Number 3............maybe!
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Update for you!
Spent the whole day with this van today....and I know you will all complain, I forgot to take my camera:I:I
The back is now stripped bare, all the ally is in my van waiting to get weighed in and a mountain of wood in a pile next to it, it looks so bare lol
Found half a dozen Doves nests, a fly's nest, a bat that made a hasty exit and about a dozen big beautiful butterflys under the engine cover!
Found the original jack and got the front end up enough to get the front wheels off and put 2 pumped up tyres on. The back has no wheel arches......just big holes where they should be,(man made this way coz the floor) The floor had timber and carpet and then on top of that a timber frame with a second floor, making it 5 inches higher than normal. Suprisingly the chassis and floor is not too bad...probably better than Bluebell's
Got the plugs out and poured diesel in chambers to soak in
left the back on blocks and brought the back wheels home to change tyres as were badly split
before I started swapping tyres about I tried to tow it out of the dips in the floor where the tyres were flat and it has sunk into the ground (about 10 years it has stood) Wouldn't budge. The back wheels turn freely but the fronts are solid....whacked the drums quite hard with a club hammer but they won't free........What do I do now please??
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Spent the whole day with this van today....and I know you will all complain, I forgot to take my camera:I:I
The back is now stripped bare, all the ally is in my van waiting to get weighed in and a mountain of wood in a pile next to it, it looks so bare lol
Found half a dozen Doves nests, a fly's nest, a bat that made a hasty exit and about a dozen big beautiful butterflys under the engine cover!
Found the original jack and got the front end up enough to get the front wheels off and put 2 pumped up tyres on. The back has no wheel arches......just big holes where they should be,(man made this way coz the floor) The floor had timber and carpet and then on top of that a timber frame with a second floor, making it 5 inches higher than normal. Suprisingly the chassis and floor is not too bad...probably better than Bluebell's
Got the plugs out and poured diesel in chambers to soak in
left the back on blocks and brought the back wheels home to change tyres as were badly split
before I started swapping tyres about I tried to tow it out of the dips in the floor where the tyres were flat and it has sunk into the ground (about 10 years it has stood) Wouldn't budge. The back wheels turn freely but the fronts are solid....whacked the drums quite hard with a club hammer but they won't free........What do I do now please??
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that looks a lot better keep it as it is 
Sybhil & no1
Sybhil & no1
Nice and easy to get to the floor for repairs
"you were only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
"you were only supposed to blow the bloody SLIDING doors off"
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Originally posted by Moley
The peak looks good
Moley and Brian the Snail
the peak is suprisingly very good, as is most of it...cosidering!
rear corners are pretty good too!
just got to get the front brakes free and the back wheels back on and will be able to move it
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Originally posted by Moley
The peak looks good
Moley and Brian the Snail
the peak is suprisingly very good, as is most of it...cosidering!
rear corners are pretty good too!
just got to get the front brakes free and the back wheels back on and will be able to move it
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i think the 'The Dove House' which is its new name, is going to make a lovely doner for Bluebell... especially that roof and peak, just hope that we can do it... Should have a few spares left from it too
Cazz...Is just Commer mad, and talks a load of nonsense
Cazz...Is just Commer mad, and talks a load of nonsense
If I had the room for more cars, I'd be doing exactly the same as you! Good on yah, that was an eagle eyed spot and a good bit of sweet talking
Under the grot looks to be a reasonably sound van. If it does all go pear shaped (which would be a shame), then those rear corners are worth £106 (that's how much the pair on eBay went for)!
Under the grot looks to be a reasonably sound van. If it does all go pear shaped (which would be a shame), then those rear corners are worth £106 (that's how much the pair on eBay went for)!
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Originally posted by Chamba
If I had the room for more cars, I'd be doing exactly the same as you! Good on yah, that was an eagle eyed spot and a good bit of sweet talking
Under the grot looks to be a reasonably sound van. If it does all go pear shaped (which would be a shame), then those rear corners are worth £106 (that's how much the pair on eBay went for)!
yeah i spotted those!.....got me thinking when I went down there to clear the rest of the old horsebox.......I can't wait to get it home and play
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Originally posted by Chamba
If I had the room for more cars, I'd be doing exactly the same as you! Good on yah, that was an eagle eyed spot and a good bit of sweet talking
Under the grot looks to be a reasonably sound van. If it does all go pear shaped (which would be a shame), then those rear corners are worth £106 (that's how much the pair on eBay went for)!
yeah i spotted those!.....got me thinking when I went down there to clear the rest of the old horsebox.......I can't wait to get it home and play
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Does that mean colin is back on track Teheheheheh
Sybhil & no1
Sybhil & no1