Our Madeira Red van

[Alien DNA]

Wonderful build guys.....hope you have many miles of enjoyment with it

[V6HQUTE]

[RodneyHZ253]

Wow, that does look great.
But do you have the correct wheel nuts this year ;)

No hq nuts are the easest to source

[Valencia]

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

[Vombil]

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

[jennie285]

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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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]

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!

[QUP]

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

[RodneyHZ253]

All finished

Cheers J and R

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Yep the red van is all finished

[QUP]

Wow looks the goods! Impressive!