1958 harry wrote:MinorMatt wrote:To be honest, the wings and arches arnt structural - get some new front wings and paint them with rattle cans, cut the old ones off and attach the new ones with self tappers (or rivets) where the welds would be. Do the same with the rears, but if you get a "joddler" (also known as edge setter) you can get the original bodywork and new panel almost flush - you could glue the new panel in with tiger seal or similar and use a thin skim of filler.
I'd rather leave the rust than do that IMHO, will look totally shite, and rot out just as quick as the already rotten arches. If you're gonna do it that way why waste the money on new arches, just rub the existing ones down and fill em - it'll last as long as the bodged way above and look better.
Either do it right then have a tidy (and still cheap) van that will last and stay looking tidy or do it the bodgy way and have a van that looks even worse than it did in the first place!
Just my opinion
How is removing the old arches and replacing them a bodge??????????
will look into tiger seal
