Its finally in etch prime! Woohoo

**HZSM50** · 08-06-2015, 12:15 AM

From what you told me today, I can't wait to see the finished product.
A Cruze down the great ocean road next Feb.

**Vombil** · 09-06-2015, 01:44 AM

i saw a peacock the other day. that is a really sweet colour. being dark I don't think it will age and go out of flavour like morpheus, atomic, impulse, ignition etc

**damienengland** · 12-06-2015, 01:32 PM

Ok, another update, this one with some substance. After nearly 2 years in the panel shop (cheap storage), paint is officially going on the van. Ok, its only the under body stone guard coat, but its actually happening! 2Pak is going over the stone guard later today and that will be the underneath done.

Couple of pics below-

Seam sealer applied and masked up

Under body stone guard on

**HZSM50** · 12-06-2015, 03:27 PM

Looking good!

**Big Rob** · 12-06-2015, 10:09 PM

It'll all start to happen fast now.....

**damienengland** · 22-07-2015, 07:43 PM

Ok, i think we have something newsworthy. I finally got organised and visited DNA paint with the painter and selected a couple of base coats/top coats to tinker with. We selected Tropical Green Candy Basecoat and Emerald Green Candy Premix. With his stock of other paints and bits, we should have some final samples for selection soon.

**Valencia** · 22-07-2015, 08:27 PM

Whoa talk about in ya face thats a lot of colour on a van

**jennie285** · 22-07-2015, 09:54 PM

Looking great. Love the green too. Funny you said cheap storage I think along those lines too whilst doing up vans.

**damienengland** · 19-10-2015, 08:52 PM

Well, its been slow going at Club Damo, as the Melbourne winter was fairly horrific this year. Good news is, I've just come out of hibernating and after pulling my head out of my arse the other week, thought I'd better get this chassis sorted. First jobs first, I need to sort out my engine bolt on bits that started last summer. After some soul searching, i had to agree with Vombil's earlier suggestion of using VN - VT bits to tuck everything away. So after scouring wreckers for days, i struck a gold mine at Ozwreck and have raided their old hidden parts shelf for VN - VT brackets and pulley assemblies. Got things sorted over the weekend and very happy with the result. The A/C tucks under really well and it just looks way better to my eye. Just need to finalise the alternator setup and then its off to powder coating with everything....I'm sick of looking at rusty bits!! Also, for those that are observant, yes the power steering box doesn't fit any more so i have to convert to rack and pinion steering to run this setup. Ah well, off to Castlemaine Rod Shop i guess........

**damienengland** · 21-10-2015, 09:48 PM

Originally Posted by damienengland

Well, its been slow going at Club Damo, as the Melbourne winter was fairly horrific this year. Good news is, I've just come out of hibernating and after pulling my head out of my arse the other week, thought I'd better get this chassis sorted. First jobs first, I need to sort out my engine bolt on bits that started last summer. After some soul searching, i had to agree with Vombil's earlier suggestion of using VN - VT bits to tuck everything away. So after scouring wreckers for days, i struck a gold mine at Ozwreck and have raided their old hidden parts shelf for VN - VT brackets and pulley assemblies. Got things sorted over the weekend and very happy with the result. The A/C tucks under really well and it just looks way better to my eye. Just need to finalise the alternator setup and then its off to powder coating with everything....I'm sick of looking at rusty bits!! Also, for those that are observant, yes the power steering box doesn't fit any more so i have to convert to rack and pinion steering to run this setup. Ah well, off to Castlemaine Rod Shop i guess........

Do the pics show up in this post?