Cab doors shaped and epoxied.
Entries by Jim Ley
Front end bare metalled and epoxied. Cab doors up next!
Front end bare metalled (still need to do the airbox). Tiny bit of filler tonight and I should have it in epoxy tomorrow.
Front End Paint Prep
Somehow I’ve spent an entire week so far sorting out the front in preparation for getting it into epoxy this week, as there were quite a few little things that needed addressing. First up I needed a bit more confidence that the windscreen was going to fit correctly as my previous attempts had never been […]
Rear End shaping and Epoxy
A super productive few days on the rear of the van over the weekend. The only bit that really needs filler is the weld for the new N/S corner repair (the other side got a complete corner): O/S corner and rear bare metalled (I dragged the van into the yard to enjoy the sun, but […]
Finished trial fitting the louvred window and it fits! I need to trim down one of the aperture corners slightly as it was a little too tight, to the point that I started damaging the seal, but apart from that it’s bob on. Onto shaping and priming the body next!!
New hole cut for the louvred window and started to trial fit it. Ran out of energy fitting it so will finish tomorrow but it feels like a snug fit!
Finished welding in the window surround repairs. Just need to cut it to fit the window and fill a few pinholes with weld.
Window surrounds
I’ve been putting this off for a while, but as I want to start prepping the body for paint soon I need to get it done. The window surround on the middle louvered window is pretty shot from water sitting behind the rubber (stupid panel van conversion). 3 of the 4 sides need a 1 […]
After skimming the whole panel with filler, blocking flat and applying high build primer I’ve managed to get a much better result. Still not perfect but it’ll do for my first panel! Got the engine lid primed too.
