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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Termite" data-source="post: 266163" data-attributes="member: 15709">Hi,Thought I'd better say a quick hello as I am sure I'll be posting plenty in the coming months!  I have a J reg 1971 van that was my Dad's since 1994.   He died from a heart attack 5 years ago and despite having zero mechanical knowledge and inability to do my own oil changes, decided that it would be a good idea to restore the van.  With the help from a mate who is useful with a welder, we got it back on the road inside 18 months and drove it 1500 miles to the Munich beer festival and back without it missing a beat.  3 years later and a bit of rust started coming back through the primer, and now I am in the middle of sorting the bodywork out and have most of it in red oxide primer, before I have a go at painting it myself using Rustoleum.Hope the rust stays away longer this time round!</blockquote>