73 panel van

how it was after a 2 years of me having the bus.. doing small jobs. the front pannel..

(ps was a late front but thought i would change that)
lowering,suspention(roll bars shocks),brakes all round,17" wheels, exhaust, bit of underside strengthing,interior and very large sound system.. setting off car alarm loud.lol

Then towards the end of the summer wanted to respray the bus so started taking it appart. and found the rear end was pretty rotten and decided to bit the bullet and go the hole hog...

now a softop


check out the rust.aahhh

taken alot out the roof now so time to put some strength back in to it. two roof beems from my donner roof.

now does my donner roof fit??
like a glove
now with thanks to lowriderbug we took the engine out.. ready for me to tackle the rear corners batt trays and valance. Cutting so much fun..

now for the fun bit of cleaning treating and putting strength back in to it ang buying the pannels. good old j k's

looking good J!!!
Still dont think it will be finished b4 RTTS!!

good work dude should be bloody solid when its done

Now just cleaning the rear end up so i can spray the engine bay, then i will be cracking on with the rear corners, then it should start coming together... wooo. the scary thing is this van/ wreck has still got a mot...

Another funny pic i found.. Would they even take this in at a scrap yard.

"not enough metal to weigh in mate!"

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the scary thing is this van/ wreck has still got a mot...

get the engine back in and we can take it to the club meet friday!

lowriderbug wrote:

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the scary thing is this van/ wreck has still got a mot...

get the engine back in and we can take it to the club meet friday!

yeh! slap a tax disc on it (& an engine) & we'll all pile in for a cruise round WSM!!

after the long process of cleaning all the metal treating any rust and replaying in pannels to put some strength back in.. it a long days work to get looking like a bus again..

and a few repair sections were used.. then welded all the seems shut for a flush finish.. ps the rear corners were a pig to fit and line up......

next day off its going to be a roof day.. see if i can get this tin top on and secured.. bring on the summer...

Its going to look sound as a pound when its finished bro!! Keep up the work...

Looking good

When can we expect to see it at a meet

ha, soon i hope. when the roof on and the beast and is all welded up and sprayed. then wired up again. and built the engine. ill do the inside one day
two months.. maybe i pray that it will be done for rtts. no hold on..IT WILL BE DONE FOR RTTS..

slammervan wrote:

maybe i pray that it will be done for rtts. no hold on..IT WILL BE DONE FOR RTTS..

You heard it here first folks!

the work continues!!

so is that the roof on or just tacked? and the gutteriing is going back on!

motoring throught it now jamo

yeah its all on propaly. pretty much the same way it would have been attached when it left the factory.. took me ages to line good. i have also decided im going to turn it into a pannel van as its a van conversion. but there is still loads to do....

Yeah that may be easier as all the windows where looking in a bad way!!

good luck man

That is so good to see man, you are cracking through it!! You've done an awesome job by the looks of things... Like I say man, if you need a hand one weekend dont hesitate to ask...
Am spending the first of many days on the new VeeDub tommorow so hopefully will have a few pictures of the Masochist in progress... have to bail out the water in the back first!

Defo want some pictures as soon as you are able, it is kind of a motivation factor for me

Looking good dude it's not i little repair then job

now next task blanking off my window holes..
noticed alan s was selling off side rear top pannels
but that pannel only so i bought three to adapt
to fit. after getting them then relising there for a
split.... oh well
triming the top and bending the flaps back to give me the
extra couple of cm to cover the window holes..




well had to extend the buldge to steel the curve of one
of the pannels i woundnt need it for..


first one done.. but that was alway going to be the easer one.

Wow, so is it going to be a bay panel van?

oh yeah. ive alway wanted one, and my glass ant great.
it would have taken quite a bit of work to sort the frames.
+ the inside going to be something rather special so i dont wont no piki's seeing inside it as it has already been broken into once and stole
£1500 worth of bits. wank**s

Fuck, the little twats eh! What colour is it going to be? Loving the pictures too.

loving the split vents at the top, haha.

works looking good man!!