picked my van up on sat mornin, my mates works at a body repair center and he spied this up the back of the yard, so eventually after a viewing i decided to have it...


it looks like we just dragged it out a field .....cos we did!




after some fettling and new glow plugs, the 1800 derv sprung into life!!!!!!! runs really sweet and brakes are almost workin!!! then we started cleanin!!



after a good spongin!!!!



then some petrol/tar n glue..


while i was at rsoc national day at knockhill me dad sat n tcut side. wat a guy!!!



the polishin continued...




thats as she sits the now, striped out all interior today and started to put turbo dash in, after i welded steering rack that we broke!! (no keys)
floor is very solid and got all the electrics workin today too!!! the dads got the brakes goin good un al!! mot on wed.

now the best bit.... shes been sittin in that field bout 7 years,as the tax disc below proves!!!!!


not bad for 50 quid i reckon!!!!

plans are...

timing belt asap!!!!
lowered
rims (mondy 16s?)
and some tastefull rallyesport livery!!!!

and before use ask shes stayin a derv cos am tight (student)

comments please...................????!!!!!!!

 

fair play m8y she's lookin good! Looks like good grounds for a project.

 

bargain m8ty she dont look to bad

 

change the belt before the MOT!!!!!

 

thats quite amazing bit of polishing there m8t impressed keepin my eye on this love to do a van converstion me self

 

Come out very clean

 

yeah i was well chuffe3d with how shes come up.

belts will be done for mot mot no worries.

cheeRS for the comments lads

 

Blimey Ł50

Pat on the back to ya dad, good on him. Wish my dad showed an interest like yours

Is it a 1.8 Diesel? I had one of them for quite a bit, was the best laugh i've had in years. Used to put all me mates in the back if we were going out

 

Thats a shinny mo fo. Good effort mate, Well done to Mel C. i'll need to cruise on over once the bad boy is finished.

 

Lookin Good! Gotta put a turbo under the bonnet tho!

 

Pics don't do this van justice - its the cleanest mk4 van i've ever seen!

Its gonna prove how smart a van can look eh Chizum?

 

well ireckon vans are cool as foooook so i!!!!!

cant wait til shes the way i want her. mot on monday!! full brake rebuid should be finished with help of rosscos dad today!!!

heres a rough idea of where am goin the now...





RS Jen - i cant afford to run an xr2i never mind a turbo!!!! its stayin a derver!!

 

Wicked mate! Looks great! all the best with the project

 

Colour scheme???

 

how the flock did it come up so well nice one

 

Looks spot on with mondy rims mate

 

update... spent today givin her another tcut, then a light polish and the van is now lookin fantastic!!!! pics to follow.


fingers crossed for mot

 

pics pics pics we want more pics lol

 

looks sweet m8,will look mental in mondy wheels,what about escos wheels

 

 

yeah yeah i no escos rims would be wild,but am a skint student so this has to be done on buget!!!

she failed her mot toady but nothin major just more wonderfull weldin!!!

will post some more pics this week now weve got all the signs off her!!!

wknd consists of fittin a new front panel me thinks

 

pics as promised...

came home from work n decided to strip front end for wknd...








all the lights n fittins came off relatively easy...that is most of the front panel came out with the headlights!!!!!

cant really see it in pics but the vans had a new crossmember at some point and where the front panel meets it has been majorly bodged!!!! no weldin just seam sealer

which is y is now foooooked!!

still lookin forward to it, and its still all shiny!!

oh yeah, and the other pics show the wholes in batterytray, bulkhead and fuse box corner, all the usual n av done it far to many times before so its no bigy...just gota get done.

 

chiz, whens this bad boy comin out.....????

 

interesting!

 

front panel off, startin to rebuilt where it welds back on.

need to make up chassis leg ends too. pics to follow.

pete mate asap!!!

 

lookin good matey cant wait 2 c it when its finished

 

Keep up the hard work mate

 

cheeRS guys.

got the new panels sittin ready and started workin on repairin inner wimgs n chasi so theres somethin to weld to.

front panel should be on at wknd

 

Stop textin and get weldin ya tit

 

right then gay pants!!!!!

inner wing edges sorted, chassis legs sorted,front panel on, fuse box side welded, battery tray welded

been a busy boy over wknd.

pics to follow

 

pics

 

UPDATE!!!

am well happy cos av just put the whole front end back together, bumper lights etc after paintin front panel. all the brakes are done, and fuel lines.....

so shes ready for the mot

just startin rubbin down the sills n arcges for paint today!!

sorry no pics yet guys the rents have took the camera on hols w them





oh, did i meantion the van is also S L A M M E D on its arse

 

PICS

sounds good tho

 

borrow one off your mates. we want pics

 

ok av taken some with me phone not great but u get the jist!!

so far:

- re-plumbed and overhauled brakes front to back
- new front panel and various weldin completed
- lowered all round
- underside rear all shiny and painted
- electrics sorted
- new exhaust
- new radiator
- all new belts

and other bits n bobs.







some pics there of the front panel goin on forgot a had em!!!


the wholes in the sills welded up


and now some nice shiny stuff...


u can just see the RED exhaust system, sounds bit daft but i have a thing for red exhausts.............



as is said shes slammed now too

started prepin sills and arches with my mate tonight and they aint gonna need much so should be paintin her sunday i reckon

still to go...

- paint sills n arches
- fit interior
- paint mondy 16s
- oil n filter change
- APPLY PASSIONFORD STICKS!!!!

 

 

 

oooo low its gunna look the tits on them 16" mondys gd work m8t

 

cheeRS guys

 

Just noticed this just now...
How well did it come up after coming out a field!?
Looks well clean!!

Good luck with it all