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transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

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transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

Postby theonefromthesky » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:45 pm

My MK5 Transit, mobile music studio!

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First FAB of inner front arch, from bits
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Box section and various new sections
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Not the best welding I have done..... But had to replace the hole... whatever this was!
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Cut out of old crap
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Rear Door crap cut out
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Arch in, coast of filler to blend
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Sill fab and sill blend with filler
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rear sill fab and filler
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Other arch fab and filler
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RH Sill fab filler and plates
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Wing on, taking shape
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MORE WELDING FOUND IN FLOOR!!! ARGH, along with both chassis rails and suspension mounts (no photos, got stcuk in)
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NS front Footwell nearly finished
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Bored, thought I woudl do cambelt
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Hint of colour that it will be
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paint!!!
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My reasembler....
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Note the TOTAL egr removal!
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TRUE 240v Sine wave Power invertor, including battery moniter amp draw and RCD output!
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Been nick named "The Bentley" By my friends.

I added an extra battery tray in rear floor whilst I was welding, which holds 2 extra batteries to power the invertors to run any 240v device, the plug in photo is shown, it will also show current draw from batteries and battery voltage!

When painting I decided to paint EVERYTHING so you would never know it was white, I hate that when changin colour of a car....

Total Time 4 weeks, all work done outside, weather permitting, includign spraying, 2 coats of paint and only a polish to finish, no rubbing down.

Please, questions and comments!!
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!!

Postby transitandy » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:48 pm

Thats one hell of a start to finish project m8y :)
TRANSIT M8, SAY NO MORE YOUR IN...... FORD THROUGH TO THE BONE......
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!!

Postby landiman » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:57 pm

VERY nice..... well done you :D
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

Postby theonefromthesky » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:15 am

Initial images rubbish!
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Fabrication of Inner Arches

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Inner Arches and various box sections, plus a large gap filled with weld, very proffesional!

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Very white

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Dodgy welding again, very rusty. Didn;t have shot blaster at this point....

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Rear Arch before Fab work

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Rot Cut out of doors

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Made good with arch, skim of filler

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More stripping

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Inner step fabrication and sill blending

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Rear Step FAB

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Door Fab and filler skim

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Twice...

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Arch on, taking shape...

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Rock star drink to keep me going

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Wing on, complete with label

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Found lots of rot, in rear floor, missed it before, plus rear chassis rails, which I have no photos of yet

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Inner step done now

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Doing cambelt, never put the viscous fan back on, runscool enough without

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Hint of green

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VERY GREEN, forgot to take photos of primer! Spray it outside, V please with finish considering!

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Reasembly helper! Cheers pa!

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Rear floor green, considering its never seen... Sad reallly!

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Final image of floor before I cover it!

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Nice shine there!

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Only insides of doors not green!

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Step looking good!

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And Reasembled, needs alloys really!

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Must get polish marks out

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LENS FLARE!

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Shiney!

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Got guitar rack and amps in back for radside practice.....

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Complete with drum kit, ready to play! (And new boiler By the way, it is a work van too you know!

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Doors finished

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Did Under bonnet too, slam panel etc

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Note complete EGR removal

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2000w of Pure sine wave power, complete with 3 batterys to power it, gives aproximatly 3+ hours of gigging time!!

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Looking Nice

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Sill looking good

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All I need is some bentley badges.....
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

Postby NapraP » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:37 am

Very NICE! :D
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Rover 75 2.0 CDT
both are great car from the UK :)

My Mk5 recon - http://fordtransit.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=107724
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

Postby stevo » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:55 pm

Thats one nice looking transit mate, wish i had the time, money and know how to do mine. Colour coded bumpers would look the bollocks on that and as you've said, some nice alloys. Nice to see another Mk5 saved from the scrap heap.
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Re: transit MK5 Reborn!! - In Metallic Green!!

Postby stevo » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:57 pm

Looks like theres only a pair of legs behind the door :lol:

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