Thanks Val, and Big Rob!Originally Posted by Valencia
It's getting there!!!!! At last!!
Paint is ok, far from perfect! I only paid 5k basically to get it painted. Was done in a shed ( by a qualified painter but) so I knew what I was getting and for the $, I'm stoked! It had a pretty sound body rust wise when I bought it but needed one rear quarter and heaps of bog taken out of it and a good going over, on the whole though one of the best bodies I've seen!
It's factory windowless but someone had cut windows in it AND a sunroof so all those holes were welded up. In all it's pretty neat but as I said, far from perfect but that's ok!
Van is factory Tuxedo, 18V trim, 1950kg, 2 seat, L31 M21, GTS Dash, console mounts, full headlining BUT it's an N on the build plate, not M - and I do not get why! Oh well, it is what it is as they say!
Because of this pesky N I have decided to take some liberties with it and individualise it a bit, away from the norm! The white Walls I'm about to paint red with red wall tyre paint, for example. Also have added stato emblem and door chrome (to break the black up a bit), it has old meets new braking system with chrome booster and big nut slave, it's getting red stitching in the seats (only interior mod I'm doing in cab and it's only very subtle), and on Saturday I installed power windows - nothing too major but just a few little differences. Van also has XA GT fuel filler (mounted suicide style) and lower bottom window in tailgate - which I love. I like little differences!
Drive line wise it's pretty stock. Is getting thermos, have added power steer, and I got given a set of off their boobys VN heads, so they will go on down the track. New demon carb is on the way and I want to get it regoed and driving before the new heads/inlet/extractors get bolted up - everything costs $$$$$ hey!
I'm really enjoying the process, not rushing, doing things right and once. Temptation certainly exists to cut corners but so far I have not succumbed. It will never be a show car nor win prizes but it's mega cool, unique, different and I love it which at the end of the day is all that matters, I think.
Don't post much but read heaps and have learnt so much on here, so thank you to everyone who's ideas I have stolen hehe...
Oh, front spoiler I found in a mates old van, passenger side was rooted so I just roughly attached the drivers side half. I love it, seems to pull the front down (it's on new super low springs and Monroe shocks) and looks tough as. So, I bought a new one and have had it painted. Now I have a problem - Saturday, through selling some parts, I got given a very tidy new front HX stato grille, complete with lower section as well. Lower part has all tabs in tact and in near perfect nic. So, not sure which way to go now............decisions decisions ����
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