Ford Transit Forum

by **Muttley** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:57 pm

Well roof replacement is under way!! I have cut out what I need from the donor (thanks loads Fred

) and will be fitting it tomorrow. Its what I should have done at the beginning instead of wasting time bodging up the screen surround :roll:

Cabriolet anyone?

Just what I need!

On its way home

by **bigmastif** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:12 pm

ffs you found a ford scrapyard :shock:

........................ oh hang on its freds :lol:

joke BTW

by **Muttley** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:14 pm

God almighty dont call Freds all scrappers :shock:

Only two are being cut up :wink:

by **Luke** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:16 pm

fred will have a shock when she gets back................. she didnt mean that white mk2

thats in a film next week :shock:

by **Muttley** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:20 pm

by **the_big_fact_hunt** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:30 pm

[quote="Muttley"]Well roof replacement is under way!! I have cut out what I need from the donor (thanks loads Fred

) and will be fitting it tomorrow. Its what I should have done at the beginning instead of wasting time bodging up the screen surround :roll:

Transit rickshaw next huh?

by **bigmastif** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:57 pm

that pic some how reminds me of a old gypsy caravan

by **Muttley** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:09 pm

Hell of a day! :shock:

As usual this old truck continues to amaze me!! I stripped the front end all off and removed the lump in prep for fitting the screen and roof. Next I removed the windscreen, REAL careful like! The donor section was trimmed to fit and then I went on to remove the rust, I mean roof! In the past some bright spark had seen fit to weld an extra scuttle over the original! The outer red one was mullered but the original yellow one underneath wasnt to bad

Next up was to trim back the bulkhead top and A pillars to match the new bit. Then I stepped on the N/S step and it disappeared in a pile of rust

This disappearance revealed the N/S outriggers in all their rotten glory

Never mind though ever onwards

Stripped and ready.

N/S doorstep

Outrigger or outruster :!:

Top off

Rust

(what a surprise)

Muttley 2 scuttles :!:

N/S rust all to be cut out :!:

Prepped and waiting for some minor repairs and then the new roof :!:

Nice repair...NOT :!:

More tomorrow

by **pollag** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:15 pm

Basically all this shows us here on the Forum is that u are NO. 1 and will be our team leader if we enter Scrapheap Challenge 2008 from Channel4.com
http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/S/scrapheap2008/index.html&ei=96-dSbPDNqTJjAel-4zEBQ&sa=X&oi=spellmeleon_result&resnum=1&ct=result&cd=1&usg=AFQjCNEJSxt1UBMFfkbJZFET5fZHgDjjBw

You could even make my MK6 look like a MK1 and that could be cool . haha

You ARE THE KING!

by **Muttley** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:23 pm

Thanks very much matey

I am blushing with pride :oops:

I would deffo love to go on scrapheap I have watched since it began, maybe we can recruit a team :?:

I was also thinking of having a poll as to whether I am insane or not :lol:

as I have just shut the garage door on a pile of old ford bits that I seem to think I can make a truck out of :lol:

by **bigmastif** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:27 pm

you are one brave MOFO muttley :shock:

by **Muttley** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:33 pm

bigmastif wrote::shock: you are one brave MOFO muttley

Or STOOPID :lol:

by **paultic** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 8:36 pm

i would deffo tick the insane box :lol:

fair play to you muttley looks like the rust just keeps on coming
but still does'nt put you off
i'm keeping an eye on this one i'm impressed so far
best of luck with build

cheers paul