Popular Post browndog Posted July 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2020 Treated the old girl to some new shoes a few weeks ago, it was about time as the old Bridgestone tyres and wheels were 40 years old!A nice set of period US Indy's, 15x7 on the pointy end and 15x9 at the blunt end, very shiny! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted July 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2020 Oh, and I also fitted a repro Springalex steering wheel, same as what was fitted to the AVO Escorts back in the day https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted July 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 27, 2020 Off to get some new panels fitted today https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browndog Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 Good progress already! I am getting the rear pillars replaced so I can refit original tail lights. Also replacing side panels to delete the windows. Some tidying up of old repairs needed to LF fender and RR quarter panel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted July 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 28, 2020 https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted July 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 some good progress today 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 3, 2020 LHS all done, so on to the RHS. It is much worse, but we were kind of expecting that! Some bodgy repairs done it it, probably in the 1970's. Looks like it had taken a hit in the RHS just behind the door, and extending rearwards. Bash the dents out a bit and fill it full of filler seems to have been the order of the day! We will replace the wheel arch with a repair panel that Ralph supplied, which will deal with a lot of the ugly. A new panel is being folded up to replace the whole panel behind the door, to delete the window https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 5, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2020 little update, RR wheelarch was quite a mess, needs a lot of love!............. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 More progress pics https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2020 RHS rear panel held in place with toggles and screws, and about to be welded in. Pic of the new filler panel for the window behind the drivers door. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 Some more progress pics. RR panel all welded up now. The mid panel, behind the drivers door had up t0 20mm of filler in places, and was quite stretched. So it was decided to cut this out and make a new panel. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2020 RH side getting there, panels tacked in and looking good! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2020 RHS all welded up now. Just a little sanding off welds to finish. Check out the detail on the horizontal bracing inside, those are new fabricated parts! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 Picked up the Mk1 from body shop yesterday, super happy with the result! Need to strip it down, and deliver to the paint shop next. Some old switch holes in the dash welded up, I will repaint the whole dash. Did a quick test fit of the NOS tail lights in the new rear D pillars. Couldn't resist the last pic, 8th gen Transit towing 1st gen, that must make the Mk1 its great great great great great grandad! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browndog Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted August 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2020 https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted October 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2020 After delivering it to the shop for panel and paint, we decided that to do the job properly the van should be media blasted. There was still layers of paint and filler which had accumulated over the years (which would take days to strip off anyway) and blasting gets in all of those cracks and crevices where mechanical stripping does not. SO, another week or so later, another invoice paid, and the van was media blasted! I immediately took it back to the paint shop, hoping it would not rain on the bare metal, and a coat of etch primer was applied over all of the blasted areas. Fortunately the blasting did not reveal too many hidden nastiness. Mainly just one area around the fuel filler/left rear wheelarch where there was a hole and a lot of filler, so that will need a repair, as well as various small dents which will requite tapping out and some filler before paint is applied. https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted November 23, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2020 I checked up on the Mk1 yesterday. Panelbeater is doing a great job, and it is getting very close to final paint! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted December 26, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2020 Merry Christmas everyone! I picked up my Christmas pressie on the 24th, after months of being at the paint shop. It has been painted Ford :"Ermine White" although it does appear more creamy than I think it probably should be. No matter, I am quite happy with the result, it has been many years, decades actually, since this van was one solid colour! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post browndog Posted December 26, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2020 Santa's sleigh just arrived! https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/45289-browndogs-1972-v8-transit/page/4/ 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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