My Mk1 Transit's Restoration Project

[malta transit]

These last two days ,as i have told you i cut out the two rectangular mouldings ressesed in the metal work. These part below.



Then as i cut them out ,i drew them onto the new metal which is going to replace the rusted one.



Then i cut of the drawn shapes so the old bits can be fitted exactly in place.



These fitted perfectly.



Than i mig welded the edges and linished them with a grinder which took quiet a long time to get them smoth.



From underneath ;



Tomorrow i will do the upper top left corner mould and if i 'll have any chance i'll give them a skim of filler to smoth the job.

[Luke]

attention to detail 10/10

[malta transit]

As i have finished shaping the replacement rear panel,i could not weld it in as i noticed that you have to attach it to the rear light panel. This panel from the out side was rusted at one time as when i had sand blasted the edges i noticed that the rear panel were the red reflect is, was covered with filler. All these years ( 35 years of ownership)i have never knew that it was patched. Filler works well if it is done on clean surface.

Well the photos are not very clear as i forgot to go macro!!

The rear panel just spot welded and filled ip with filler.





So, I cut of the bodged up part,





I shaped up the rear panel with new metal and welded it in,





Then i just shaped out a new part to fit in perfectly,





Tomorrow i'll weld it up neatly and make up the next part to it.

[transitgeoff]

nice work

[greek]

Nice work Malta, patience is a virtue

[transitandy]

A class act for sure

[roelsmits]

good to see you're starting again
I keep an eye on your progress
keep this in mind it's really fun to drive a mk1 transit

gr Roel

[redcube]

Nice work so far

[noah]

nice work..

[malta transit]

nice work

Nice work so far

good to see you're starting again
I keep an eye on your progress
keep this in mind it's really fun to drive a mk1 transit

gr Roel

A class act for sure

Nice work Malta, patience is a virtue

Thanks guys for the encouragement

[malta transit]

Today i tackled this corner as i had a hole at the end, but i realised i ran out of co2,so stoped here.



So then i cleaned of the back beam ( overhanger spring holder ) from the rusted panel i had cut of the days before. Then i made a new outrigger to brace the cleaned one which i saved.





I had managed to add a bit of more detail to the panel;



Then i cut holes in this new panel which i made for the rear bumper brackets. Here you can see the old original panel and the new one compared together.









Next week i 'll go and refill my tank with gas and figure out what and how to tackle next,so happy weekend

[alcapone]

More well crafted panels there, well done, keep up the good work!

[malta transit]

Well as the smiley says, i'm happy today,as i have managed to finish off half of one side of the transit's bottom from rust

Here is what i have done so far;

As you can see below, i made a new panel and shaped it in a z shape. I spot welded it to the 1cm lip rising from the corner floor and spot welded it to the floor.





As you can see from the below picture the panel keeps on going down to cover the rear inside corner panel.



I then scribed the panel i made to the corner panel and cut the offcut remaining panel off, and spot welded it them together.

As you can see i also welded the spring holder beam to the bottom of the floor. I fixed it 10.25cm away from the main beam after i measured the other side for exact measurerments.





I then welded in the new replacement outriger beam, which the original had disintigrated by rust.







I also must inform you that i am leaving the rear right bracket bumper holder at the moment as i shall leave it for the end.

Well that all for today As from this week i have to move the van a few feet to the side so i can start work to the other side

[Luke]

superb mate this will be worth another trip over to see it when it's done

[malta transit]

Yes Sure, but i bet you will be a bit older when finished.