This is near the beginning of the project..having reached the point of 'Should I go on?...or turn to drink?.....Or turn to drink..to go on?!!...Warning- Vodka may impair ability to operate machinery!!
Something nasty had obviously happened to the roof by the creases in the roof support....then they'd pushed it back up..and welded the support to the roof skin!! (damnit)
....and here's what it looks like with offending item replaced by a donour car roof support
Roof before..not so sure pic shows how bad it was....Grilled cheese anybody?
...Roof after...that's my groovy little temp/humidity gauge sitting at the back on the roof. Colour is Ford's 'true blue' as used on the legendary Falcon GT
Ran into a little problem with the passenger side front chassis/suspension point
..Fabricated a solution....that's mine!...all mine (insert crazy laugh)....Ford has no claim...OK...BHP steel may have a claim and the metal shop that did the folding for me.
Here comes some structural integrity!!
After multi layer repairs..it got a bonus layer plate on top....those plug welds run all the way through to the fabricated chassis sleeve
All done...unless I go back with the putty gun for those plug weld telltales
What the!!??...Bucket Head!...Somewhat random but if you don't like welding fumes...here's a simple mod to house a sundstrom respirator...I used a 4 litre gunwash tin
I decided a nice way to set up the engine angle was to suspend engine from vehicle (so load is on suspension)..and load it up with seats/panels etc...pictured is a transmission gantry to suspend gearbox
More of this engine suspending business with a chain and bracket fitted to oil pan...the relevant part of the pic is the shiny galv bit behind that....the beginnings of the engine crossmember
How the van looks 4/07/11
...Love the Mask.... 
