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cool good work looks liek you had your work cut out there!

Was that a pun "had your work cut out" Daft thing is the French van I hacked the side panel out of was in pristine condition body wise. Was sorely tempted to rebuild my mechanicals into the French van but it just seemed a longer term project and I want to be ready to roll come April/May time

Got some more done on my old van today, finished off welding some fillets into the step and a coat of anti rust paint...... . . .


Put the replacement door on although at first it would not fit as I had welded the step a millimeter or two too high

I spent the last hour or so cutting off the old flange and posts from the donor side panel, boring but needs to be done.... . . .

And on we go........ . . .


But finally after several boring hours I got all the surplus flanges etc off, phew!!...... . .

Did,nt have a spot welding drill bit so used this technique, bit brutal but has done the job with very little damage to the flange thats needed to reweld donor panel back on van....... . .

My way of holding the centre panel in place whilst I spot welded it in

Thats a hoot!

Now welded in so no need for the strap

Enjoying your pics, nice one

Tony

Cheers Tony, I have been back to Hingerland for a couple of weeks so things have slowed down on the van but I have fixed this l'il problem.... . .

A quick update although not managed to get much done lately.... . . .

you are a lot braver than me,I could read up as much as I like about welding etc etc then chicken out about cutting big chunks out of the van,best of luck keep showing the photo's

Excellent work chap. That bus of yours has rust in places I never knew rusted...

Also, donor side panel was in excellent nick - rare in itself!

Thanks guys, actually its not hard to find rust free examples over here in France as they dont tend to use salt as much on the roads in winter.
My van has beaucoup rust due to being used as a surf school minibus in North Cornwall.
After the body work is sorted I have to pull the engine and replace the water jacket seals