1969 Portugese Panel Van

[hogseye]

rear centre x member had a nasty dent, heated and pulled out as best as poss

floor near sliding door was a bit of cooker or something plus the i beams were rotted, replaced

still need to clean the welds up

 

[hogseye]

heater tube and front x member it runs thru removed and replaced (not impressed with schofield x member it was **** had to modify it)

still a fair bit to go little repairs plus o/s jacking points and inner sill will see how we get on

 

[young_dubya]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Where are the jacking points from?? Is the quality good?? :mrgreen:

 

[Grazy]

Thanks for the update Nick

I will be able to get up there this weekend , was away this , see you soon , Excellent work matey ,

 

[tintintin]

Nice progress fella's,

Keep it coming

 

[Airtime]

Great progress, excellent work indeed. 8)

 

[gninnam]

Top work

 

[Grazy]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: Where are the jacking points from?? Is the quality good?? :mrgreen:

The jacking points were from VW Heratige mate , best quality ones ,


I went to see the van today and the work Nick ( hogseye ) has done is excellent , Cheers mate

Still a bit to do but its getting there 8)

Took the quarterlights out and drop glass ready for the doors to come off , :msn4:

 

[young_dubya]

Cheers dude Its looking good dude!

 

[creationblue]

I went to see the van today and the work Nick ( hogseye ) has done is excellent , Cheers mate

Im suprised Nick recognised you fella :lol:

 

[Grazy]

I went to see the van today and the work Nick ( hogseye ) has done is excellent , Cheers mate

Im suprised Nick recognised you fella :lol:

:shock: Cheeky Bugger ! :shock:

 

[Gman86]

coming along there dude will be sweet once finished. any updates coming soon?

 

[dagboyblue]

nice bit of work - will be good to see the van back on the road dude

 

[Early Homer]

Good work Grazy.

When you've got the underside solid I can not recommend KBS products enough for the prep and finish. I used their Aqua Klean, Rust Blast and Rust Seal from The Rust Shop on the underside of my bus. I did 3 coats of the rust seal in Matt black. You could go one further and do a coat of Blacktop gloss on top of that 8). As you've got the van on the Jig I'd definitely spray it on mate. Brushing it was a bit of an *** and took about a month to get it all off my skin! :roll:

 

[creationblue]

Going great guns Gra!

When you lookin to get it on the road?

Just

 

[Grazy]

Small update at the weekend :msn4:

 

[sparkywig]

Looking forward to it.

 

[gninnam]

Small update at the weekend :msn4:

Tease

 

[Grazy]

Ok So as promised , here is the update ,

Due to my impaitence and Nicks (hogseyes) lack of available time the van is being shipped off to another workshop to be completed ,

So off into the sunset goes the van , soon to be whole again

Just to also say a massive thanks to Nick and Chris for all their help and I hope Nick that is a load off you shoulders

 

[EgoTrippin]

Off to Tottenham for some SK love then 8)