Its Lean, Its Mean, Its Green

[AlanN]

I know Nick doesnt have a PC at home at present, so with Transitmania 2012 coming up, I thought I would start a thread off for him.
Since the demise of Nicks last Transit, he has found another MK5 which some of you saw at the North Weald Drag Racing Weekend earlier this year with a rebuilt 2.9efi.
With 3 weeks until Transitmania, I talked Nick into going, but there was no way he was going in this beaten up ole BT van... We talked about what we could do with it in such a short time, sounds a bit familar when we started mine just before Transitmania last year.
Basically everything needed doing, so after some hummming and arh'ing, he agreed to have a go around all the other jobs going on at the time, like.


and this Jensen Intercepter and others


I just had a look through my old photos and Ive not got any of his van before we started, but I'll keep looking.






Not sure where Nick found these old bonnet louvers

[BROWNYS V6]

looks like ur making a tidy job there bonnet louvres look goodluck with ur deadline
nice stable mates too, like the hotrod under the polymask

[Luke]

it's like boyd coddington mega strict deadline and a few hotrods in the background

[transitandy]

Nice work as usual
The jensen's as well

[AlanN]

Ive taken a ton of photos, but Im having trouble getting off my new phone and on to the PC
Anyway, its been a slog, but I didnt get home until 4am this morning after a day and night of body prep and paint, 3 layers of base, 3 of pearl and 3 of lacqure. The blasted pearl paint was lumpy and would mix down, so what can you do in the middle of the night, but filter it 3 times, had a row of paper paint cups each with filters slowly straining the lumps out of the paint Didnt get up until 11 this morning and went off back to the workshop... Nick stayed until 6am this morning and not 100% happy, but we have rushed it... again. We started bolt everything back on today, clean as we went. Too many nuts and bolts His gonna start mopping the paint tomorrow as he was falling asleep today.
Try and get some more pictures on later tonight, I know Nick put some on the Transitmania page of Facebook

[AlanN]

looks like ur making a tidy job there bonnet louvres look goodluck with ur deadline
nice stable mates too, like the hotrod under the polymask

Loads of other jobs in, a Mini Cooper for remetal and paint, a 1970's caddy, MG race car in the background of Interceptor, not much of it left, 69 Sunbeam, 2 capri's, one of them is a right heap, can't remember half of them.

[AlanN]

Focus RS front bumper moulded on to the Transit one and a badboy fabricated

[Panda]

Omg EPIC!

[malta transit]

Great Focus RS front bumper , Its sure going to be a head turner

[BROWNYS V6]

i'll be honest, im not a lover of them big front bumpers, but that does look pretty wicked
lookin forward to the in paint pics, wot wheels are goin on?

[AlanN]

Would you believe the Focus bumper was wider than the van, so had to be cut down I should have also added the smilie grille is in there as well, so it all fixes on with the original fixings.
He brought some adapters, last week, but the Mazda RX8 wheels ended up being scrapped so It looks like he is going to borrow some wheels... I let you in on it later when they are on, if they fit

[fordboynick]

Hey people I is back I have to say I have been a bit busy but if it wasn't for Alan
I would be were I am today with the van,so thanks al. I've been thinking about some
Wheels and I need some 5 stud off a ford focus. Hhhmmmm who has got a new focus ???

[AlanN]

I thought you only wanted to borrow my wheel nuts, wheels aswel we'll test fit one tomorrow

[AlanN]

Finally managed to get photos off my phone tonight.
Badboy bonnet under construction




'Choppin time'



White primer going on, after welding up arches and holes behind sliding rail



Roof gets a a lick of black




Then finally the paint turns up last week

[AlanN]

Time for a rosie lee, while I watch Nick lay on the mushy pee base