Our Madeira Red van

**V6HQUTE** · 02-04-2012, 06:00 PM

**Valencia** · 03-04-2012, 12:47 AM

Thats what sandmans should look like with the stripes
looks really good J@R buy the way is your interior buckskin

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I hope the budget allowed for chrome tips on the exhaust

**jennie285** · 03-04-2012, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by Glacier 73

Thats what sandmans should look like with the stripes
looks really good J@R buy the way is your interior buckskin

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I hope the budget allowed for chrome tips on the exhaust

I drove it to the exhaust place yesterday, and they ordered two for me which come in today, I expected them to have some in stock, today they will fit them. We also have a tappet cover gasket leak which will also be sorted today, and yes the interior is buckskin, but the dash is a two tone colour for some reason....

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Originally Posted by Vombil

its so perfect it looks like a matchbox model!!!

thanks Vombil for your nice comment, and everyone else who said nice things about this van, it took a while but now she is finished, and we are very pleased....it was a lot less money and time as no rust, and a shed find all intact...unlike the yellow van...

**HK1837** · 03-04-2012, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by jennie285

I drove it to the exhaust place yesterday, and they ordered two for me which come in today, I expected them to have some in stock, today they will fit them. We also have a tappet cover gasket leak which will also be sorted today, and yes the interior is buckskin, but the dash is a two tone colour for some reason....

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thanks Vombil for your nice comment, and everyone else who said nice things about this van, it took a while but now she is finished, and we are very pleased....it was a lot less money and time as no rust, and a shed find all intact...unlike the yellow van...

It is normal in HZ for 11C, 23C, 63C and 63V to have a different colour dashpad to the rest of the trim. 63C/V should have a tan pad. 60A and 65A in HX are the same.

I think there is a HUGE lesson in Rod and Jennie's Madiera HZ Sandman for everyone. Sell off the rusty pieces of cr@p to people who pay too much for them, and invest the return plus shalf your resto budget into one with a good body. It is worth it in the end. If you are lucky you'll buy one that doesn't even need paint!

**Vombil** · 03-04-2012, 09:05 AM

its so perfect it looks like a matchbox model!!!

**QUP** · 04-04-2012, 09:59 PM

So whats the latest? Got the stripes yet? polish, wax,

**QUP** · 04-04-2012, 10:20 PM

Wow looks the goods! Impressive!

**hdt134** · 05-04-2012, 08:37 PM

Love it looks great!!

**sslx76** · 14-05-2012, 04:46 PM

Great job, got me inspired to get back out the shed as soon as I get home next week, Havnt done a thing on my Firethon red van in three months but have bought a lot of stuff for it, I want to buy a house next door to you guys so you can motavate me, great job very envious.