My new ride
- Thread starter Paul Oliver
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Haha i really wish i was seeing things... That peak drives me mental! However a mini rear valance has certainly made a good donor for the corners 
I have been wondering about cutting out my twin indicator/sidelight setup, and cutting them up to make a single indicator (like the earlier ones), as i will be running sidelights within my headlights anyway. What do you reckon?
I have been wondering about cutting out my twin indicator/sidelight setup, and cutting them up to make a single indicator (like the earlier ones), as i will be running sidelights within my headlights anyway. What do you reckon?
I think thats all the encouragement i needed!
With the intention of getting a decent afternoons welding in, i was rather disapointed to find my gas bottle empty :I i think i have been building too many exhausts for people! Managed to tack in a piece (gasless) so at least thats ready to weld in when i collect a new bottle
Hoping to get the front welded up and skims of filler this week before i go on holiday (perhaps even a coat of primer), then when i return i can sort out the sides
Suprised to find this in such good order:
Hoping to get the front welded up and skims of filler this week before i go on holiday (perhaps even a coat of primer), then when i return i can sort out the sides
Suprised to find this in such good order:
Nice one Paul, good to see some progress mate Very daring with Welding Gas-less:O
Very daring with Welding Gas-less:OAfter trying to find a way to afford a nice new lower valance, i realised that i just can't afford it right now and so i cracked on with an attempt to make my own.
Bottoms a bit wonky, but i shall try and correct that as much as possible but i think that should do well enough with a light skim of filler in places just to get the curvature nice and even Its far harder than i thought it was going to be to build, but with some more effort it should be worth it!
Bottoms a bit wonky, but i shall try and correct that as much as possible but i think that should do well enough with a light skim of filler in places just to get the curvature nice and even
Its far harder than i thought it was going to be to build, but with some more effort it should be worth it!Sweet job mate from where i'm sitting
Just don't sit too close!
More metal has found its way on
Hoping i can finish that tomorrow evening, getting closer and closer to having the front finished! Just a few bits of the lower fluting, A pillars (passenger side is nearly done, just needs a little more work) and the roof to go (started but avoided as much as possible since!)
Hoping i can finish that tomorrow evening, getting closer and closer to having the front finished! Just a few bits of the lower fluting, A pillars (passenger side is nearly done, just needs a little more work) and the roof to go (started but avoided as much as possible since!)
Keep it up [^]
"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
"You,re only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
Your efforts are inspirational! I have stolen quite a bit of knowledge from your thread!
On another note, i am purchasing an air fed mask so i can spray 2k paint and have a bay of another building ready for some form of spray booth. Got 2 VW T25s and a Pug 306 to practive on before the Commer!
On another note, i am purchasing an air fed mask so i can spray 2k paint and have a bay of another building ready for some form of spray booth. Got 2 VW T25s and a Pug 306 to practive on before the Commer!
I used to have a type 25
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oh & you are doing a grand job it's all about getting & keeping 'em on the road
Commer Dandy by Dandy Caravans
The Colonel Mustard
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[}]oh & you are doing a grand job it's all about getting & keeping 'em on the road
Commer Dandy by Dandy Caravans
The Colonel Mustard
Thanks for the encouragement you lot!
This is the first T25 (actually called a T3 strictly speaking, the VW lot get ****ty when you refer to it as a T25) i am getting ready for paint:
Some light welding to be done, but generally quite a solid old thing!
This is my T25 Doka:
1.9 petrol, 55k full VW service history (massive folder full of receipts). I have a golf mk3 with a diesel engine ready for a conversion. Doka is a little on the rusty side and the rear panels arent available for it so some hammering/mashing up van panels is required!
This is the first T25 (actually called a T3 strictly speaking, the VW lot get ****ty when you refer to it as a T25) i am getting ready for paint:
Some light welding to be done, but generally quite a solid old thing!
This is my T25 Doka:
1.9 petrol, 55k full VW service history (massive folder full of receipts). I have a golf mk3 with a diesel engine ready for a conversion. Doka is a little on the rusty side and the rear panels arent available for it so some hammering/mashing up van panels is required!
Oh and my quick photoshop of how i want it to look...
Other valance half in, and most of its seam welded and ground back. Got a little bored of it tonight so finished early!
Off on holiday for a few weeks on tuesday, so no updates until i am back
Off on holiday for a few weeks on tuesday, so no updates until i am back
"This is the first T25 (actually called a T3 strictly speaking, the VW lot get ****ty when you refer to it as a T25)"
yes I know all about that but I knew what you meant
a type 25 is a car iirc it was a while ago :I
cash in on em you could afford lots of new metal for the commer[}]
Commer Dandy by Dandy Caravans
The Colonel Mustard
yes I know all about that but I knew what you meant
a type 25 is a car iirc it was a while ago :I
cash in on em you could afford lots of new metal for the commer
[}]Commer Dandy by Dandy Caravans
The Colonel Mustard
Well unfortunately the 2 campers are not mine, and the pick up i got for a bargain price on the promise to the original owner that i would restore it and use it! When i am back from my holiday, i shall be scrapping 4 old cars that i have been breaking and selling off some other stuff to fund some fresh metal for the Commer (inner peak, fluted side panels and i am having some sills/roof sections made up locally).