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Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 18:38
by T'Onion
:ok good effort Mike .. loving the colour :pimp

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010, 21:31
by Plasticman
Back to the 1/2 day again, connected the hob and fitted the oven
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back partition for dog box and garage in, all will become clearer!
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looking through from the back
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water tank fitted, this is inside as we go off a lot in the winter so dont want the hassle of a frozen supply, it holds 60 ltrs which seems a lot but we often get into the wilds for a week at a time so dont want to be stuck for it, same with the leisure gastank, fed up paying over the odds and having a numty propane cyc' in the way, and deciding if its full enough for a week with heating etc, .
will look to fitting a water heater in the back there as I have the system pressurised so it would be nice to have outside shower of tailgate as well as hot tap for sink.
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Im sort of glad the colour is liked/ok as I expected flack and to be honest I wasnt sure myself if it would work
mike

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 28 Aug 2010, 22:20
by Plasticman
Back to it this evening, may not mean much but today the gas went live! hob Oven and fridge all working good
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fridge I have made to be removable in less than 3 minutes (with spannes handy) base sits in 2 cutouts and the top held by a small bolt at either side, so gas off and disconnect .lift flue off ,slide bolts and its out.
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This is the 1/4t v/v for the thermX cat heater, all pipes nice and secure.
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fitted one of the leisure batteries and all stuff funtion tested and working, , of the pair of batteries, they have been on smart chargers over the past year but disconnected a couple of weeks ago, one reads 12.6v the other 11.58v so I amd going to run with the 12.6 for now and recharge the other but I fear its days are numbered?
dont like the idea of pairing up a good and bad battery.
tommorow the interior gets another clean and the top painted, just the muddle bit, window seals and some door seals to fit.
slider centre hinge assembly to rebuild and also btm hinge/roller.
tailgate seal and no plaste lights then bumpers and bits and bobs so should be a runner for monday then the work starts on all the part fin nished jobs etc.
mike

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 29 Aug 2010, 06:38
by murdoch
your hard work is really paying off !!

looking real good, love it!

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010, 15:48
by Plasticman
Well I hope its paying off we left for a trip on tuesday and are now in Hawick,(hoiyk) :rofl van running well will do a blog on another thread in the next day ort so, heading for Alnwick and then edinborough way
mike

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 03 Sep 2010, 21:33
by pocolow
I'm impressed by the work on the van Mike and the quality of the interior, matches the hardwork you've done on the outside. Glad to see that bumper you got of us has been put to good use. Looking forward to seeing all the completed photo's.. :ok

Mark

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 16 Sep 2010, 23:47
by Plasticman
Will have to wait a short bit for the rest of the pickies, just back from a 1600 mile proving trip up the highlands so will post the writeup in "general"?
body or lots of its first trip... :rofl
mike

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 10:32
by Zebedee
Very nice work on the interior. :ok
Where did you get the trim for around the cupboard openings?

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 11:17
by Tatty Chap
Im starting to suspect that this man could create a van from Iron ore and a tree

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 17 Sep 2010, 13:10
by Plasticman
trim mouldings came from olearys in beverley, all different widths colours profiles etc, cheap as owt,

Er funny you shoulkd say that but I did/do make vehicles out of flat ally sheet and tubes of luvly cds, will dig out picks and post, also make the suspension, fuel ,tanks ,headers and inlets :D :D :D
just hate working with wood its the devils clothes
mike

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010, 20:57
by Plasticman
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Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010, 22:16
by dugcati
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Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 16 May 2011, 19:19
by billybigspud
blimey :shock:

i really admire people who have the skills to do this sort of stuff. a real talent. got any more pics?

jamie

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 16 May 2011, 19:22
by Plasticman
Christ Jamie. theres 10 pages of posts, how many more do you want!
mike :rofl

Re: Body (or lack of it)

Posted: 16 May 2011, 19:30
by billybigspud
sorry mate, i meant newer ones of how it looks now :oops:

jamie