not the van i thought i was going to drive ?

[nila]

well front wing off and not good need an inner wing part aswell as a lot of it came away with the outer wing .pictures to follow when finished digging out the tin worm.

well pictures as promised but not finished digging out the tinworm was just unbolting battery tray when thunder from the distance so tools away just incase.


i live walking distance to big scrap yard ,albert looms, so armed with cordlass grinder going to see if i can find a decent inner wing,will be nice if i can saves a bit of time.will let you know how i get on .

[nila]

well been thinking and decided going to turn van in to motorhome .im playing with the idea of getting 2 three seater seats from estima/previa as had a couple of estimas and the seat is a 3 seater and can turn around and they slide forward and backwards and when the back is folded down and you slide them together you get a decent sized bed .so going on whats needed to register it as a camper and the fact that i need 6 seats in the back for kids ,so both 3 seater seats facing forward kids all strapped in of we go ,get to destination turn the row of seats behind drivers seat round to face the other 3 seater hole in floor table post in place table on top seating area,bedtime slide both sets of seats toward the back of van fold both backs down (got to check size when bed if not 6ft will use table in between seats to make well over 6ft bed).bench area down one side at the back for sink, microwave,cuboard space .for water supply going to use a caravan foot pump system the one that pops up from floor in front of sink and allso going for a se of curtains from an estima as you can get electric ones ,so on the hunt now for parts needed ,hopefully getting welder tommorow so work can egin will take photos as work progresses.

[nila]

well got me new welder so heres a few of the rebuild .

before,

after,

under battery tray,

littlebit at the end to do,

round suspention mount wasent that bad ,no hole but metal getting flaky cleaned and plated ,
now kids back at school can really get some work done

[nila]

bit rubish welding under wing cant get me fat head with mask on under there so case of point close eyes and weld ,then swear as bits drop down sleave and burns little holes in elbow before burning through overauls .got some proper gloves but cant get on with them .first couple of times of getting burned banged head trying to get out from under wing .all good fun though.

[alcapone]

bit rubish welding under wing cant get me fat head with mask on under there so case of point close eyes and weld ,then swear as bits drop down sleave and burns little holes in elbow before burning through overauls .got some proper gloves but cant get on with them .first couple of times of getting burned banged head trying to get out from under wing .all good fun though.

Sounds so familiar

[nila]

well started taking seats out the back in total 42 bolts only got 3 left to do and snaped the bloody star drive bit and taking the seat out thats bolted from under the rear wheel arch and half the arch came with it so bit more welding to do there .will upload photos when i get the rest of seats out and matting up which if the rain holds of will be today.

[ginsambo]

snaped the bloody star drive bit.

The good ones snap, the bad ones bend. Yet to find one for all that tackles seat mount bolts and chassis mounted parts on the undercarriage.

[nila]

well got meslf a new star drive and as promised some photos.

seats in .

seats coming out.

seats out.

a few holes left behind



as you can see had to chop this seat up and had to chop a bit of the inner wing to get this one out .
got a few little holes in floor around a few of the seat holes but only small.

[winterheating]

ooo i dont like the look of that kids foot there in that work zone.
or are you toughening him/her up

[alcapone]

ooo i dont like the look of that kids foot there in that work zone.
or are you toughening him/her up

Or welding the seat to the inner wheel arch?

[nila]

ooo i dont like the look of that kids foot there in that work zone.
or are you toughening him/her up

that foot belongs to my second youngest ,will always have a clean carpet in the van he does put his sandels on comes outside gets in van and takes them off again,just got to teach the others for when vans back on road.

[noah]

good luck with it

[nila]

cheers noah.
well front wing finally turned up after ordering it 2 weeks ago ,clear /white indercators turned up this morning already bought reversing camera last week from maplins just waiting on the 3.5 inch screen for it ,all holes in the back have been welded so flooring back in started on drivers inner wheel arch in the back ,sign written another van on sunday little escort van charged him 80.notes for what he wanted gave me £100 and got 2 more of his tranny vans to do .got a friends party this afternoon so cant do anything on the van today (might creap out tonight and do a bit without the missus knowing) front wing will go on tommorow ,welding in the back hopefully finished aswell .nearly forgot changed the double front seat into a single .still looking for some cheep estima/previa seats for the back.will take photos later and post of the work done so far

[nila]

well as promised some piccys for you all ,firstly the 2 vans done for brothers ,the first one is a no no on this site but the escort well its ford.







and now me wing its on and must say for one of fleebay fitted a treat was expecting to have to bash shape and grind a bit to get a nice fit but went on easy .inner wing i did was also spot on which to be honest thought it might need a bit of work as when took old wing of inner wing just fell to pieces so only had the other side to go on.

[Hawthorn]

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