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#61 mini_in_progress

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:58 AM

great project mate, i always love the vans

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 09:43 PM

Looking fantastic bud! Looks like you are onto the fun part of the build. really want my van back from paint now so I can start this too :)

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 08:18 AM

Looking well nice mate looking forward to seeing this finished :)

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Posted 30 April 2012 - 08:20 AM

Thanks guys still a long way to go but hoping to crack on in May...

I've the day off Friday so going to make a start on getting the rear subby back on.

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Posted 03 May 2012 - 08:26 PM

Very nice i'd love a van to go with my pickup keep up the good work :proud:

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Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:27 AM

Paintcode for the AA YELLOW is FLUK SV035 reference code 7-330 or at least thats all it says on the tin i got from the paint shop.

Hope that helps?

So hit a stubling block with getting the subby back in already. I ordered new trunnion pins but they didnt come with new nuts as i thought they would, been to 2 motorfactors and they dont stock them so will have to order some. Ow well im going to get on with undersealing the underneath instead.

Edited by SAL 821X, 22 May 2012 - 08:24 AM.


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Posted 04 May 2012 - 08:19 PM

What a great rebuild love the colour............. :proud:

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 01:42 PM

started to strip the passenger side door down over the weekend and found a number of small holes on the skin and inside frame.

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I had a chat with a mate who said to fill the holes with weld and grind it back Doe's this sound expectable?

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Posted 21 May 2012 - 04:27 PM

Hey Matt, I was wondering if you could tell me where you bought it from, how much you bought and for how much??
Cheers Iwan

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 08:31 AM

Well now your asking haha! it was a few months ago. Paint was just from my local suppliers that a friends bodyshop uses, I bought a litre + a litre of thinners which has done me the bulkhead and rear tubs so far with just over half the paint left, the paint was no more than £20 I can't actually remember sorry.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 09:24 AM

Well mini restoration certainly is a game of one step forward and two steps back....

Managed to get a couple hours trying to get the rear subby in last night... didn't go so well... It would seem that the subframe isn't aligning itself with the rear trunnion mounting points. This is down to the heel panel that was repaired recently I think, once I'd nipped up the bolts at the front of the subframe, the rear mounts where in line but about 3-4mm to far back... out came the subby again to have a look... there's a sandwich of about 2-3 layers of metal before the thread starts in the mount, so in effect spacing the subframe out to far.

Think its going to have to be a case of getting the grinder out and cutting it all out again and fitting new heel panel sections...

So that's set me back abit.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 12:55 PM

Okat cheers Matt :proud:

Aye luckily I didnt have that problem with the subby, but i made my own panel and made 100% sure before seam welidng it..
Best thing you can do is to get all the bolts in tightnened by hand, then individually tighten them up. If it's still no go then i think you may have too start chopping.
Thanks again,
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 12:59 PM

Sal i would not bother with that door repair. The rust comes from the inside out so if i was you reskin it. That way you will see if the lower lip of the door frame is rotten or not.

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 01:38 PM

Okat cheers Matt :proud:

Aye luckily I didnt have that problem with the subby, but i made my own panel and made 100% sure before seam welidng it..
Best thing you can do is to get all the bolts in tightnened by hand, then individually tighten them up. If it's still no go then i think you may have too start chopping.
Thanks again,
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That's the problem Iwan I cant get all the bolts in at once as theses no way they will all line up as the subframes sitting to far back off the front mount point.... major PITA!

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Posted 22 May 2012 - 01:40 PM

Sal i would not bother with that door repair. The rust comes from the inside out so if i was you reskin it. That way you will see if the lower lip of the door frame is rotten or not.


Cheers dude I thought that would be the case...

Wouldn't suppose you have any/know any tutorials on skinning doors?




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