Conrod's 1972 Mk1 V8

[Neil]

are they n o s panals and a side door

The guy does really nice work, and he is fast!

the workshop tells you that

[conrod]

are they n o s panals and a side door

The guy does really nice work, and he is fast!

the workshop tells you that

Quite the opposite in fact, he is rather quiet and understated, and lets his work do the talking!

LHS finished, including reinforcing braces inside. RHS has been started

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[Neil]

neat workshop neat work ??

[conrod]

LHS all done, so on to the RHS.

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It is much worse, but we were kind of expecting that! Some bodgy repairs done it it, probably in the 1970's. Looks like it had taken a hit in the RHS just behind the door, and extending rearwards. Bash the dents out a bit and fill it full of filler seems to have been the order of the day! We will replace the wheel arch with a repair panel that Ralph supplied, which will deal with a lot of the ugly.

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A new panel is being folded up to replace the whole panel behind the door, to delete the window

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[Neil]

with those wheels on its almost turning into bog standard v4 next ??

[conrod]

with those wheels on its almost turning into bog standard v4 next ??

Hahaa! Actually I fitted those for a movie production a couple of years ago, along with some hubcaps. It was wrapped in satin black, and it did look fairly standard But it would take a very big floor section to fill in the hole that was cut out for the V8, so won't be going back to a V4 any time soon BTW, did you sell your custom Mk1?

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[Neil]

no shes still in the workshop, had a few people wanting it to turn back to a standard van and the price dropping to cover their work i run it every fortnight [if dry]

[conrod]

no shes still in the workshop, had a few people wanting it to turn back to a standard van and the price dropping to cover their work i run it every fortnight [if dry]

yep we get those people here too, who tell you about their financial problems when trying to grind you down on the price

[conrod]

little update, RR wheelarch was quite a mess, needs a lot of love!.............

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[Neil]

disc brakes on the rear

[conrod]

disc brakes on the rear

yep! Rear axle is a 9" from a Lincoln Versailles, with factory disc brakes. 3.5 ratio with LSD too

[Neil]

looks like its meant to be there a straight swap

[conrod]

more progress pics

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[conrod]

RHS rear panel held in place with toggles and screws, and about to be welded in.

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Pic of the new filler panel for the window behind the drivers door.

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[oldskooler]

wow...quality work going on there mate..

this van will be a stunnner when done! really enjoying watching its progress..