Oftensideways-83' Family camper-discussion

[oftensideways]

Let me know your thoughts, ideas, etc

[felixx]

Love it!

This is what I was considering doing until Bantam built his bloody teardrop!

That put me into a tailspin and I did that instead

 

One day I will do a van and love the stripes

[oftensideways]

A caravan would probably have been the better option as we don't really need another vehicle but it was to good of an opportunity to pass up.

And tear drops are so bloody cool!

[The Dude]

Holy mother of god, I'm just working on a film set about the sinking of the Rainbow warrior, and I did a double take as soon as I saw your van.

Its almost identical to the Newmans van the Bombers used, even the reg is similar!!!!

Spooky!!!!!

any way if you ever decide to move it on I'd love to own it.

They are cool little campers rock stock standard. and pretty retro and rare now.

nice project.

[EURON8]

So sweet.

Mine was rusted to bits in those rear sections too.

I'll see if I have any spare parts still floating about for one.

[HighLUX]

Fuck yes

[oftensideways]

Hey Zebradude, that sounds like a cool film to be apart of, i'm going to google said van and see what i come up with.

 

EURON8 was yours the white with flowers Hiace that was on here a few years ago? I remember seeing it but forgot who owned it

[NickJ]

Good to see you're finally building something practical!

[oftensideways]

something not 25mm off the ground you mean?!

 

for those interested Ill post a picture of the Newman's Hiace the Rainbow Warrior bombers used as told by Zebra Dude in the build thread (I cant seem to do it here)

 

 

[Snoozin]

Hey Zebradude, that sounds like a cool film to be apart of, i'm going to google said van and see what i come up with.

 

EURON8 was yours the white with flowers Hiace that was on here a few years ago? I remember seeing it but forgot who owned it

That was CDL's one, had an 18RG in it and sounded rad pulling some revs!

[LWL1FE]

oddly enough my ms112 had those badges on the c pillars. No idea if the were original or not.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm37/ho-courier/P1000310-2.jpg

[Seedy Al]

this is so cool

man I wish I owned this to be honest haha

 

yeah that was my old daisy van

 

thing was a hoot, 18rg certinaly was a bit of fun, for a column shit van haha

 

good luck with this

[Seedy Al]

Fuck yes dude! So stoked this is coming together.  By the way and as im sure you know,  if you come across another one of these vans let me know.  Camper,  none camper,  whatever lol.

Also that's some pretty impressive rust work. 

[Tele29]

Well done on not scrapping it when you saw the extent of the rust! You are a brave man!

[oftensideways]

I would feel like I've failed if I gave up. Not happening! Its a real enjoyable earning curve actually as I haven't tackled this size of rust before, plus saving another old car from certain death is always a bonus

[azzurro]

dude, thats boss level rust!.

Very tidy work too, be a shame to grind all them lovely welds off!

[oftensideways]

cheers mate! I've still got a long way to go with controlling warpage so will be all hidden in some lovely layers of T bucket bog

[azzurro]

Yerp, warping is hard to avoid, esp on big flat panels with heaps of butt welding, no matter what you do..

Im guessing from your tidy weldporn that you do long beads which would get a lot of heat into the panel, which shrinks and warps.

 Pick and peck stacking up the tacks one by one is 'better', especially if you have a lot of sections/patches on the go its easy to jump around so the metal stays cooler. 

Tapping the back of the weld back out or selective shrinking elsewhere eg a big spot of weld (or a shrinking disc if you are flash!) in the middle of an oilcanning section can tighten it up, or make it worse, lol.

Nothing wrong with bog over good metal tho, heaps better than bog over chickenwire, newspaper and rust!

[oftensideways]

Yes im a tad impatient at times and do big long runs of welding haha. Most of the warped areas I can get behind so once all the repairs are done, i'll do my best at panel beating some straightness back into it. I've never heard of a shrinking disc? will do some reasearch

[azzurro]

its just a SS disc for yr grinder that puts heat into the panel where you 'grind' it but doesnt take any metal off - easy enough to make from an old bowl, bench top, or sheet of SS.

Ive not used one myself but a gas torch, benzo, or even judicious spots and flap wheel can do much the same thing (with higher risk). Lots of vids on youtube but its a bit of a trick i think to know where to put more heat in in a way that wont make it worse. I have found putting a spot of weld on the far (from the original weld) edge of the divot from oilcanned area can tighten it up (and the flap discing it off adds more heat too, esp if you use a fine grit) , but effectively makes the sunken area a bit bigger, but also much less obvious.

I would just bash it and see, no shame in using filler as a filler (rather than a structural member)