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So it’s been a week since I’ve updated this but not because I’ve not been working away on it. I had two little rust spots at the back of the roof. Etch prime around the windscreen. A little weld repair and reshape for the wiring grommet in the tailgate. Side window fully fitted...

A few hours tonight just sanding the body. Both sides of the van done in 240 grit in the DA. And some rust converter round the windscreen surround. I’ll let that cure and etch prime tomorrow. Hopefully my welding wire gets delivered tomorrow and I can finish a few bits of welding...

Interesting. A lot of those yellow van owners are very proud of them being ex AA but I’m not keen personally. I would do the bumpers colour as well and some other touches so it def shouldn’t look like an ex British Gas Van. So I’ve priced the grey. It’s a bit more expensive. I do like it but...

So I’ve started posting options on facebooked but interested to hear what people here think. Colour the Van is now. I think it’s close to VW pistachio green. My chosen colour so far. French racing blue. Here is a van in a pretty close colour. VW Friesian Green. Or a sort of dark...

Starting to ha s second thoughts about the colour of this. Any thoughts welcome. Progress tonight. Last bits of rust in the rear of the roof seam. Tailgate removed. Cut, make a panel. Weld it in. But I then ran out of wire. So I’ll need to buy more and finish the job tomorrow...

So two hours start to finish that’s the off side window aperture done. Started like this. Pilot holes first. Then a straight edge using the masking tape. Roughly cut out. I then dressed back the sharp edges and picked this sealer out between the inner and outer panels. Cut...

Look forward to seeing this (once you have finished the house obviously) Although it looks a bit tired at least it hasn’t got a load of aftermarket crap fitted. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love the bulkhead carbon. It’s hard to stop buying carbon bits once you have started. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looking forward to that job then. [emoji23] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve seen those time lapse style dismantle / assembly things before. I think it was an old BL A or B series I saw being dismantled. Very cool trick and can only imagine how long it would take. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sliding door almost finished. Just the window to fit. I bought 2nd hand VW caravelle windows. Which are a bit more complicated to fit that aftermarket windows. First I cut the skin out. But as you can see there is a gap between the inner and outer skins. If you just try to fit the window. It...

Came across this last night. Soup Classic Motoring. https://youtube.com/c/GeorgeKarellas First note. His welding and general skills aren’t the best. Just he sort of does the right things. His video production is very good. He is into my kind of cars. Old stuff. And British stuff. And...

Top trumps. I love a welder. I’m into classic minis and laugh at people that think fords or clios or anything else has any real rust. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Got a deadline so no choice. Aim to get it all on the road for a holiday in Easter. Second week in April. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s the sliding door bottom finished. Started with trimming back and then “joggled” a step in the panel. Then in clamped the repair and tacked it in place. Then the return lip was folded over. Fully welded and dressed back. And a couple on small welds one the back. Next...

Exciting. I love old classic engine rebuild. And we have defiantly lost something with the stage tuning / boost and timing maps on modern cars. I got the machining done locally but build my minis engine at home. It’s super interesting and very satisfying work. But you need the time and...

Take the front seats out and get some help taking it out the passenger or drivers door. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jobs left to do. Weld a small whole in the rear roof section near the tailgate hinge. Cut the side windows out and spotweld the inner and outer skins. Sand the hole van with 240 then 400 grit. Filler anywhere that needs it. Should keep me busy for a few weeks. Sent from my iPhone...

So a good amount of time in the garage today. The van is booked in to the paint shop for the 17th Feb so I’ve got to get it ready to go over the next 2 weeks. The deal was to have the van fully prepped. All repairs done. All sanding done. Pretty much ready for panel wipe and primer. So there...

Yeah rust like that doesn’t happen over night. That’s been covered or ignored for years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Good choice of wheel. Are you leaving it plain or is there any sign writing going on? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That’s it mate. Appreciate that it’s somethigg by different to the usual project threads on here and glad there is some interest. I started out thinking why would you buy a VW t5/6 for the obscene money they go for. Vivaro / bongo etc all the do the same job. As I said in the first thread...

This has to be 10x the effort that normally goes into a kangoo conversion. Good effort. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cheers. Getting it painted will be the turning point. Clean jobs from there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve been cracking on with the welding and had a few quotes for doing the paint properly. I figured I’m that deep in now I might as well do it right and have a great end product. Plus I’ve never aimed to build an average car yet so why start now. But before that I had some real trouble...

You changing the ride height next? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Looks nice. I would clean to gearbox up a bit first though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Better for torque but not peak BHP. Road car. Torque. Race car BHP. Throttle bodies are better flat out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’ve never had any bother like that with wiper blades. I suggest you get a tool for popping them off if the normal levels of force don’t work. Also those bolts shouldn’t snap unless you are over tightening them. They don’t look corroded or damaged in any way. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Bought a fiesta st on finance. Got a new job and sold it cause it wasn’t being used. Put a clio 182 into daily use. Got annoyed at it breaking all the time. Bought an m140. Brilliant daily. Still get the itch to dump the good daily and run about in a piece of s**t hot hatch. [emoji23]...