you all see the splitty on the road.
Many thanks to Chris Woods for transporting it back to its place of rest and hope you all enjoy the photo,s. Should be another update reasonably soon and as always any comments, good or bad, are appreciated and sorry you all didn't get to see the bus with its new colours.

Ever asked to build a towing dolly from plans draw by Blind Bob and his crayon??

 I got asked to build a trial towing dolly, the plans had been bought of ebay and in all honesty after they ended up in the bin, so Wednesday teatime I started and Friday at 10.30pm it was done.

 After taking it apart and de burring it, it was re assembled but not painted, fitted with R13C tyres, attached to the back of the van and I left home at 1am Saturday  to pop to Dorset, got there around 7am after a couple of stops, got loaded and went home

 Arrived home just after 5pm again after a couple of stops, the Strada pick up weighs 1600kgs and the dolly and the van brought it home without and problems.

 I had a fleeting glance of stone henge, disappointed not to see any pagans running around, must be running out of virgins (only joking, I love all religions, don't think I've met any virgins) 

All thats left is to strip and paint it and put a winch on it, this one could well end up on ebay but could well be a few more popping up. Always been a big fan of using trailers but definitely can see the benefit as regards to reducing towing weight and if it will bring 1600kgs back safely it cant be bad 

Final stage of welding and door gap checking

 All of the welding on the main body if now done, door gaps to check and adjust and we will start prep.