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Well it took some doing, 5 weeks without the van in total. One of these the paint sprayer was on holiday but the other 4 he was full time on it. I helped out where i could for a couple of weekends of sanding, it was quite therapeutic and nice to contribute.

The previous paint had to be removed as when it was re-sprayed previously the undercoat hadn't been given enough time to cure so it was like sanding putty when you got past the base coat. Luckily the metalwork was spot on with no rust.

Part way through sanding, couple of windows still to come out and quite worrying at this stage.







Felt a lot better seeing primer going on, started seeing the benefit of all that sanding down.





I brought the handles and bumpers back home to 2pk respray, came out pretty well.



Very happy with the outcome, shame about the lack of sunshine this weekend but hopefully you can see the result.















I would recommend the guy that sprayed it, he can be frustratingly negative sometimes but the job was a lot bigger than he first expected and he is quite anal, which is a good thing

Itching to go camping now

Dang.... that's one fit lookin' camper mate..

Lovely

TBH if someone had told me the colour I couldnt have imagined it - but it is beautiful mate

Castle Hill is always a good place to go for pics buddy

I might have to pop round and see it in the flesh and 'borrow' internal ideas from your van haha

That looks lovely

Wow, sparkling!! Although it's a pain being without the van for so long, it's good to know the sprayer's done a thorough job. It's looking fab.

Silky

Glad you was happy with the metal work. Told you there was no rust. At least we got something right!!

That has to be one of the best Jokers out there now. The van looks stunning and that is without doubt the best colour.

Can't wait to see it in the flesh.

Looks amazing Simon.

I like the steels with the hub caps - are you still planning to put alloys on?

Ringo

That looks fantastic. A respray in a very similar colour is on our wish list. Want it even more now I know it looks that good!

Thanks all, want to wrap it in bubble wrap at the moment, parked it far away from all other cars wherever we went today.lol

Nij wrote:TBH if someone had told me the colour I couldnt have imagined it - but it is beautiful mate

Castle Hill is always a good place to go for pics buddy

I might have to pop round and see it in the flesh and 'borrow' internal ideas from your van haha

Cheers Nigel, your more than welcome to pop round mate, ill even put the kettle on for you lol

ringo wrote: I like the steels with the hub caps - are you still planning to put alloys on?
Ringo

Still planning the alloys mate, but quite like the steels, so thinking of using them as winter wheels.

cygnak wrote:

Nij wrote:TBH if someone had told me the colour I couldnt have imagined it - but it is beautiful mate

Castle Hill is always a good place to go for pics buddy

I might have to pop round and see it in the flesh and 'borrow' internal ideas from your van haha

Cheers Nigel, your more than welcome to pop round mate, ill even put the kettle on for you lol

Ill hold you to that

Looks amazing mate, love that colour.

Nice job.
These vans look good in brown.

Titus A Duxass wrote:Nice job.
These vans look good in brown.

Ahem, bronze beige metallic!

Stunning mate