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Well not been lazy but its had mech stuff going on and should have struck these up a few days ago,anyhow some of the last of the primers
you will see there is nothing in the seams except paints, the seam sealer only goes in prior to topcoats
back rear corner, were taking paint line further in as its a change of colour

the delved in osr corner

nsf wing , looks untidy as do many of the seams but they soon even out

repaired filler hole

this repair is looking fine to me now in primer so should translate well in gloss

all new metal here

happier front end


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Drool....

Looking good mm but I wouldn't expect anything else from you.

This thread is awesome.
I'm currently looking at MIG welders on ebay.

Putting up semi naked pictures of vans again Mm and you a senior member of this fine institution. Lovely work as always.

Well,busy just the minute but clue


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Well,we go back a good few days, had issued with the booth burner electronics,sometimes life conspires against you no matter what, any how after all the pre gloss prep we do a final stopping up, looks like measles but a pin hole in the primer = a glossy hole when painted

then final recoat.oh and there was also a major issue with silicone contamination which i wont go into now,so we are seam sealed, this way you have the seam coated etc with all the paints etc that you should and the sealer is there for show and to clean/neaten and finnish the join basicaly and it has a certain flexibility which we want

ditto

this horrible area is good enough now

and

so next step was the loose panals into the booth to be painted a proper colour

doors were quite straight and zero rot that i could find

same with tailgate, a nice one

then

nice new steel

all is now well in here and weve taken the paint round all the areas that will show including the screen pillars

this was the awkward little repair to the seal reccess

better view of this side

spent hours removing silicone sealnt (clear) from all the seals, .it was used as an adhesive dumbo plus so much overspray , ran most of the bolts/screws etc through a wire wheel to get the crud off them and most things are looking nice now, new seals have fitted very nice to the glass, of the glass. hah wait and see but very nice
ive deleted a couple of picks as that useless p bucket accepts my editing as in rotating the picky i save and replace original and it still shows wrong way , i give up tonight
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Wow....nice colour

Oh wow what a difference from the start of the thread.
Wish i had enough money to get Mick to do my whole van.

Well playing catchup with the pickies
as i said before ,loads of time getting ris of overspray and such, these back lights only tokk maybe 5-10 mins a piece but it adds up when you figure in all the screws and such that need cleaning,but worth it in the end

loaked myself out of the other account as i was going to put a before after in , will E D I T later but the skanky fronts now look a bit better ,got the seals from chris at vw emporium, cant knock them for factory windows
t other side

chrome bumper has come up well and im happy with the front

slider needs a touch of adjustment but will be fine

this is better, was a headache to sort supprisingly


sill is ok,have added a very fine stonechip to the lower part and also the wheelarch lips, just helps bounce the chippings off and its all painted underneath

from the other end. this is how i like to see them, straight and in two parts as built

lastly the os striker just cos i like the look of it.its these and the screw heads that i run up on the bench wire wheel and it brings them up niice and clean

havent got to my favorite yet ...............jets
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That is looking awesome. Great work!

Looking sweet Mike (as they always do )

mmm toffee apples

too sweet for my palate....

Well got these, blasted,refaced,powercoated,balanced,new boots,SS rings,awaiting SS caps

look really nice,will set it off
3/4ltr of filler mixed on the whole van and most rubbed off
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OH.MY.GOD. i cannot wait to get him back!!!!!!!!