Finally started my interior for the van :) RESTO STARTED

[James.rigby]

Yea its getting there i havent had much time really to get it done as my lifes pretty busy at the moment. but as soon as i leave the army i will have the interior completed and the van ready for painting by the time the hot weather comes (even though that could be next year with this climate) hopefully be up and running and attending meets next year

[James.rigby]

Hi all a quick update of the progress on the van. I finally got it from barracks home by towing it on the trailer with a frontera poor thing was struggling but the main thing was i got it home to start some more real work. Havent made as much progress as i had hoped but i am in the process of packing my house up to move up to darlington but i have managed to tackle the monsterous mess the guy had made before i bought the van. It was painted in black house paint on the tailgate and front so tackled that first as it was horrible to look at. After taking the van back to bare metal and filling the dents and bad welding i have primed the whole of the tailgate and only the top half of the front as the weather is not the greatest recently. Also i have measured up the hinge posistions so when i get hold of my welder i will tac them in place and thats the bed ready for the foam and seat backs sprayed all four wheels white with the centre caps red. If you havent already gathered the colour scheme is red and white split. Anyway heres a few pictures of the progress

Brining her back to bare metal

Both halves primed






Front taken back to bare metal

Front fillered up

Front top half primed

Wheel before

Wheel back to bare metal

Finished wheel and centre cap

Center caps sprayed

Kick board carpeted and and VW sign in place, I do have red little neons to recess into the VW sign to set it off


White wheels on the van havent taken of the red centers yet


I had a little trouble getting one of the ridiculous wheel nuts off them huge threads so had to chisel another off so am looking for some new ones HINT HINT. once i got them off my 5 year old son wanted to help me change the wheel and said he would roll it over for me so as i was getting the last wheel nut off i heard a TWANG TING TING CRASH...... GUESS WHAT IT WAS???

Hope you like the progress

jim

[CovKid]

Jim, while you're doing the front, if it were me I'd buy a decent windscreen rubber from VW Emporium, cut the old one out with a stanley knife and weld up any damage on windscreen lip before refitting rubber. If the screen hasn't been out, its sure to be rotten under there (they all are) and will emerge, spoiling your paintwork and eventually rotting the cab floor. You can do it in a morning at a push.

I added a piece in the WIKI for anyone wanting to tackle the job: https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Bo ... well_leaks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I know you've already done a lot of work to front but if you don't tackle this job it will come back to haunt you. Better done before final paint.

Ralph

[Nij]

Looking good there James, keep it up

[James.rigby]

Ralph I have been informed that the windscreen has been out recently and have been welded up which is a bonus as all my tools are in the new house. Thanks for the heads up though

[James.rigby]

Next chapter.... After settling in up north east. The van is getting delivered Wednesday so I can carry on with the resto. God I've missed her so much!! (missus calls me sad) but you all know what it's like. Will get cracking this weekend. So will have updates wish me luck

[DavidPallister]

How easy did those legacy seats go in? I'm going to be doing a scooby conversion soon, and was thinking of fitting the seats too, as my old ones are terrible

Cheers

Dave

[James.rigby]

Update... The van has arrived safely and in very quick time! I couldn't catch him in my avensis VVTI. superb!! I would definately recommend any transport through him if you want his number give me a pm.

[James.rigby]

UPDATE:

Hi all jut an update of what i have achieved in he past few days. Now the van is at home with me i started sorting out the interior. heres just a few pics of the progress that i have achieved.









It doesnt look like much but its made such a huge improvement on the van. Im so chuffed so far.

[leebo]

looking really good mate
looks like your struggling like me doing bits outside, bet you cant wait to get her on the road

[James.rigby]

oh mate i wish i could happen quicker lol. but yea its coming on. im going to whip it over to work and soda blast her back to bare metal and then spray her, now im wondering if black and red might look the part and a little unique, whats your thinking on it?

[Doogs]

Nice work James, can i ask what you used for the floor insulation as im about to put the ply back into mine and looking for options

[James.rigby]

I think I went a little ott on but I used a layer of thermofoil then some ply then more thermofoil then finally the laminate. Hope that helps mate

[Dave307]

Looks good mate keep going.

[James.rigby]

thanks mate ive decided i dont want red and white. im going to go for black and red or black and white. whats everyones views on the colour scheme???