6 wheels

[Luke]

thanks for getting the pics

good to know that vans still around and it doesnt look in too bad condition

basically apart from the rising blocks that was the same idea i had for the tag axle - i see he's also left the full diff in (mabe he's removed the cw&p)

and from the archives - dont think this is around anymore

nice to know i was wrong

[rvm]

hi all, john told me that he wants to put the van back on the road and the only real reason for parking the van up was the lack of power stering, he also says its the lack of hrs in a day. i will tell him about the pic and he is going to sort some out of when he had it on the road as well. i will ask about the crown wheel in the diff. the van sits so high because he made it four wheel drive because of parking on grass and such like.
i know you don't have a lot of time on the build weekend so is it easyer to make ladder sachet to replace the one on the van's , by doing this you will have a striaght edge to slide the vans together and weld. this allows one team to work on the michanical side and one on the body work side, then you will be able to put the engine in the sachet in stead of trying to crane it it too engin bay wheres theres not a lot of room. i think i better shut up now , ian.

[Luke]

where abouts are you and john rvm

what i'm thinking with the chassis is make up a strong box section that fits inside the rails to give it some strength similar to what i did on my pickup when i swapped the back this is a copy from my progress report - but i never took any pics of the box sections but you can see the weld to them

todays progress got the 2 chassis offered up but were doing it outside and the rain was putting me off

crappy phone pics but thats all we had

cutting the chassis


removed


notched and new chassis offered up


there is some box sections to go inside the 2 chassis halfs to make the joint strong some progress today but i have pics

pics now here shows the join box section is in between and the holes were pre cut in the outer chassis then filled in - theres 12 holes all together, also the joints welded, i left a 1mm gap all the way round and the overlap is plug welded, it's the 1st chassis joining job ive done and i'm pritty chuffed with it



thought i got some more pics but they are off stus mobile so mabe they will come through later one more pic i found

[rvm]

hi, john lives in bacton norfolk near the gas plant.

[Luke]

hi, john lives in bacton norfolk near the gas plant.

bit far for me to pop round

is he on the net get him to join us on here - i'm sure i'm not the only one who'd love to read a progress thread on his van

[rvm]

hi, i have tried but he keeps saying he has no time to go on the net i will see him again soon and ask for a phone no. and he does love talking about vans . he has a mk3 flare side with taillift as his daily use van which is in fantastic nic but i think it has had a face lift but still a very tidy van. i could pm you his address and you try and wright to him and see if you have a bit more luck, ian.

[Luke]

invite him along to the build he might get the motivation to finish his one off

[rvm]

hi, i will ask and try who knows, ian.

[eroticice]

hello here is my 6 wheeler very well known back in the days bedford cf with 5.7 ltr v8 mid mounted any advice how to do it .it was quite easy mind you i was 20 then lol

[rvm]

very nice

[Luke]

i like that a lot

[Gavin]

and from the archives - dont think this is around anymore

[AlanN]

Is the MK2 AWD, its very high!

[Boo-radley]

Is the MK2 AWD, its very high!

4 wheel drive.

[rvm]

hi, its 4wd with locking front wheels, the fella who owns it said it needs the 4wd for going on grass and soft ground but looks good though