Edmondo arriva a casa nostra! Edmondo the doka comes to our house!

Edmondo comes to our house!

 

Why did you name it after him?

 

wherabouts in Rimini was it?

 

Was it abandoned on the farm like a barn find sort of thing. How long had it been there..

 

Wow bud what a gem of a picture - nice one, Ta

 

Me and Nipper took some pictures of rust this morning..



They are loading up. Not for the faint hearted so if You have an aversion to rust look away

 

Now!

These are going to difficult to locate...



Cab floor - which we have a replacement for..



Fresh air holes already in situ for Nip!





Kin'neck..





Better..


Just...





We have a front panel too.. In the wrong place atm..



I may have to move it from up there? Hold up there are more pics to come!

 

These..

Oh yeah we have a good deck lid too..



And some green paint and a few spare cab doors..


Rust abounds on the back end..



And around the battery trays..





But the chassis is solid -- yay. result..

 

Or just love doing the resto!

 

So that is the task ahead. You are not all so jealous now are you?

We have to grind back all the surface rust and cut out all the stuff that is rotted through. the beauty of this one is, that apart from the obvious bits it is very solid and straight. the chassis is rock and the beams back and front are too. In a few month's the rot will be gone and the new panels ready to go on. The top hat ends are dead straight and complete. the bottom cargo floor which is the same profile as a combi is patch and difficult to get at. the load cargo floor is a different profile and difficult to find on the cheap. The sills are the same inner as late bays and the outers are similar to splitty sills and can be bought relatively cheaply from vwheritage or jk. We have a complete new cab floor, rear hatch. and cab door. We will have to repair two jacking points and a outrigger at some point, but they are not too bad at all.

Overall it is a tidy resto project and probably one I wish I had taken on before Rhubarb as Rhubarb was soo rotten it was disheartening at times.

Once the cleaning up is done we have to set about the replacement of panels etc. I am going to persevere with the welding this time and I will be buying the best mig I can in a few weeks time- In the meantime I have time to locate parts.

We have to find..

1 ns dropside with catches.


2 sills inner and outer.

3 og cab steps both sides

4 battery trays both sides.

5 front drivers seat.

6 heater control levers and cover for dash.

Let the journey begin!

 

A chap has to have an hobby.

I am not doing all of this in one go. The kids are determined to do an awful lot themselves. I will tool them up and show them what to do. They have amazing determination. I have learned a lot from doing my Westy and will guide them. I will also enjoy getting stuck in when they allow it. Hopefully this one will crack my aversion to welding and I can sort Rhubarbs ' odd bits ' afterwards.

If you knew how much I love restoring things - houses, vans, clocks, furniture .... You would see how excited I get when I have something like this challenging me.. I think Cam and Neil are the same.