Baz has a new home!

[ColinJack]

Help Needed Please.

I need a new panel for Baz's backside collecting from WS9 8TH (Walsall).
I need to get it to Tim (Kent) ... so need to get a 'trusted relay' organised.

Anybody able to help?

Colin

Bump. Does everybody avoid the West Midlands?

[BigMonty]

Its worth Doing pat stevens a PM ? He is in that neck of the woods and as I follow his progress of facebook is always dotting about the country picking up bits. Im sure we could get some sort of relay going

[RustWidow]

No Colin, don't avoid it ... Just nowhere near it here! Lol

[ColinJack]

Its worth Doing pat stevens a PM ? He is in that neck of the woods and as I follow his progress of facebook is always dotting about the country picking up bits. Im sure we could get some sort of relay going

Cheers Monty. What is his ID on here?

[Mr RVM]

Its exactly as Monty typed it.....pat stevens

[ColinJack]

Its exactly as Monty typed it.....pat stevens

Hehe ... thanks.

[ColinJack]

Its exactly as Monty typed it.....pat stevens

Ahaaa - 6 wheels!

[dieselhead123]

Hi people, we have now been able to make a start on the repairs to Baz, the side sills required should be with us within a week, so time to get cutting

Starting with the right hand side between the driver's door and the rear wheel arch, the rear arch was removed to expose sound paintwork

Then the lower and intermediate sill sections were removed, this revealed the narrow strip between the floor and the upper edge of the intermediate sill to be badly rusted, a replacement will be produced.

Some pics of the exposed area;



It was also necessary to remove the lower four inches of the side panel above the intermediate sill, this was mainly filler and rust!
Again, this part will be folded and rolled to match the factory body contour.

More later,
TIM

[BigMonty]

COLIN ! COLIN !
Tims cut a bloody great hole in the side of your van !
Curiosity wise matey, Is the seller ( Lucy wasnt it ? ) Interested in the progress on Baz ????

[ColinJack]

COLIN ! COLIN !
Tims cut a bloody great hole in the side of your van !

Was always going to happen!

Curiosity wise matey, Is the seller ( Lucy wasnt it ? ) Interested in the progress on Baz ????

Lucy said she was going to be following it, so she may post here. Have now got two brand new headlights to go with the front panel we acquired off you.

[ColinJack]

Hi people, we have now been able to make a start on the repairs to Baz, the side sills required should be with us within a week, so time to get cutting

Starting with the right hand side between the driver's door and the rear wheel arch, the rear arch was removed to expose sound paintwork

Then the lower and intermediate sill sections were removed, this revealed the narrow strip between the floor and the upper edge of the intermediate sill to be badly rusted, a replacement will be produced.
More later,
TIM

Here we go, here we go ...

[dieselhead123]

A bit more done on Baz today, as can be seen in the pictures above, the strip between the intermediate sill and the floor was rather rusty!

Today we removed the rusty metal and made up a replacement part;

This is temporarily fitted in position with self tapping screws, this allows for removal during the repair and is required to suit the plan we have

Here we see the part viewed from the front;


Now, unfortunately the metal folder will only handle 48 inch lengths, so a small section has been added at the front;


The two parts will be tacked together on the van then removed to complete the welding process, the hope is that it will look like one piece in keeping with the original part.

TIM

[dirtydog]

Excellent work there Tim

[RustWidow]

Doing good tim, well done

[dieselhead123]

Bit more on the 'Old Bugger' today

Made a section to repair the right hand side panel behind the front door;


The return at the rear end of the panel has been folded at the edge to meet the rear quarter panel. The very end of the rear quarter panel has been left in place to assist with alignment;


At the front the panel has been folded so as to return into the front door aperture, this matches the factory production method;

Again, this part has been fitted temporarily with self tapping screws, it will need to be removed prior to permanent fixing so as to provide access for the spot welder.

You will see in the picture that the remainder of the intermediate sill has been removed;

This part is on back order with our supplier but should be with us within a week.

TIM