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Apr 26, 2020 19:04:54 GMT
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Small update, spent most of Saturday on this infernal machine.  Sorted out the passenger front floor - now rock solid!  After welding A-post fitted more better solid door - with some adjustment got it shutting nicely and lining up well which means all my measuring when fitting the new roof and pillars paid off! Surprisingly the fibreglass wing still lines up with NOTHING AT ALL so I think I'm actually going to have to cut and re-make the part that meets with the door because it's totally wrong.  Nice tail-end of the day picture  Got my saw and grinder out and started chopping at the rot on the side.  Lots of inner-panel fabbing to get my new outers to fit, and I need to get in touch with the Bedford man about some arches as these are made of polyfilla. Looking at the positives - at least this should give me practice for when I do the drivers side! |
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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retrolegends
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Apr 26, 2020 19:41:24 GMT
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Good progress Nick 👍
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Apr 26, 2020 19:46:47 GMT
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Your doing a brilliant job on that. Keep her lite
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Glad to see this has found an owner to repair it rather than break it for all the spares
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glenanderson
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I’m in. 👍
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My worst worry about dying is my wife selling my stuff for what I told her it cost...
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So glad that you have saved the van.
Great work
Warren
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Me too! That's a great fleet of retro's you have too.
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Love it. Creativity, resourcefulness and ingenuity. And a Bedford CF. How could I not love this. Bookmarked.
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Apr 27, 2020 10:11:58 GMT
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It never ceases to amaze me how rusted out sh1tters that most sane people wouldn't touch can still be saved by the right person. More power to you.
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trimtechniques
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Porsche 928 4.7 ltrs of German grunt. Mazda MX-5 MK1 Dakar. VW T4 camper
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Apr 27, 2020 13:30:24 GMT
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Fantastic! Love CFs. Ever since we had one as a school bus. They are a van with style and just a touch of 1970s American GM cool going on.
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Rob M
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Apr 27, 2020 16:03:36 GMT
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Honestly, this would have been weighed in by 99 people out of 100.
You are that one person who is going to get this back on the road.
Brilliant work, really brilliant work.
It's not just skill, it's a way of thinking and applying yourself.
Inspirational!
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ovimor
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Apr 27, 2020 17:18:25 GMT
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Have you been following Scott, @coldwarmotors Utoob, and his tinsmithing on the Boogie Van?
*it (at least) has a good roof.
OVIMOR
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Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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Marc
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Apr 27, 2020 17:49:17 GMT
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Brilliant work and looking forward to seeing more! Easy and amusing writing style you have too!
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Apr 27, 2020 18:18:42 GMT
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Wow , talk about Trigger's broom by the time you finish this, epic doesn't cover it.
I have a soft spot for CF vans as my first job (1979) was at Arlington Motors in Ponder End, a North London Bedford main dealer.
I used to order the new vans and trucks and register them when sold. Rust proofing was never a factory option code!
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Needs a bigger hammer mate.......
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retrolegends
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Apr 27, 2020 18:31:33 GMT
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Banged my head and skinned my knuckles many a time trying to work on the Perkins engined version of these back when I were a lad. 😂
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Apr 27, 2020 19:14:04 GMT
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Bloody Hell! I would have walked away from that. Hats off to you! ^ WHS and then some - I thought Christ on a bike - that's never gonna get fixed only fragged To be honest the first few pictures had me hiding under the sheets  |
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Apr 27, 2020 19:53:40 GMT
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Thankyou all for the positivity, I'm surprised that everybody thought it was so bad in the beginning - I have seen people embark on worse! I'm giving it anothe rest as I have a multitude of other projects on the go, I'm sure I will pick it up again later in the week  |
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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Jun 24, 2020 16:13:27 GMT
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Hello again Work, other cars and life in general makes progress sporadic Got to grips with this roof properly In short - roof between 50-80mm too wide at various points Measured and measured again Re-measured Cut roof down the middle removed excess - woke up all neighbours by using recip saw as ran out of cutting disks weeks ago Put drivers side roof on and lined up, welded in position Same with passenger side, made slight overlap in centre - got height right avoiding sag by propping up with bits of wood while I welded the ribs together on the inside Note original CF roof rib at the front salvaged from old roof (clue, it's green)       Then got to grips with marrying spanish-made square 80s van roof to my curved luton tin front Annoyingly between the two there was a 10mm gap which could not be avoided - I could not get enough section from either van to make them meet or overlap  So there are patches on the inside and I had to weld a brace from the join to the windscreen upper to stop the rounded bedford front section from popping inwards when you touch it. Below is the result, obviously sans tidying up Note old gazebo for weatherproofing when heavens open this weekend I now have a roof.   |
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"A Pierburg carb? It would be more economical to replace it with a funnel..."
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retrolegends
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Jun 24, 2020 20:37:42 GMT
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Time you bleached that tea cup! Good pics mate, nice progress
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Time you bleached that tea cup! Good pics mate, nice progress Sacrilege! It's just coming to full flavour. Bookmarked. The CF, not the mug. |
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