1970 DORMOBILE - COMPLETE RESTO - IT PASSED :)

[pinheaduk]

ok today i put the doors and sliding door back on the van to mark up where i was stonchipping to bottom of the van as i thought with me going even lower than it is i want to give it some sort of protection

but when i put the sliding door on i slipped on the air hose and chipped the paintwork - bugger

all sorted

all the van done apart from n/s rear corner as need to measure something for a modification, its low BUT NOT LOW ENGOUGH, only poblem in the drive is quite steep and sods law i wont get the van out when i drop it more

i also sprayed the inner parts of the cab doors, and this time no runs and went on nicely

the rear hatch is proving a nightmare for some reason, have flatted back and primed the lower section but its reacting again, so im going to sort this later as i want to get on with the rest of the van now

i also sprayed the steering column in sandalwood beige

 

[gninnam]

Starting to look like a van now 8)
What are you using to spray - 50L Compressor, HVLP unit?

 

[pinheaduk]

a 25l compressor i got from aldi a few years ago and a gravity fed gun, which im my opinion are way better than suction fed as they dont use ase much air pressure and feel more comfortable to handle

my gun uses about 45-50psi for paint and about 55-60psi for high build primer

 

[pinheaduk]

absolutely gutted the red 9 design bus which is on the front cover of camper and commercial, looks awesome and saw it at vanfest last year but, i was going to do something similar with mine, ie the stripes and the writing on the side, but dont want to feel like im stealing the idea/design etc, i wont be having 3 stripes and the writing would obviously be different but dont want it looking to similar

what should i do

 

[young_dubya]

if its not gona be exactly the same then do it. find a way to make it diffrent but still work. :mrgreen:

 

[pinheaduk]

ok managed to spray the interior today whopppeeee looking lovely

and the front

ive also made the miserable descision to removed all the paint from the rear hatch and petrol flap and start again, which is a ball ache but at least the paint shouldnt react

 

[mrsimpson]

Amazing thread mate, inspirational stuff, can't wait to see it at a show soon!!

 

[Tiki-Al]

that metal fuel cap looks cool as is!!!

great thread, great colour...bet you cant wait!

just coming to the end of my mini resto now and it takes ages but is worth it!

 

[pinheaduk]

that metal fuel cap looks cool as is!!!

great thread, great colour...bet you cant wait!

just coming to the end of my mini resto now and it takes ages but is worth it!

im loving the colour more and more , seems to look differnet ever time, one minuted its brown, then more green, then beige grey im waiting for it to go pink now hehe


ok today i have finally sprayed the roof and its looking good

bit of a crap picture of the rear, van hasnt left the garage since i started it plus with it being low and the drive steep not sure if ill get in onto the road

finally sorted out the rear hatch yipeeeeeeee and no dodgy reactions this time, the pertrol flap however is still giving me grief, such a little panel and i cant get it flat

last bit of stopper

all done

the doors have been put back on as i want to spray them and the van together, and to see how the colour looks on the inside and im well chuffed

i am almost ready to spray the body so i am now going round the panels flatting them all back, done the cab doors and the os middle panel

also gave the sterring column plate a coat of gloss black and loosely fitted the steering column after painting to see what it looks like and im happy with the contrast

hopefully over next day or so i can spray the van

 

[Frankie]

My hat comes off to you mate well done Frankie.

 

[gninnam]

Totally outstanding 8)
Loving the colour too - not sure at the beginning, but now starting to like!

So close as you say in your title :mrgreen:

 

[pinheaduk]

Totally outstanding 8)
Loving the colour too - not sure at the beginning, but now starting to like!

So close as you say in your title :mrgreen:

cheers dude

must admit i was the same about the colour but have to admit i am proud of my choice

 

[pinheaduk]

ok i got some paint on it today and looks great

first i flatted the rest of the panels and also got the petrol flap sorted, the smallest panel typical it was the hardest to sort

then the fun bit

frontpanel

n/s door

petrol flap

rear

havent got any pics of the sides as couldnt get a good enough image

also painted the fuel cap in sandalwood

have given teh van about 2-3 coats of paint will give it some more tomorrow .

i decided to clean the front windscreen while the paint was drying as it is covered in stonechip and paint etc, so used some 1200 wet/dry on both sides and its not too bad, some scrathes over it but will get some scratch repair paste at some point

this is how manky it was

 

[surfbus]

Good job!!! 8)

 

[roland]

Looking good!

 

[pinheaduk]

well today started well and sorta went downhill a bit, my own fault clumsy me :roll:

thought id put the stripes on the van and did the front first in PASTEL WHITE and it looks wicked, so i did the front of the roof and slipped off the stool and whoops

NICE

WHOOPS STUPID ME FELL OFF THE STOOL, gonna have to let this dry completely before attempting anything on this maybe sunday or monday

the roof is goo but ran out of pastel so off to halfords to get more

this gives you a better view of the colour

also took the timewear of and got rid of the silver and liked the rat look so laquered it

just hope the front looks good in the end

 

[pinheaduk]

ok today i had to sort out those stripes and i asked my dad for a bit of help which had its upsides and downsides

i finished the roof off which looks good

repainted the front panel and then masked up and repainted the stripes so now they are sorted and looking as good as the first time :roll:

just as good

i also sorted out the blemish opn the passenger door

whilst i was doing the front i asked my dad to mask up the rear hatch ready for me to spray [HE AINT SPRAYING ANYTHING ] so off he went and did a good job, so then i put some paint on and afterwards noticed something

look closer

the line on the left is 8mm wider than on the left so i let it dry and then flatted the edge back so i could restart that stripe

will redo the stripe on sunday

i have also put the wiring back in place around the dash area and the engine bay and whislt routing through a box of spares i found some us spec chrome late split rear light lense thingys, so to make em fit i spent 30mins looking for mu junior hacksaw which turned up hanging on my tool wall :roll: and cut the edges of the light lenses so they fit nice and snug and also saves 20-30 quid on those ones which look like they have a chrome painted edge

 

[pinheaduk]

YESSSSSSSS the stripes are done, thank god but looking niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

luckily the stripes didnt take to much time on the rear just trying to get a decent line around the engine lid licence plate light

will let everything dry/cure and start putting a few bit back together

 

[gninnam]

Wow - love the strips 8)
Nice job by your dad - wouldn't let mine near anything I do......

Have you started to laquer yet or are you planning to leave as it

 

[pinheaduk]

Wow - love the strips 8)
Nice job by your dad - wouldn't let mine near anything I do......

Have you started to laquer yet or are you planning to leave as it

yeah he did a good job masking the rear hatch was just a shame it was slightly to wide, but not going to argue to much over it, didnt take to much to rectify, just had to go to halfords today again to get one more rattle can.

i would never let him spray though

he will come in handy with the pop top as he was a fibreglass engineer for over 17yrs so might have a job for him there

and the strips are the dogs they compliment to colour so well, not sure bout laquer yet as when this paint drys it is scratch resistant lol. plus being satin paint dont want it to shiny but you never know might change my mind