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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby matthew2riches » Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:58 pm

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Luke wrote::lol: :lol: remember what you see is what you get and this is the worst of it - no hidden filler under bodged on panels - 2 wings and 4 arches most of that will be gone :D

plus a few months back that had an MOT :lol:


don't tell porkies!! :lol: :lol:
seriously? and it passed?


At the end of the day, it looks solid underneath. Bodywork is where the magic needs to happen :D It's all for the fun of it.
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby quadfather » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:00 pm

matthew2riches wrote:
quadfather wrote:
Luke wrote::lol: :lol: remember what you see is what you get and this is the worst of it - no hidden filler under bodged on panels - 2 wings and 4 arches most of that will be gone :D

plus a few months back that had an MOT :lol:


don't tell porkies!! :lol: :lol:
seriously? and it passed?


At the end of the day, it looks solid underneath. Bodywork is where the magic needs to happen :D It's all for the fun of it.


i agree it's in a good shape for a project, don't look like theres anything major wrong.
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby Luke » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:01 pm

quadfather wrote:don't tell porkies!! :lol: :lol:
seriously? and it passed?

passed it over a year ago :lol:

i've seen a lot worse vans pass :mrgreen: and if i hadn't bought my tourneo that would have passed too :D
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby Luke » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:02 pm

matthew2riches wrote:At the end of the day, it looks solid underneath. Bodywork is where the magic needs to happen :D It's all for the fun of it.

that makes 2 of us then :lol: seriously tho what you need to look at are the bits that arnt goning to get replaced and most of that is solid :D
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby quadfather » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:06 pm

Luke wrote:
matthew2riches wrote:At the end of the day, it looks solid underneath. Bodywork is where the magic needs to happen :D It's all for the fun of it.

that makes 2 of us then :lol: seriously tho what you need to look at are the bits that arnt goning to get replaced and most of that is solid :D


chassis looks good, theres no big dents or rips in the body. once the rust is sorted and it's had a good clean it'll look nearly new again. won't take long to sort out so should be plenty of time for the mods. 8)
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby mealic » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:21 pm

With what`s on mine I think we can make a good job out of it all.Worst bits on mine are rear doors.Fronts and side are straight,bonnet is pretty good too.front end is all complete.

Anyone with a nice recovery truck(like in those photos hey Luke)?Perhaps we might find the best one in Sussex!!??to move it.
`Er indoors would like to see it go sooner than later.So if we have any idea as to where the Build Off might be please post soon as the van might not be here next summer.

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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby trainwreck » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:03 pm

Where can i get hold of them window sun strips with transit forum whiten on it ? i want one :D
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby MrMPuk » Wed Sep 22, 2010 1:13 pm

trainwreck wrote:Where can i get hold of them window sun strips with transit forum whiten on it ? i want one :D

Take it you've not explored as far as the merchandise section down the bottom of the forum?

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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby trainwreck » Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:35 pm

Yes I did Mrmpuk. Pm Guy88 ? i have twice lol :)
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby executivetravel » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:41 pm

quadfather wrote:
Luke wrote::lol: :lol: remember what you see is what you get and this is the worst of it - no hidden filler under bodged on panels - 2 wings and 4 arches most of that will be gone :D

plus a few months back that had an MOT :lol:


don't tell porkies!! :lol: :lol:
seriously? and it passed?



i think he means a few months back it HAD an MOT, not PASSED an MOT......lol
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby executivetravel » Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:42 pm

Can you get the body sandblasted once the mechanicals are off, that saves hours of grinding

again, find a mobile 'blaster looking for some free advertising, and involve the local press, the vans being sold for charity int it?
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby Mallyd13 » Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:59 pm

Interesting, I'm new to this forum, but not new to restoring having done the best part of 12 cars in the last 2 years (on top of the day job - which takes up about 70 hours a week), and my current beastie is about to be featured in Total Vauxhall so I'm not too shabby . .
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So I'll throw my hat in the ring, but it depends where this is going to happen . . (I might have missed that . . doh!)

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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby Luke » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:03 pm

your forgiven for your vauxhall sins :lol: your help will be most welcome 8)

put your name on the list in this thread 8) viewtopic.php?f=63&t=72158
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby trigger » Sat Oct 09, 2010 11:15 pm

Vauxhall Shovit, i had one of those years ago :D
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Re: The project base vehicle

Postby Luke » Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:20 pm

Here's some pics of the 2nd donor van from Mealic :D this will be the back half 8)

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