
Thanks dan
Posted 16 February 2014 - 10:19 PM
Posted 31 December 2014 - 11:16 PM
hiya guys things have changed and my clubby estate has been put on the back burner and im starting the van...
well I went down to my unit to clean my unit... but what actually happened is I made a lot more mess and had a mini in pieces. so I started at 2pm yesterday and by 10pm I had stripped the van of the engine and front and rear subframes. I then also put some bracing in the old girl then today I went down the unit and actually done some cleaning and cut the floor of the van out. the load bed does have some rust and is very battered this van was used as intended lol I will try and repair the bed.
I pulled the head off to check the bores, it will need reboring as there a lip even tho it was running perfect
this is what she looked like at 2pm yesterday
then the subframe started to come out
engine on the bench read for the head to be removed for inspection
front end cut off
some bracing put in
I need my van this low would love awesome
then todays work
the load bed
crusty
loads of crusty rusty "metal" that came out
I have removed the rest of the inner sills and heelboard but forgot to get any pics will get some tomorrow for you guys
tell a lie just found one with the heelboard and one side of the inner sill removed
many thanks dan
Posted 01 January 2015 - 12:50 PM
Posted 01 January 2015 - 01:24 PM
new M-machine floor me thinks! best of luck :)
Posted 01 January 2015 - 07:36 PM
Posted 01 January 2015 - 07:59 PM
Posted 01 January 2015 - 09:42 PM
Looks good danny that sure is crusty but nothing to bad it seems.
cheers buddy and ya shes crusty but nothing I cant sort :)
Posted 12 January 2015 - 10:34 PM
hiya guys bit of an update, ive brought a complete m-machine load bed and my heritage floor and extension piece should be here soon my heelboard and inner sill stiffeners are already here so bottom half of the van should be solid soon.
also some of you guys on her might now tom whos just restored his van and made a jig. I brought it from him last week so I could get my van perfectly square.
ive also cleaned my unit it up as it was a complete mess a lot neater now
the jig
sat the van on the jig for now until all my floors come so its easier to move around
new panels
all primered
unfortunately someone chopped this out but m-machine are supplying me with a pressing for this section
engine building bench cleaned and engine stripped a bit more
workshop clean now and my daily mini being put away now
more updates this week, im going try get the load bed cut out this week and start paint stripping what's left of the van haha
thanks Dan
Posted 12 January 2015 - 11:18 PM
Posted 13 January 2015 - 09:36 AM
Nice supply of pot noodles too ;)
I can see that Jig is going to be doing the rounds too.
Did Tom leave to mount points on or have you had to do your own I'm not sure?
Posted 13 January 2015 - 09:01 PM
Posted 14 January 2015 - 01:36 PM
Posted 16 January 2015 - 11:09 AM
Cheers guys this weekend I'm gonna be chopping the load bed out ready and getting the rest of the shell ready. Yup got my supply of pot noodles keeps me warm and feeds me ahaH so I can do late nights no excuses and cheers tom the jig is perfect haha and yup this jig is gonna save 3 of my own vans and will be used on my clubman estate to ahaH I removed the shell from the jig last night and gonna order all of the subframe mounts so I can get it built up on the jig asap
3 vans, share some around.. haha.
Going to be closely watching this build as working on getting the van out once my Jet Black builds all done.
Posted 16 January 2015 - 12:30 PM
Good luck!
Posted 16 January 2015 - 07:26 PM
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