So this is the latest project to enter the LVH workshop Neil and Jos Devon.. basic run-down is to do a few welding jobs, and re-assemble ready for MOT... paint will come later First thing to see is the rusty runner cover clips under the rear windows Next is one of the jobs that I advised needed doing... I'll let the pictures do the talking... Had to lift the paint that far to get the filler off spot anything else amiss?? Corner was held on with 4 welds more tomorrow
A bit more exploratory surgery today... put some more lights up first, as I was struggling with the 1 6ft strip light that was directly above the van got another 4 5fts installed now I'll let the pictures do the talking... B Pillar //a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/432061_10151235588270099_664450098_22334049_1231598087_n.jpg" /> That's it for today... I've got plenty more to cut out, and I'll need to get some new metal ordered up too
All the usual suspects there then Seeing bodge jobs like that make me realise i actually bought quite a good bus
yep Dunno how long it's been like that, as there are 3 different colours of paint on the top of the "repairs"
nah not really... just the sills, rear arches, corners and B pillars the serious work is putting the van back together for its MOT
That is exactly like my bus was (is). Both rear wheel arches and rear corners had replacement panels welded over the originals and then smothered with more filler than U-Pol can produce. I'm looking forward to your progress on this one.
Same here, it looks like skinning over stuff is a common bodge. Perhaps all our vans have passed through the same "workshop".
Vans, particularly late bays used to be comparatively cheap, so it wasn't generally considered worth the trouble of doing properly. e.g. if 15 years ago a rust free pukka westy was £1500-£2000 and a respray alone was even then £1000 it just wasn't worth spending more than a few days on the bodywork. Just my view. My favourite (not) is what I'm doing right now. Removing sills that someone fully seam welded to the cargo floor from underneath to save taking the furniture out. A strip of floor had to come out with the sill. Looking at the result of my careful dismantling, next time I'll get a 15" grinder and cut 6" up and 1 ft in.
So after a bit of annoyance with the mid sill on the sliding door side, I'm now getting into it!! I've never had to replace the mid sill on the slider... OML how Marmitee are they!! would've been cheaper for me to make one from scratch!!! This was hiding behind filler, and a screwed on patch Bit grotty opened up if you look closely you can see that the B pillar has come away from the floor, and it has sprung a little The old seat mounting had done the usual!! old sills out new inner sill in mid sill in B pillar bottom tacked in
looking good paul hope she's not being to much of a pain, thats a lot worse than i thought it was ???, hopefully i'll be going to pick up the new roof on tuesday so i'll drop it of at yours on the way back home, i spent all day yesterday polishing the wheels and today i'll hopefully get started on the engine. Here are some photos of the wheels, Before During After
Nah, she's not been too bad... just the 10 gallons of filler that has been hiding the rot she's coming to it tho!! Good call on the roof!! While yours isn't bad, it does need a fair bit of work to get it water tight!!
unfortunately the person i was buying the roof off " steve" has nicely gone and sold it to someone else after we had agreed on a price, to say i'm annoyed is an understatement, just glad i hadn't booked the hire van, so back to square one!
