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1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:26 am

RonTransitmk5 wrote:Keep up the great work, that will be one 8) looking bus when its almost finished :lol:

I only say almost finished, as everytime you think you've almost finished, you will add more & more to your to do/want list :)



your not wrong there Ron, i haven't written anything down, just kinda keeping a mental list of things i want to do, and need to do. and that list just seems to be getting longer by the day lol
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby RonTransitmk5 » Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:55 pm

vanmanloki wrote:
RonTransitmk5 wrote:Keep up the great work, that will be one 8) looking bus when its almost finished :lol:

I only say almost finished, as everytime you think you've almost finished, you will add more & more to your to do/want list :)



your not wrong there Ron, i haven't written anything down, just kinda keeping a mental list of things i want to do, and need to do. and that list just seems to be getting longer by the day lol


I started my list Jan 2012 & done loads, now the list is longer than when I started :lol:
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:56 pm

RonTransitmk5 wrote:I started my list Jan 2012 & done loads, now the list is longer than when I started :lol:


lmao yeah sounds about right :)

but hey, just think how disappointed we would be, if we had nothing to do on our vans :shock:
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:32 pm

new floor has just arrived, Big thanks to Tim (dieselhead123) for sorting that out for me 8)



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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:41 pm

thanks to CamperMan i got some much needed bits for the van. and with now 7 family members coming over on holiday the double front seat was a must.



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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby RonTransitmk5 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:06 pm

vanmanloki wrote:new floor has just arrived, Big thanks to Tim (dieselhead123) for sorting that out for me 8)



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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:09 pm

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:10 pm

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Sun Mar 31, 2013 9:54 pm

I've drilled holes in the seem so it can be pool welded, this is in place of a spot weld, once done it will be better the new :wink:
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby AlanN » Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:33 pm

We have to do the same on long sided panels, but would love a single sided spot welder
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby vanmanloki » Mon Apr 01, 2013 6:30 am

something like that would be nice to have, sure would save a lot of drilling 8)
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Re: 1998 Tourneo GLX Turbo Restoration project

Postby dieselhead123 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:27 am

Nice job there mate, 8)

Defo a lot easier repairing the inner rear lower corners with the floor out.

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