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 Tue 26 Jan 2010 @ 18:41
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John, it reminds me of years ago too, keeping ding dongs on the rood when the annual cab floor repaint by the owner wasn't enough to hide the rot. I miss not having oxy-acetylene kit though; makes shaping a lot faster & it's a lot easier to float over thin bits to fill them out. Funnily enough I didn't make the connection about your seat bases missing the top triangular bits when I saw them; that's 2 of us that know a bit more then. 
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Tue 26 Jan 2010 @ 22:58
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Phil, I preferred oxy acetylene welding (dipping the pool), in my limited experience, so is that a health & safety issue then?
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Tue 26 Jan 2010 @ 23:44
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Greg, it's down to not being able to justify paying out for cylinder rental every year (& also not yet replacing the rest that got stolen in 2003). It's not that readily transportable in a car boot either; a van with a suitable cylinder cage is needed to meet regulations about transport of gases in cylinders; just a tremcard & stickers don't tick many boxes. ---------------------- |
Tue 26 Jan 2010 @ 23:57
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Day 11, floor right side front Managed to cut & fit the floor & bulkhead sections as a piece -
Mighty fiddly with having to keep the section for the steering column straight as well as the edge for the engine cover aligned well enough for the cover to fit. A case of tack a bit & bash a bit before it all came together. Struck again by dodgy mains supply, this time the fuse in the plug on the welder giving up. Good job I've got a box of spare fuses with me... The next bit to do is the driver's side wheelhouse & A post where they've rotted away from the rocker panel - 
The rocker panel face is sound so once the edge of the wheelhouse is made good the A post can be patched. Once that's done the floor edge on top of the step needs rebuilding where it's rotted but that hopefully will be one piece to bend & fit. ---------------------- |
Thu 28 Jan 2010 @ 18:37
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Day 12, right side wheel house & rocker panel It took a big bite out of the wheel house to get all the rot out -
Rocker panel needed a repair piece glueing in first - 
Once that was done wheel house & A post sections from the donor weren't too hard to fit & weld - 
While I was at it the holes left by rot around the edge finisher screws was dealt with. Last bits of the cab floor, driver's seat base mountings - 
The rear mounting had a broken bolt seized in the captive fastener so the lot was cut out & replaced by a plate with a 5/16" UNF nut welded on the back. Driver's seat base needed 3 of the 4 corners rebuilding before it could be fitted - 
Margrae has opted for the rise & fall driver's seat from the donor & the double passenger seat rather than keep the nice looking seats because she prefers the height of the original Bedford driver's seat & double passenger seat. (I think the Bedford ones are better too; the cab engine cover will come out without having to remove seats!) Next is a bit of a tidy up & scrub of the floor so that it can be sealed up & painted, likewise underneath using underseal, then sort out the chassis front sections & propellor shaft centre mounting bracket while everything dries off. ---------------------- |
Fri 29 Jan 2010 @ 21:29
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Day 13... Ran out of luck (well, it is day 13!); carving out the sections needed to repair the front of the chassis & sticking them on is taking forever.Sum total of a solid day at it - 
Section on the right is part of the chassis extension & had to be fitted just right then seam welded all round; power supply blew another fuse... Gap to the front on the right is how it's put together; closing panel across the top makes the corner rigid. From the front - 
There's a seam weld to run down the join on the front face next to the 4 plug welds & the closing panel over the top to fit. Spacing of the bolt holes for the front panel is 11.5". Left side shouldn't be so hard because I cut out a huge piece from the donor with not being sure how much would be needed; when it came to it I could have made do with about a quarter of the grinding. Seat base repair from day 12 - 
EDIT - a couple more views 
Ragged hole to the left is where the closing panel on the lower bend of the chassis extension has been butchered previously. ---------------------- |
Sat 30 Jan 2010 @ 21:38
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Day 14, front end finished Took a different approach with the left side by cutting very carefully -
The difference was in what came off the donor, just the section needed rather than a huge bite - 
The section, upside down & before the bent bits were straightened - 
First fit - 
Then weld; a lot easier this time with keeping the section in one piece with the closing (top) panel disturbed as little as possible. Both sides finished - 
What's left of the donor front end - 
Just the propellor shaft centre mounting bracket to sort out now & that should be the welding finished. ---------------------- |
Sun 31 Jan 2010 @ 20:51
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Day 15, propellor shaft centre mounting bracket This is where the bracket had been blobbed on to fit the LDV propellor shaft centre bearing -
This is where is should be - 
Note the remains of the upstand edge that should have stayed with the bracket; underneath the underseal the corner of the cross member section had been ground really thin too. Nice clean bracket on the donor - 
To retrieve all of the bracket the cross member had to be carved out all round & then ground off from the back of the bracket. Heavy going: 3 discs worth (4.5" discs). Bracket fitted, 4 welds ~1" long on the bottom and welds above as in the pic like on the donor - 
The bottom welds were a pain to do because I had to rebuild the thinned corner edge of the cross member on the fly; not easy when there's dust & rust dropping out & making the welds spatter but much grinding & re-welding got it right in the end. That's the welding finished; BIG relief that it's all done & I can get on with the refit next time I've got a week free. ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 00:14
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if anyone need these floor parts im scraping a cf ive had for about 15 years thats sitting in a field where i worked. if so u will need to bring the cutter gear. as i only have tin snips which wont do the job what so ever. u jst need to get to essex there isnt much left of the van as the weather has taken its tull, so its going begging i dont wont any money as it will make me happy to have saved another cf,hope this helps someone;D |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 05:57
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Absolutely amazing job done Phil 
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Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 07:21
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What's amazing is how lucky I've been with the weather - while I've been welding it's been dry but now I'm back home for a bit it's started persisting down. ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 15:38
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No better excuse then to put your feet up for a change - and have a nice cuppa or three
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Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 16:37
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your doing a grand job phil,and even taken the time to take pics of the seats im buying from mags ,and giving me the info i needed,to make sure they fit, many thanks again phil |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 17:25
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ScoobyDoo wrote: No better excuse then to put your feet up for a change - and have a nice cuppa or three Doing that now - tomorrow is back to the slave job that pays the bills. Double shift too. Yuk. ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 17:28
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bonouk1 wrote: your doing a grand job phil,and even taken the time to take pics of the seats You're welcome. ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 17:30
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I would like to give my heart felt thanks to Phil, without whom my van would have had a very different end.I have been so amazed by his skill and knowledge and not to mention his capacity to drink so much tea !! A very modest man who has worked tirelessly on my van to bring her back to her former glory. No words can express the thanks Phil deserves. Margaret;] ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 18:36
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Fanatastic isn't it all, great job Phil. As for the tea Margaret, we know, so we've bought shares in Brook Bond and the cup he uses here because it's so large, we joke "tea's up, drink or swim?" Cheers, John and Sue. ---------------------- |
Tue 02 Feb 2010 @ 19:38
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Sophie and Missy are missing Phil already...... ---------------------- |
Wed 03 Feb 2010 @ 03:09
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Not the best of weather to be painting but have applied 1st coat of Rustoleum. Here is what she looks like prior to painting. 
After 1st coat. 
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Sun 07 Feb 2010 @ 14:27
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