This was my van when i bought it. solid as a rock but roller painted by an amateur who obviously bought the wrong paint and didnt take the windows out. The black primer they used was a 1pac but the top coat/lashing was a synthetic paint probably house paint.
Was a non runner, but sorted that within about 10mins after temporarily changing a section of badly perished fuel pipe and putting a new battery in.
changed a pushrod tube for a telescopic. no idea how it got crushed like this. The PO hid the damage with a piece of ineer tube and a couple of jubilee clips. Though i suppose this was a good enough remedy at the time.
Paint literally came off in your hand. i reckon if you drove it fast enough, it would have shed its skin and you would leave a T25 shaped paint shell skidding behind you.
Minor holes in a couple of the arches but the rest were solid. i was well pleased when i looked at it before we bought. Although the paint removal situation has dulled that happiness somewhat... However i did like the fact that the arches were in OG paint, so that gave me a thought to look for a paint code which i found.
Drivers door was solid for the most part, slight re skin at the bottom of the dogleg area but nothing too technical
Made a dash tidy one day, with some spare time just to see if it would look any good.
Some sill work to do and a pic of what was holding it together...
Cargo floor mint. lovely to see.
New seats in
Brake overhaul all corners
New wheels, the old steels were looking a bit worse for wear so i will get them off and refurb later.
Have no idea how to get the ariel out, the nut is way up in behind the dash and i cant get at it. Might have to cut it out and relocate. This is where the water got through and caused the rot which needed cutting out in the next flic.
Got offered a new door for £100 completely dry but thought i would have a go at fixing the old one. What have i got to lose except time?
Thats all for now.
Cheers all.
