1969 Portugese Panel Van

[Grazy]

Nice to see the old girl getting the attention she deserves Gra

You doing any panel work or paint or you leavin the body as it is?

Looking forward to more pics, good luck mate. 8)

Leaving paint as it is , except where it needs it wil be needing new battery tray possible rear corner , some new cargo area floor , cab floor , inner and outer sills :roll:
Ill try to keep it as close to OG as possible



Whats wrong with my pix Si ???? :?

 

[gninnam]

.... not setting a date for when it will be finished , Its done when it done

Best way to look at it IMHO

Nothing done over the last 2 days though - come on, pull ya finger out

 

[Justin & Muttley]

Glad that you've started on the PV Grazy - are you going to do the right thing and put some windows in while you're at it?? :lol: Panels are sooooo 2009!!!

Great news on the engagement too - she's a great girl!

 

[faux]

Well about bloody time.. :mrgreen:

This will be one trick bus by 2011............. :shock:

At least you have the right people around you to give you the push needed, but make sure you get the work done before any wedding plans are made because the bus will be coming second to them, DOH!

 

[panalvan]

Nice workshop i wouldnt want the piece of junk in my workshop :lol: :lol:
See you this weekend for more panel van fun

 

[Mike F]

Ta for the link Grazy, good luck with the work. Great van, impressed to see you getting stuck in too!

 

[Grazy]

So went up the workshop this week and it was time to remove some of the 40 year old underseal :roll:

Here is what I started with

After 3.5 hours of scraping and swearing me doing the left rear arch and my brother (Ooro ) on the R/H/S one we were left with this

And this , Pile of underseal :shock:

More this weekend 8)

 

[windsurfer]

Good work lad, that takes a LOT of patience :lol:
Keep the photos flowing

 

[slammedkustom]

PARTY RINGS FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

its good fun taking underseal off, one of my favorite jobs! looking good fella
maybe one day il be as good as you :shock: :lol:

 

[67panel]

panels rule !!!!!!!!!!a good tool if you have lots of air (big compressor )is one of those rotary wire brush under seal strippers.this is a proper dedecated tool.snap on do them,got one but the lousy compressor got now wont run it :x

 

[cunning plan]

panels rule !!!!!!!!!!a good tool if you have lots of air (big compressor )is one of those rotary wire brush under seal strippers.this is a proper dedecated tool.snap on do them,got one but the lousy compressor got now wont run it :x

Grinder with a wire wheel would do it too right? :msn4:

I had my bus chassis shot-blasted - I started taking some of it off manually and it was uber slow.. :?

 

[easy]

Nice work dooder 8)

 

[Grazy]

Bit of progress in the past couple of weeks , We got some more underseal off , this time on the front arches :roll:

Nasty Poop Rivet repair :shock:

Check this out !!

These things really are worth their weight in gold , I cannot imagine trying to do this resto without it .
Thanks to Hogseye for the use of the jig , and also to him and Panalvan for helping me erect it :shock:

 

[Grazy]

So with the van on the jig , Ooro started scraping off underseal off , Half hour later I got to the barn and got stuck in too !!

Nasty hole in R/H/S sill

Cleaned up belly pan and cab floor

Removed belly pan - Nice and clean under there

This is the state of play at the end of today . Thanks to Steve , Chris and Nick for continued support and constant pi$$ taking

All good fun can't wait to get back in there .

 

[martyboy]

looking good mate ,good to see all the lads giving you a hand.
how are you going to treat the underside ?

 

[Grazy]

Hi Martyboy , i am currently torn between undersealing it in black , and the other option is stonechip and then painting it same colour as the van , Not sure though

Well happy with the help i am getting

 

[Cali_bay]

These things really are worth their weight in gold , I cannot imagine trying to do this resto without it .
Thanks to Hogseye for the use of the jig , and also to him and Panalvan for helping me erect it :shock:

Wish I had a set of those and the space to use them :mrgreen:

 

[faux]

Looking good G, make it all shiny and clean underneath....give the MOT man a shock! :mrgreen:

You best get it back on the road for the show season. I'm more of a jammy dodger man myself :roll:

 

[Graham L]

Grazy

Looking good, hope you are still working to our target of Big Bang for the '69 Panel Van get together', what the hell am I saying mine isn't even in the country yet (but will be very very soon :mrgreen: :mrgreen: )

 

[Guest]

i have a set of those and they are great but dont have the space or the man power to flip it it pretty tough to get it oer but once you get to the pivot it just flips.