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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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Posted: 28 Nov 11 at 19:50 |
Hi all decided to do a bit of a build thread on the van, As i got a 2.1 pinto origionally 2.1 dj (previously thought it was 1.9dg)
Many hours spent removeing the green paint to reaveal a pretty good straight panel van underneath. Firstly binned the dg in place of pug 2.1 td 112bhp pushes the old girl along well and also plenty of torque for towing
Then i came across a rotten velle with factory fitted sliding sunroof and thought it would be good on the panel so exchange a few beer tokens and with some drilling welding and grinding i ended up with this
Ended up working away from home for a while over summer so never got that much done but spent my evening making some new seats up.
Got the recaros of ebay For £50 and cut the bases down and adapted t3 runners onto them so they are the same height as standard seats and easy to get in and out of unlike some ive seen fitted in the past. A friend gave me 2 sets of adjustable arm rests he had lying around in the loft and i couldnt resist!
Pic shows first one fitted with armrests i have since got the fabric off the rear seats of the car so i can cover the arm rests to match the seats
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Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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after getting some jobs a bit nearer home the last few weeks have been spent sourceing some big bumper parts, so far managed to get door pods front bumper and big mirrors still looking for a decent rear big bumper at the mo.
Got plenty of prep done to and called in another favour
Got all the panels in friends oven tonight (thanks Kev i owe you one) and hopefully should all be in primer tommorow night and ready for top coat early next week
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Tee3
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i miss the "whup whup whup whup" those sunroofs make when youre blatting along with them all the way open
looking good!
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vw venom
Vanorak Joined: 01 Jun 07 Location: Nr Salisbury Status: Offline Points: 1115 |
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great job mate keep us up to date with the build
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gary1998
Yardie Joined: 26 May 10 Location: dublin ireland Status: Offline Points: 474 |
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cool van keep the pics coming
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beware the fury of a patient man
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signaturecustoms
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 11 Location: Cheshire Status: Offline Points: 18 |
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Looking nice that, kinda the same way im going with mine!!
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1983 T3 Transporter Panel Van
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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managed to do a bit more this evening
Got all the doors and sunroof in the oven and got a couple of coats of high build primer on them unfortunately run out of time to get the van in should be done tommorow night tho fingers crossed
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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another hour and a half in the oven and got the rolling shell done
The greens just a primer like the grey but has a higher build than the grey does better for covering any little marks id missed and better for metal finished repairs where theres no filler like the front steps
Eventually feel like im getting somewhere! Edited by youthy giblets - 30 Nov 11 at 20:32 |
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Tee3
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cool.
are you going for an LLE colour? |
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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does a bear shite in the woods lol, going tornado red or redstar red if you like i did my last camper that colour and really liked it. Reds are marmite colours tho i always think!? Hoping to be done for christmas but will have to see how it goes
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Best colour!
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T3 Ben
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looks good that, looking forward to seeing it finished
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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im desperate to see it finished lol
i dont enjoy the prepping or painting id rather be stripping or building up but its worth the sweat if it turns out looking good!
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youthy giblets
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Should end up a bit like this (someone kindly photoshopped it for me a few months ago)
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vw venom
Vanorak Joined: 01 Jun 07 Location: Nr Salisbury Status: Offline Points: 1115 |
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sweeeeet
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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getting there now got the van all blocked out and reprimed the bits for the second time where there was more shaping?blocking needed
Unfortunately had to skim the rear quarter panel above the rear arch as a huge dent appeared in it (obviously nobody would admit to doing it!!!!)
Also got all the small parts done used a thin coat of high build primer as they were all undamaged and nearly mint, got the 2 side panels done,door podsand the bases and cover caps for mirrors and big mirrors primed up
Sorry about poor quality pics just fitted a load of new tubes in the lights very bright now
At least i can see the end in sight for the prep work looking forward to getting some colour on!
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signaturecustoms
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 25 Nov 11 Location: Cheshire Status: Offline Points: 18 |
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That's looking really good. Wish I was at this stage, still got to do all my welding yet and don't start until January!
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Vanorak Joined: 08 Jan 09 Location: Maryport Status: Offline Points: 1121 |
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Very nice.
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youthy giblets
Vanorak Joined: 29 Jul 11 Location: Darlington Status: Offline Points: 2117 |
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In for paint tommorow so with a bit of luck might have some more pics up tomMorow. Won't be able to sleep tonight I'm too excited lol
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Gtavalanche
Vanorak "I'm learnding" Joined: 22 Feb 11 Location: Ipswich Suffolk Status: Offline Points: 1305 |
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Merry Christmas to you!! Wish I could have got van sprayed for Xmas, instead im stuck in playing Wii with the Kids! Looks good by the way!
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I taste Hurty!
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