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LittleMissSunshine wrote:Thanks - just worried about commuting in thick winter snow

My journey is 10 miles each way now.

Next job, convert to 4x4!

Haha - am sure Mike can fix that

I reckon the best car for you would be a Toyota Yaris. But you sold it didn't you............. And you're NOT getting it back.

your garage is full of pushrockets and their respective bits, and anyhow what on earth made you stick the car in the garage,they dont belong there
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oh and on the run out i called here

looks nothing from the outside but.......
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only a nice 1/2 hr drive over the hill, loads of goodies,as well as the flue and other biyts also decided thbat the vents were looking skanky and would show it up so


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Nice!

nice, NICE, no , this is nicee

little old built in sidelight glinting away.
11/10 for heritage for a superb bit of packing
that grotty fronmt panal , well, the past keeper took or had taken an angle grinder to it and hadnt even removed the bug grill, sick of cleaning overpaint of bodgers works

grind

ok its not a critical thing but its sloppy and points to other things that say not maintained etc,its better now !

rear tow bar and such back together, again I retapped the mount threads (m12 ,M10) so finger free bolting up which is always nicer, only fitted the one socket back , had to swop the pin block over from the all black uk one as it had lost its cover,

bumper now refitted, it was a bit bent but straightened out reasonably and far better than a pattern one, found a s/hand end to use

popped the dash out again and ran a new pipe to the washers,

a little sealant added to the hole and in they go , geniuine every time ,not worth pattern as they are nearly the same price and are rubbish
sad as it may be, i like the look of these washers

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Great work Mike, right decision on the smoky lights and yes that is the finest washer in the land

Shiny, shiny, shiny

Mike, you are to be congratulated. I thought that nothing on Earth could engender as much anticipation as I had in the run-up to Christmas 1981 when I knew I was getting an Empire Strikes Back AT-AT .... I stand corrected as this thread over the last few months has far surpassed the Star Wars-related excitement of a seven-year-old.

Put simply, I can't wait. Thank you.

i must say one of the best resto jobs ive seen, ive really enjoyed your posts.you have really put your heart in to it as if it was your own . Job well done.

Well a nice day,
ta, but i put more care than my own will ever get, cobblers and shoes,as the sayimng goes.
started to glaze it this aft, dash back in and all sorted, so reblacked the front bit of dash while access is easy then the screen

and here starts the first problem ,Non original rubber, rang the supplier and they appologised and a genuine is in the post
rear is genuine and plopped in as they do ,
so a quick 40 mins and the 4 sides are all in and happy

just the window frame to clean up.
i coat these areas with dynax to help keep things at bay

reblacked the mirrors as they are genuine and nothing really wrong with them, and new J seals fitted, the 1/4 glasses I take out the rubbers and clean independantly then its done once right

the dirty colour around the periphery of the grill is more dynax that i have brushed in

rest of door is done so im now awaiting a drop by parcelfarce as they lost it at the beginning of the week , but have now aquired ?it so are doing a 1 off saturday run
pickerd up the new flooring and may end up getting bthe same for my van as its looking faded and this stuff is nice , well I think it is so
mostly boring stuff now but it has to be done till the next chop up
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Wrap around grill looks great

Is that a black insert in the rubbers instead of the chrome one?

yes but......dont forget its a panal van conversion so they didnt have chrome effect inserts as the higher spec factory glazed vans,
that said i can do the above in a choice of colours including chrome effect. also can do the factory ones with at the last look black and another colour
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