The GASWAGON (act III)

[PetenAli]

I know Lloydy is the same height as a smurf but that's a bit strong chap. He's married aswell.

That's a bit strong Elvis - are you trying to stir up something from nothing with a bit of crafty editing Remember for the record - I don't get caught up in the S Devon / Surrey stuff that goes on. I just want to see how things progress on Lloyd's van for future reference.

I hope the moderators will take a look at this and make any adjustments they see fit.

[lloydy]

He's joking Pete, i can see where your post has been changed... something that is done fairly often, like this..

i think lloydy's van is the best ever and offer £50,000 to buy it now, as is

[PetenAli]

Thanks Lloyd - I'm probably a bit sensitive then. Not wanting to be caught up in previous aggravations.

I an genuinely interested to see how Mickey's work on yours progresses.

[lloydy]

there is no surrey-devon thing anyway (actually i'm Devon born and bred..) Just poor work carried out by a garage, nothing to do with you or Devon. All in the past now though. Reckon this thread will show what can hide beneath a half decent looking van. I am just a bit over excited about this, trying to stop myself buying all new stuff to build it back up!

[PetenAli]

Best get back to some work then!

[PetenAli]

Reckon this thread will show what can hide beneath a half decent looking van.

That's what I'm interested in - we may have similar hidden problems.

[aisha]

Also watching this carefully - my van has had the seams fillered over on the driver's side, and I hate to think what might lurk beneath...

[ELVIS]

Ffs, stop flirting with each other and get some pics up Micky, we are getting moist over nothing.

There is no Surry-Devon thing, as Lloydy says, lots of us got screwed over but hey-oh, know who to avoid now though and who ,, like Micky, are stars on the scene

[lloydy]

elvis and micky sitting in a tree........

[ELVIS]

L I G H T T O U C H I N G ?

[bikermike87]

Reckon this thread will show what can hide beneath a half decent looking van.

That's what I'm interested in - we may have similar hidden problems.

I'm worried what will hide under my new purchase, it doesn't even look half decent! But it sounds awesome and I'm totally in love with it

[ELVIS]

Reckon this thread will show what can hide beneath a half decent looking van.

That's what I'm interested in - we may have similar hidden problems.

I'm worried what will hide under my new purchase, it doesn't even look half decent! But it sounds awesome and I'm totally in love with it

Your one saving grace Mikey, is that Hutch didn't do any work on it

[bikermike87]

I've read the AS thread in BY, it makes for good reading

Watching this one closely, hoping MM to work his magic on mine

[Plasticman]

Well which as thread is this on by ??
now we are getting involved in dismantling and finding out whats been done,why and how well.
we pointed out earlier that it has hadd a knock to the front, well nsf corner i have removed the bumper and ancillary bits and you can see in this picky the thickness and the join

to help place the following picks i will point out that this van has had a thump on the ns front and the front deformation panal has been opened up and replaced from midway to the ns, unfortunately not very well as its visible behind the bumper and an eyesore,
this is the join underneath,a patch and loads of clag


there are a series of long mig welds along the join

been nice to have drilled it and spotted to replicate the oe, again we have to bear in mind it was an accident repair and done no doubt to a price to maybe sell on , and as such its not dangerous or harmful in any way it just "not right" is all
again ,not the nicest join

and it didnt "quite" meet here

after market welding here

now ive already put picks of the floor up so this is the A post, there is a cut in the back thats not easy to picture and hasnt been welded, probably part of the cutting out side of the repair

this is the rewelding of the parts of the A post that were unpicked to straighten and repair

now onto stripping the door, i beleive this is an alternative door as the one it came with must have been trashed given the area and scope of the damage seen.
i note they didnt bother fitting the upper 1/4 light retaining screw

but the 1/4 light frame seems in good order

now im unplugging the wiring and on withdrawing bthe conduit tube im soaked with water

enough to soak the step

will have to investigate the oriigins of this
this sort of fell off

may have to repair same as the xrissvagon ones

been fixed time or two .prob from original door to this one

more to uncover tomoz
mm

[lloydy]

It does look like it had a big smack doesn't it! Funny, because the alignment is pretty good.
My crystal ball sees a few more of these poor repairs coming up
Bonus on the condition of 1/4 lights, was hoping they were ok