Cooper wrote:
I wasnt making a dig at you. I was just stating in general how can you trust someone elses weld. As i have seen some terrible ones. Well i have been taught by a very very good welder. I can tig weld ,mig weld, spot weld. There the ones im good at. i have fabricated new door skins. Floor framework for my old camper.
At the risk of being patronising...OK, so what's the problem with a van that needs a bit of bodywork doing? If you've made door skins before then something like a lower skin repair to a sliding door shouldn't be a big deal. If you're as skilled as you make out for your modest years then you'd have bought a van and be halfway to having it finished for the summer by now. Then again being taught and actually doing the job is another kettle of fish entirely.
Cooper wrote:
Im not looking for a pristine vw. Im looking for a mechanically sound and good body work. I dont mind if it has scrapes dings or dents as log as it isnt a sive and plates welded everywhere. I actually want a vw that looks a bit beaten up!:)
Mine's not a sieve or plates everywhere...warty, scarred and with stress incontinence maybe
You can't have "good bodywork"
and "beaten up", they are mutually exclusive terms!
1985 Oettinger 3.2 wbx-6 Caravelle RHD syncro twin slider. SA Microbus bumpers, duplex winch system, ARC 7X15 alloys,
"Schrödinger's syncro"
people are willing to help you, but you need to make up your mind a bit better. Just be prepared for a long wait for a white hooker (haha meant right hooker 
