The Van by Tom Sanderson

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6 minute(s) of a 112 minute read

7-29-2014

More blasting, I'll let the pictures do the talking

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8-12-2014

Finally got all the sand blasting finished off this weekend :)

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8-26-2014

There was a little bit of rust at the back of the roof so I got a section welded in there and I also got the upper frame part joined together ready to go in.

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10-3-2014

Not updated this for a while, I have got the rear gutter section welded in now and one side corner shaped, just need to add a tab on the inside for the rear door latch

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10-11-2014

Made a start on the filler work today, I started on the worse aeras first

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And after lots of sanding I ended up with this

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Once I had done with the filler I have to whole panel a coat of self leveling finishing glaze to remove any smaller imperfections in the panel

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I guide coated it and flatted it down, the guide coat helps you to see when you have got it all

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One it was all done it looked like this

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Then a bit of primer just so I could have a quick visual check on the repair

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Just got the rest of the car to do now! Luckily most of the bits are new so it won't be too bad.


Comments

Great build!

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