Ex John Lewis MK5, 2.5TDi 85ps Automatic & Air Con.

[karl]

you must love that van

so work going on here

[MinorMatt]

Im just thinking how many grinders are in operation on this van at once

2 with 0.8mm slitting discs
1 with fibre disc
1 with wire brush
1 with "birds next" surface preperation so thats 5 of them

I have pretty much stopped using conventional grinding discs

Then theres the recip saw too

[Nadjenka]

Thanks Matt, that's much better, no magnifying glass required

She do like a rusty van, that Nada

Look who's talkin' You've seen (and successfully repaired!) worse than that It's boring without the rust

Yeah, idiot owners who didn't really know how to treat it, let alone drive it To be fair, most of the rust developed in my ownership, since life got in the way... It's now or never, restore it, or loose it, before the rust takes over completely I'm grateful there are trusty hands left on this world where I can leave my monster and collect a beauty Who knows... 4 years, 2 transits, 5 drives across Europe, three engines and two kids later - I might finally end up with nice, rust free van

[Muttley]

Pooh to all you flash gits with more than one grinder , poor old me has to put up with changing discs and wire wheels every five minutes. Bet you all don't get yer 9" out much though

[kalkat]

9" ........

................. mind, I can do more than enough damage with 115mm grinders -and by the time I get me hammers out..............................

[MinorMatt]

We have a 9" grinder... I think its in the scrap pile

[RustWidow]

Haha good place for it cos I think muttleys gone through at least two or three in the past couple of years and always when there are no funds to replace the darn things!!!!!

[kalkat]

*sighs* ................ well, not much to report as I've been fighting off the effects of a major abcess under one of my teeth

Over the weekend I managed to get some trimming back and tidying of the edges where panels will go - that's all really...............

[MinorMatt]

Not much has happened this week

A few strips have been cut To do the floor and the drivers side paneld trial fitted... they need a fair amount of tweaking to make them fit properly...

[MinorMatt]

Update as soon as I get on a better internet connection...

Progress has been made!

[MinorMatt]

Lets see how long this takes on the tablet...

Since the previous update Kalkat had been busy fettling the panels to fit. Initially we tried to replace just the outer edge of the inner arch but the panel provided was a rubbish fit - so we fitted an inner arch I had in stock from Dieselhead, only minor fettling was required





And a few repairs of the panelwork to the rear



That last bit was left until the outer panel was put on in order to make the panel fabrication easier

Other than that the rear corner is now fully welded underneath

I moved on to repairing other bits of floor inside and have cut the rust out and repaired some of it





That bit is all now fully welded up and finished but there are still big holes to fix! In the mean time Kalkat was busy fixing dints and dents with the panel temporarily fitted.




But the real progress is this all fitted and doodled on!






The long panel has gone on relly well with no distortion, the short one has a little distortion in one place but nothing that can‘t be fixed.

[AndyG]

Excellent work

[transitandy]

Good thread

[transit mark]

Exellent work there guys.

[MinorMatt]

Exellent work there guys.

Be careful... Kalkat is a girl! And she is suprisingly accurate when throwing hammers at people who offend her