Quick background : have kids, love bikes, wouldn't drive a MPV unless it was at another MPV need big reliable vehicle = TRANSIT! Yea...... right....
bought a very basic 75hp swb, no leccy windows, mirrors, just central locking and a faster pedal.
Was offered a 100hp swb, with all the toys, leccy mirrors, windows, heated windscreen, abs, traction control etc....
Kept both vans, started getting the "good one" ready for use, remove ply lining, add supports for rear seats, replace lining, easy peasy.
Okay maybe not that simple, lets just plate em up and carry on ( excuse the big blobby welds, I was tediously spotting it with an arc welder until I managed to lend a mig welder - remember none of this was planned)
2mm plate, should be good and sturdy and last a good while. Also welded up all the screw holes in the floor, ground flush and primered over
Now what to do about the "lip" these patches have left on the outside of the van? Well the plan was to jump under the van and seem weld them from the outside to avoid water becoming trapped between my repairs and the original panel.
clean back all the underseal and go to start welding and...
Oh, dear... we need an outrigger, and removing more underseal and lumpy stuff that was stone chipped over
wheres the back of my sill gone? Time to grab a hammer and have a good poke
some one plated front wing in past, but didnt cut the rot from behind it
and its been jacked on the sills
and this sill is just missing
So balls to it lets put all the bits off this one into the other van ( lower specced but less rust - I hope! )
Started stripping it out and get the feeling im doing the right thing
The worst part is figuring out where to keep stuff!
Majority of it will end up for sale I guess, and hopefully help fund the project on
End goal is a nice tidy, sporty, sorta off road ready looking van, fully carpeted, 6 seats, LED lighting inside etc.
We'll see its funny how projects take twists and turns into something never intended