grumpygramps-2007
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top job fella. might give my van a bit of welding tlc.
I saw a diagram of the body structure of the latest Transit to come out --- almost all of the cab (everything forward of the 'B' pillar) is either Boron steel or a 'high strength' steel.
The load area floor still seems to be the usual automotive stuff.
I doubt there will be many examples of the latest van being lovingly put back on the road once they start failing MOTs through rust.
I cut up my old E reg SWB Hi Top. Despite being rotten around the edges it was still hard work to cut with my Stihl saw as the basic structure was decent thickness metal.
My current Peugeot Expert is an 03 and the front crossmember, that luckily bolts to the subframe, is rotten and need replacing !
Looking at the yellow paint over the white was it originally ex BT ?
Paul H
Very nice work Jim,would you mind if i post the link to this on another forum i'm with,might show the "that'll do" or the "yer i can weld"people how it should be done
Nahh that the horrible part Jim and it makes it hard to motivate yourself to get on and do it, I recently bought myself one of those vehicle rollers, but I wouldn't think you could put something as big as a transit on one of them.
Tell me, with the cost of your time, all the consumables and the painting is it really worth doing? Shirley :-) you could by a second hand one for similar cost?
Tell me, with the cost of your time, all the consumables and the painting is it really worth doing? Shirley :-) you could by a second hand one for similar cost?
why cant i see the rest of the photos,its telling me to upgrade photobucket,wtf