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Rusty Brakedown mk5

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Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brustkle » Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:05 pm

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Just bought this the other day for £900

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1 Back end box section were the leaf hangers are rotten through
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2 bottom U does not even touch top to make complete box
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3 Old repairs are pathetic looking
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4 No big deal here replace with new box section
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5 Just clean look at quality of welds then clean once more and primer
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9 centre bearing has collapsed
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12 under drivers side next to the step

Pics tell the story but am gonna replace a lot of it with box section

Anyone know of good suppliers for rectangle and box mild steel
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby RustWidow » Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:13 pm

Wow, that’s a project and a half, good luck!
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brustkle » Sat Aug 11, 2018 1:37 am

Yeah cheers mate, Am gonna need it.

Anyone got any good sources for mild steel box and rectangle section ?
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brustkle » Sat Sep 08, 2018 1:27 pm

Anyone have or know where I can get my hands on a Thatcham methods manual ford transit mk5.

Just so I have a guide to follow when replacing panels ect.

The roof panel skin is separating from the body on drivers side on very top,
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brustkle » Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:10 pm

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Wait a minute that's a bus, Whats that got to do with Transits
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There's something missing here from it tho, A rather large chunk of steel.
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Yeah there it is :D
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This bad boy is gonna come in handy for patching my transit up, Am gonna bodge something together when I cut this chunk of 4mm box steel up,
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brustkle » Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:31 am

Restoration is slow due to a Lack of funds but I will get moving soon, Also been waiting to move into a new garage to restore it in.
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Re: Rusty Brakedown mk5

Postby Brendon Cording » Wed Apr 03, 2019 5:18 am

Thats an awesome tow truck. Cant wait to see it all done!
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