Well i guessed it was about time id started a thread and put some pictures on so hear goes.
Got the van in March i think... :?: this is what it was like;
As you can see it needed a fair bit of work inside but body wise it's a peach!!
So firstly stripped all the door cards out and bench seats out the rear, there was a little bit of surface rust on the floor so ground that back, treated and painted the whole rear floor
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Did the same to the cab floor aswell, only a little bit of surface
Then it was onto the window seals, I replaced all of them (being a deluxe it was a pain in the arse at the start but once got the hang of it it was ok. We ended up fitting all the new rubbers without the deluxe crome trim in at first as just couldn't work out how to get it back in. So this added a few extra days to the job.
The front door seals were all replaced aswell, also the sliding door. (Just got the engine lid and boot left now)
Also fitted new front seats
In between all of this i had some major work done on the engine but it's running alot nicer now, also had new steering box fitted, heater pipes connected up, wiring sorted out, speedo connected up and some dials fitted.
New battery tray welded in and painted plus a new seal on the front screen
This weekend I was oiled the whole van underneath and also inside the panels before the door cards go back on ( i used clear wax for all of this)
Also fitted a nice 5 bow roof rack and some jail bars
Next up is the flooring to go in, using Madmatz kit for this so should be intersting. The westy bed and rear cushion is being made up now and re-covered so hopefully have this back in the next 4 weeks.
Got to get the curtain rails fitted soon as well as a certainly otherhalf has an unhealthy obsesion with them!!
Once the floors down got the fridge to go in, got to find a buddy seat or make on and put the toilet in it. Then find a table and a few lights then job done......i think!
Got the van in March i think... :?: this is what it was like;
As you can see it needed a fair bit of work inside but body wise it's a peach!!
So firstly stripped all the door cards out and bench seats out the rear, there was a little bit of surface rust on the floor so ground that back, treated and painted the whole rear floor
Did the same to the cab floor aswell, only a little bit of surface
Then it was onto the window seals, I replaced all of them (being a deluxe it was a pain in the arse at the start but once got the hang of it it was ok. We ended up fitting all the new rubbers without the deluxe crome trim in at first as just couldn't work out how to get it back in. So this added a few extra days to the job.
The front door seals were all replaced aswell, also the sliding door. (Just got the engine lid and boot left now)
Also fitted new front seats
In between all of this i had some major work done on the engine but it's running alot nicer now, also had new steering box fitted, heater pipes connected up, wiring sorted out, speedo connected up and some dials fitted.
New battery tray welded in and painted plus a new seal on the front screen
This weekend I was oiled the whole van underneath and also inside the panels before the door cards go back on ( i used clear wax for all of this)
Also fitted a nice 5 bow roof rack and some jail bars
Next up is the flooring to go in, using Madmatz kit for this so should be intersting. The westy bed and rear cushion is being made up now and re-covered so hopefully have this back in the next 4 weeks.
Got to get the curtain rails fitted soon as well as a certainly otherhalf has an unhealthy obsesion with them!!
Once the floors down got the fridge to go in, got to find a buddy seat or make on and put the toilet in it. Then find a table and a few lights then job done......i think!
