Thought i was getting to get this thing mot'd this week but "found" again something to fix while scraping some flaking undercoating off from rear wheel tubs (or what turned to be rather something called swiss cheese):
Well ive known the previous owners nasty repairs all the time ive had the van and had in mind to fix them some day, but never did, so guess its time to fix them now:
Sawed old ones off and bent new ones from 2mm thick zinc plated stuff:
Some paint & undercoating and its done
Engine bay is finished for now. Found some use for the ammo box at right as a windscreen washer reservoir, drilled a hole for pump on the box at rear right corner. Working like a charm:
Added new brakelines front to back.
Then have to think how to get the wheels bolted properly on.
As the rims are from newer transit (2000+?) the holes for wheel studs are bigger (m14) + and surface is flat on the rim, so cant use normal cone nuts.
First i thought ill drill the hubs and insert bigger m14x2 wheel studs, but theres no centering hub at rear.
Also tried to find some wheel nuts with washer like in the picture with smaller diameter centering sleeve, without luck.
Closest i found was the ones in the picture, M12x1.5.
Plan is to shorten the sleeves to 4mm (same as rim thickness) and drill the lug holes bigger on rims from 16mm->18.5mm (same as the sleeve on the nut)
As for the hub caps, i had some granada mk2 GL hub cap clamps, which i re-bent them a bit and drilled 5x9mm holes in rims. They seem to hold, but lets see after i get this on the road for proper testing.