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[ryan22_lgm]

Right heres some more panels ! you would not believe that lot is £80 worth! the battery bracket was the worst !

Also can anyone get me a picture of how the battery bracket is attached to the floor as mine was never there so dont know how it goes! cheers!

[SAL 821X]

Christ alive! 80notes! I'm considering making a clamping system for the battery and doing away with bracket.

I can do you some piccys tonight if no one has them in the meantime.

Although I think it's just spot welded to the floor.

[YoungUn]

Mine was just spot welded to the floor (when the floor was existing lol) - Im doing away with my battery support too - you could have had mine if you wanted (it would have cleaned up ok)

Charlie

[SAL 821X]

This is the best i could do with my iphone

[ryan22_lgm]

Cheers ! thats perfect ! i will get that welded in at the weekend!

update for you!

started tacking the passenger side corner repair on after fixing a patch of rust in the arch

had to cut a section out as these panels are not very well shaped

Drilled and 182ed the inside of the valence corner and got that welded on next as i am nearly empty on the gas

closing panel

arch looks a bit messy but will all grind down perfect! lol

Rear end almost there! just gotta get some more gas and fill in between the tacks on the passenger side corner and then grind it all down!

[YoungUn]

Looking good mate!

[SAL 821X]

Damn wish I had a nice light open space to work in..... Igloo envy

[ryan22_lgm]

Looking good mate!

Cheers !!

Damn wish I had a nice light open space to work in..... Igloo envy

Haha it's quite good more than 1 mini would fit in quite well but that would require some tidying :s. I'm struggling to keep it tidy for just this one! It's a perfect spray booth when it gets a little bit warmer :) igloo FTW

[ChrisCityE]

Getting the rear corners and arches solid feels like a really big step. It was so good to know everything was solid, it wouldn't be prone to twisting etc.

[ryan22_lgm]

Getting the rear corners and arches solid feels like a really big step. It was so good to know everything was solid, it wouldn't be prone to twisting etc.

Yes this makes the mountain look alot smaller now! haha still got the custy passenger side and full front end yet!

[ryan22_lgm]

Didnt get anything worth taking pictures of done today as it was a bit cold and i got up late! grinded down some welds and 182ed inside the rear valence

[ryan22_lgm]

Update
Well i looked at the van today and thought i wonder whats hiding under this very solid looking, expensive looking oversill (not!) And i got a nice surprise! the old sill was still under and this could of caused some noise as the shell flexes when being driven as it has been rubbing on the vented areas

The old sill basically crumbled off everywere...

most of floor removed as you can see i will only be replacing half of the rear part as there is no rust there :)

Bottom of rear quarter filler removed to find nice bodges

1cm thick ! i have now cut out this hole section !

So i have decided to replace the doorstep aswell as it has a few holes in it and would prefer them not to return! before i can do this i need to remove the rest of the front end but i have run out of cutting discs again so i will go to screwfix tomorrow. looks like both of the hinge panels need to be done so thats more panels required! :@ Will update tomorrow after i get some more cutting discs !

[ryan22_lgm]

Done a bit more chopping today ! here are some pics :) The inner and outer a panel were held on with weak tack welds and the old inner panel was just hammered in so the new one would fit :/ bodgers!
obviously i braced it up before i cut the door step out !



slightly better than the other side but the subframe mount area will still be changed as i dont want problems with this in the future!

Wing and A panel removed


Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow!

[ryan22_lgm]

Didnt take the camera out today but nothing much got done anyway! i got the battery braket half welded in then ran out of gas so i just hoovered all the dust and tiny bits of metal out. Just ordered the floorpan for this side so that will be going in on friday hopefully!

[SAL 821X]

Jesus no messing about there Ryan.