Well we decided a few weeks ago we needed a small van again after having a few caddy vans with constant failures we were on the look out for a mk4 escort van and decide welding once a year was better than breakdowns
Then seen a cheap mk5 so had to go look
Well Monday the 11th took an early day and bolted 280 miles up the road to look at one
Well it started and drove fine paint was rubbish and was as expected a little crusty no problem
Handed over a few quid and started the drive home
It managed to get back on £35 quids worth on petrol I was impressed
The van
Well as my youngest son is on school holidays I had him flat the rubbish paint back on Tuesday and my eldest works for us and had him strip a few bits of with the intensions of giving it a quick blow over and sending it of for sing writing
Well
Paint the roof Black Tuesday night
And paint the van white wensday night so I can try and do customers stuff in the day
Well wensday night
Before
After
Ideal go home kids bang it together Thursday
At the sign writers Friday
Well Thursday we de masked the roof
And the paint came with it to lol
Well the hardener in the paint didn't go off and 48 hours later it was still soft the black and the white
So that was that screwd and now trying to make a claim see how that pans out I guess
So cancel sticker man
And order the paint stripper
Every time a peice was back to bare metal etch primer has been bashed on
Still got a couple days sanding left but getting there
Some old accident wounds
And a bit of rust
When they removed the side skirts it reviled some shocking welding repaid we have to rectify now lol
So a quick blow over to a timing nightmare
Will update when can
Then seen a cheap mk5 so had to go look
Well Monday the 11th took an early day and bolted 280 miles up the road to look at one
Well it started and drove fine paint was rubbish and was as expected a little crusty no problem
Handed over a few quid and started the drive home
It managed to get back on £35 quids worth on petrol I was impressed
The van
Well as my youngest son is on school holidays I had him flat the rubbish paint back on Tuesday and my eldest works for us and had him strip a few bits of with the intensions of giving it a quick blow over and sending it of for sing writing
Well
Paint the roof Black Tuesday night
And paint the van white wensday night so I can try and do customers stuff in the day
Well wensday night
Before
After
Ideal go home kids bang it together Thursday
At the sign writers Friday
Well Thursday we de masked the roof
And the paint came with it to lol
Well the hardener in the paint didn't go off and 48 hours later it was still soft the black and the white
So that was that screwd and now trying to make a claim see how that pans out I guess
So cancel sticker man
And order the paint stripper
Every time a peice was back to bare metal etch primer has been bashed on
Still got a couple days sanding left but getting there
Some old accident wounds
And a bit of rust
When they removed the side skirts it reviled some shocking welding repaid we have to rectify now lol
So a quick blow over to a timing nightmare
Will update when can