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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Sun May 15, 2011 10:33 pm

Hawthorn wrote:Found your thread really interesting, thanks but:
Oops - The signwriting on Expert van should say Extensions, not extentions! You may want to change it ;)

your right it is wrong ,thats what you get for mate who owns van helping and typing what he wanted into cutter.partly my fault aswell as didnt check before fitting :oops: ,he hasent noticed so wont say anything untill he does .got so much work to do and want to finish the van off .no cant do it i will tell him in the morning.hopefully i can just change the one letter. :D
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby Altransit » Mon May 16, 2011 9:03 am

nila wrote:
Hawthorn wrote:Found your thread really interesting, thanks but:
Oops - The signwriting on Expert van should say Extensions, not extentions! You may want to change it ;)

your right it is wrong ,thats what you get for mate who owns van helping and typing what he wanted into cutter.partly my fault aswell as didnt check before fitting :oops: ,he hasent noticed so wont say anything untill he does .got so much work to do and want to finish the van off .no cant do it i will tell him in the morning.hopefully i can just change the one letter. :D

Erm, I hate to say this, but on that same van, it should also be ETC (etcetera), not ECT
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Mon May 16, 2011 3:03 pm

Altransit wrote:
nila wrote:
Hawthorn wrote:Found your thread really interesting, thanks but:
Oops - The signwriting on Expert van should say Extensions, not extentions! You may want to change it ;)

your right it is wrong ,thats what you get for mate who owns van helping and typing what he wanted into cutter.partly my fault aswell as didnt check before fitting :oops: ,he hasent noticed so wont say anything untill he does .got so much work to do and want to finish the van off .no cant do it i will tell him in the morning.hopefully i can just change the one letter. :D

Erm, I hate to say this, but on that same van, it should also be ETC (etcetera), not ECT

very :oops: now ,i should charge him for me sorting out his spelling mistakes :D
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby Altransit » Mon May 16, 2011 3:23 pm

Good plan :P :lol:
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Tue May 17, 2011 7:33 am

Altransit wrote:Good plan :P :lol:

well told mate about his spelling and his answer was i cant spell to save me life and the best of it is he is going to pay me to sort out for him. only a couple of quid but hey .its all good :D
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Wed May 18, 2011 8:25 pm

well been doigna bit on the rear inner arches looks like crap on top but under arch it looks good dont really matter about the top as sink cuboard going there .
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little bit more to do this side but posty came so had to fit this .
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reflection of welder in this one .
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screen working .
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Sat May 21, 2011 8:22 pm

well i was thinking about the camera at the back and how to make it a bit better looking so thought i would make a suround for it and think it looks a little better .used a bit of the white washing machine pipe the one the drain tube goes into .
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then today made a start on cubby for sink and microwave .
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doing a microwave as got 6 kids need as much room as posible and didnt want to mess around with gas .
vinyled out the rear window near sink unit
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put some laminate down
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and chucked a piece of brown carpet down ,doing brown as grey and black have been done to death wanted to be different
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby awaz bluevdub » Tue May 24, 2011 11:08 pm

Hawthorn wrote:Found your thread really interesting, thanks but:
Oops - The signwriting on Expert van should say Extensions, not extentions! You may want to change it ;)


Also you may want to change ect to etc, et-cetera, et-cetera .... if you check windows has spell checker on :lol:
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Wed May 25, 2011 11:03 am

yes ok we got it now altransit already spotted it (etc) and dont need spell check but my mate does. :lol:
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby transitandy » Wed May 25, 2011 7:30 pm

coming on nicely m8y :)
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Thu May 26, 2011 3:47 pm

cheers transitandy going a bit slow lately no funds but done a few jobs last week and once the funds have cleared in bank tommorow i can go spending .hoping to get estima seats at the weekend then i can size everything up and see whats what .will post picks when works being done :D :D
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby mk2panelvan » Thu May 26, 2011 9:12 pm

Nice, enjoyed reading this
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Thu May 26, 2011 10:37 pm

mk2panelvan wrote:Nice, enjoyed reading this

cheers,keep watching this thread,now i have some funds just orderd a few bits .
carpet, the proper campervan stuff
15" lcd tv with dvd and built in freeview 12v/240v
2000w inverter
locking water filler cap
caravan porch and inner tent
and most imporant a new welding mask
so plans are get estima seats fitted when i get some that is ,table in ,do some more on electrics,plumb sink in and sort pump for water,build cage for water tank under van,do the toilet cuboard ,and hopefully get it to start looking more like a camper.
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Tue May 31, 2011 12:08 pm

well done a few bits of list ,heres a few pictures for you all other bits still ariving in post this week .
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made these ,fitted ready for covering .
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toilet cubby made outside being carpeted inside will be wall papered.
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inside toilet cubby .doors going to be hinged in middle so can fold back on other half takes up less room.
custom sink made .
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lights all fitted bought from the bay actualy for the t25 volks campers.
carpet was going to be ordered today from mega van mats but the sods have gone on holiday so not listed any untill get back of holls.
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sink all painted and yes its the underside .
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windows vinyled rest of windows going light smoke and then painting black round outside of the windows down side of van to make it look more like a camper.
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Re: not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

Postby nila » Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:34 pm

well finaly got my carpet so did a bit of trimming today and think it makes all the difference.
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got to do a few little bits tommorow like put handle suround back on and things like that .also did a bit of welding on the sill but forgot to take pictures but still have to finish it of so will take pictures when i get back onto it but for now very happy with the trimming :D :D :D
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