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[SAL 821X]

Wounded Gadgets I'm coming to realize this is how it's going to be, do a bit, find a bit more! haha.

Big push February though need to get the floor in.

[Gadgets]

I posted my van resto photos yesterday (van restoration) it might give you some inspiration if you need to take a break for half an hour! Did you see it?

Edited by Gadgets, 04 February 2013 - 11:02 PM.

[ryan22_lgm]

Wounded Gadgets I'm coming to realize this is how it's going to be, do a bit, find a bit more! haha.

Big push February though need to get the floor in.

Your doing good! get that floor in! :) im the same now thinking about the front end!

[SAL 821X]

Will have a look Gadgets, only just got round to logging on since the weekend.

Slowly but surely Ryan, we will get that van meet this year. Hopefully!

Update for last night was that I finished off the welding on the rear door and skimmed over a few areas with some U-pol easy 1 filler. Then spent most of the night picking the filler off my fingers haha! bloody stuff get everywhere when it starts to harden. (Must get some surgical gloves)

No pictures though as my phone died while listening to Jake Bugg.... ;)

Tomorrow I will rub the door down ready to lay some etch on it Friday.

I better then move on to the big hole in the heelboard before doing the floor though.

Onwards and upwards.

[SAL 821X]

Off-Topic update.

Need some support to try and get the powers that be to include a section in the projects area solely for vans/pickups.

http://www.theminifo...47#entry2713347

make yourself known.

Cheers,

Matt

(will probably fall on deaf ears)

[SAL 821X]

So after my crusade to get a LWB sub-section in the projects thread I thought it was time to update on what I've been getting up to off the forum.

I almost happy with the repairs to the door now and started filling some bits and bobs.

This section was a right git to do. Took me a while to work out how the get some metal back in to the hole.


Got there in the end by using a small strip of sheet and weld a bit, bend it, weld a bit, mend it some more then skim it over.


Quick skim over the bottom edge.


I've pretty much re built the hole bottom edge of the door on the inside - I'd of been easier to have bought a the repair panel for this but live and learn.


Final one with the new skin on.


Also started to fill the rear corner sections on the shell but finding filler work differcult to get flat at the moment so didn't take pictures till I'm happy with it.

[hoody99]

Looks good bud I tried to get the same yellow as you from my local paint shop but the don't have one to Match the paint code but have one similar

[SAL 821X]

I can get the code off the paint tin if it helps.

I can't remember but I think my yellow is a ford AA van.

[SAL 821X]

Just realised my thread comes in 11th in the most views filter.

Yay me.

[SAL 821X]

Took a marker pen to the nearside rear panel.



Some what peppered.

Edited by SAL 821X, 23 February 2013 - 09:12 PM.

[hoody99]

Ahhhh never mind get the filler out lol




I wand your van

Edited by hoody99, 23 February 2013 - 10:14 PM.

[snackey]

Are you going to fill it or restyle it?

[ChrisCityE]

All those saloon owners will be thinking "Filler and it will be fine"

Doesn't work for us Van owners, dents on the outside are visible on the inside, we aren't lucky enough to have door cards.

[SAL 821X]

Ive tried to knock them out with a hammer and dolly the best i can but being on my own some are quite hard to hold the dolly one side and hammer the other.... Damn bloody short arms!

[Gadgets]

U need a bigger hammer sal! Looking good mate.