That is how many vans were done. Bodies could be made and painted 3-4 weeks before the front panels. You even had panels painted in another State 3-4 weeks later, by a different person with different paint stock and different guns in different conditions. This is why the best vans (in original paint) are Pagewood HQ vans as these were the only van bodies Pagewood made, and it was the only body plant to paint the front panels at the same time as the body. Panels were painted and whisked off to the assemblyplant to be re-united with the body.

This HR is a car to leave alone! I wouldn't advocate stuffing with it!