The Van by Tom Sanderson

By diyauto
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10-12-2014

I use u-pol dolphin glaze.

Most of the filler work is done on the near side and the final alignments of the door are all sorted, here's a few pictures of how it's looking.

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10-16-2014

I ordered a pair of new rear doors and they arrived yesterday, I wanted to save the Curtis ones as they are too unique to use!

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I did a little bit of filler work on the other side too but not a great deal

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10-19-2014

Got the final few bits and bobs sand blasted today

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Also did a bit more filler work on the other side

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10-28-2014

Another couple of smaller bits of filler work done and I have made a start on the grill

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11-8-2014

I got the final bits of filler work all finished off the other day

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Once done I could get the shell ready for primer, so the whole car needed to be rubbed down and double checked.

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Then I gave it a cost of 2k etch primer

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Once this was dry I sealed all the seams

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Comments

Great build!

Posted by Diggymart on 2/13/20 @ 8:14:55 PM