The new engine lid I bought for the van is for the later pin style hinge, and as I wanted to keep the earlier proper hinge I needed to convert the mounts. The first step is to cut off the pin hinge and weld shut the hole: Then cut the slots for the hinge: I […]
Engine lid hinge panel welded in. Just need to convert my new later style engine lid to fit
Outer valance and rear hinge panel I’ve dressed all the welds on the outer valance now, much better than the klokker panel someone had previously fitted which wasn’t even welded along the top. Chopped out the engine lid hinge panel as I had to remove the ends to get the new corner panels in, and […]
Today saw the new rear outer valance going on the van. New valance all prepped: and inner valance prepped too (note the small tabs welded either end for the returns on the outer valance to fold around): Lots of clamps: And all welded in. An easy panel to fit for once! I just need to […]
A fairly long, but productive day today saw the corner pretty much welded in. I just need to weld the battery tray to the corner and dress the welds. Really happy with the door gaps and alignment to the rear quarter panel. The only downside to painting the inside of the corner is that the […]
Possibly more effort than it’s worth, but got some pastel white top coat on to the inside of the rear corner as I’ll never have as good access to it as I do now. Should have it all welded up tomorrow.
O/S battery tray and engine skirt welded in.
N/s corner repair finished tonight. This side is now done from front to back!
I’ve made some great progress over the last 3 days, starting to run out of panels to replace now! I finished up the rear arch first, so everything up to the rear corners is done both sides now: Battery tray and engine skirt clamped into place on the N/S. No such thing as too many […]
Fitted the rear arch and started welding it in. Looking good!
