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Paint Paint and more Paint.

At last got some proper colour on.





!st coat of top colur, went on well but much slower than i thought it would. followed the advice in the Painting your van DVD(if you havnt bought a copy, get one).
With anything , you learn as you are doing it.
Only problem is now, i have to leave it uncovered , outside with no windows in and unlocked(no handles) might get Andrea to sleep in it tonight to stop the theives nabbing it

shouldnt worry about theives, it looks like ascrapper only joking . you could remove a few wheels if you were really worried plus a few bits out the engine bay,
tis very white now int it, need super shades on
good work
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funn ily enough had someone last week ask if i was scrapping it(barsteward)
things have been removed to prevent it moving far, unless its lifted onto a truck

Due to the "pooh" weather not got much done to the bodywork apart from rubbing down ready for second coat.
Roof now has the second coat of paint on and is finnished.
Ive moved the electic fuel pump from its high position in the engine bay to a position down next to the tank so it now primes all the time when left for a while .
Would it be worth making a splash guard for it? its mounted on the inside face of the RH chassis rail.
fitted complete new run of fuel hose from pump to the carb, easy job and if anyone else is thinking of doing it i used a 10' length of 8mm bore hose.
Today ive been re covering some of the internal panels ready for when i can get cracking with the interior.
old rear quarter panels

newones out of 3.5 mm ply cut and new covering

side door panel




Loadspace and engine hatch cover


One job less for later when the weather is a bit better

Managed to get painting yesterday(at last) Coat number 2.



needs a light rub down again before next coat then the last one, cant wait.
With the rubbish weather been making some more bits for the inside. this is the cabinet for the back to go over the lpg tank. small compartment in the top for tools.


The dogs tucked up inside while im working.

Today ive got new fly screen material throug so recovered the frames.

It's looking good, let's hope the damm rain stops so you can get the next coat on...

more bits for the interior.
This is the small compartment that fits over the bed in the rear. had to re make the unit as the original one was starting to go a bit wibbly wobbly.
before cutting the holes

We have decided to mount a stereo in the back which will be run off the leisure battery when parked up. It was on offer at Halfords and when i got that i got a tenner off the speakers

with the bits fitted

That's looking great now.

we have enjoyed looking at jambos restoration pics ! she looking fantastic.Bet she cant wait to go out to play on the road with all other campers.

see you soon

snowie

more work on bits that can be done inside out of the rain
started on recovering the side panels for the pop up roof.

Peeling off the old vynal after heeting with hot air gun

Re covered

Decided to tackle the manky headlining next


not used a sewing machine for ages but managed to set it up on my own
First little tester to make sure it was all ok

All marked out

Point of no return

Job done

just gotta get round to fixing it in place
Should look better than before as the lining carpet had been glued over the first 6" of the headlining.
ive cut the lining carpet to fit under the clips at the back of the cab so there should be a nice neet join between headliner and carpet.]
Coming on slowly, dont know if it will be readyto go any shows in this year

Got recovered sides on the roof today.

Its a royal pain in the a*** doing all this on your own things are always heavier when ballancing on tip toes and trying to get screws in and having a cuppa at the same time.
Once sides were on i recovered the pop up roof section. I love this megga stretch carpet. wish id done the outside of the van with it

Wanted to get some more paint on this weekend but weather has been against me again( wettest first 6 months since records began apperently)
hope this thread is giving folk inspiration for what can be done at home.

got all new rubber seals fitted to the pop out roof sections and around the fibre glass roof section today.
Refitted some of the sliding door internal fittings .
Fitted two new foot well lights, wired up to the door switches. Should make it a bit brighter in the winter when getting in and out of the van.
Other than that , rain stopped play this afternoon with a mega thunderstorm

looks spot on can i ask where the stretchy carpet is from

Looking good mate, just going through the same process with my autosleeper.
Where did you get the vynl from for the pop top sides as mine have started to crease up around the windows?

Miggs the carpet comes from Mega Van Mats . link to the stetchy carpet page http://www.megavanmats.com/apps/webstor ... how/298422" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
ive had excellent next day service from these guys. dont forget the spay adhesive aswell
Vinyl came from here, its a bit of a bugger to put on and make sure you sand the sides down and clen very well before applying new stuff.http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Zoom-Trading-U ... 4340.l2563" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Have fun