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Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Rear quarter panel Just been onto Adrian Bailey and purchased a rear quarter panel £85 !!!!!! and 2 lower door skins £35 each ..,, I did ring jim collier first and he was only asking £15 for a quarter panel but is going on his hols for 4 weeks HOW GUTTED AM I however the wallet feeling a lot lighter means i cant drown my sorrows so on with the cf project i go.,. What is it with these vans soon as you finish 1 job another pops its ugly head,.,., To top it all off i have just lost my storage for my van so it is sat out in the rain as i type ,., Ive taped the windows up with electrician tape as ive noticed this is what was rotting the door skins plus ive had to tape around the windscreen as this seems to be letting water into the cab which aint good as ive just welded all the rot up in there and me thinkin it was water tight:% soon as my panels are on its in for an MOT she goes God only knows what that will cost me.,. I also need to change the timing belt and am debating whether to do it myself or not, I will post some pics when i eventually work out how , until then i hope everyone elses projects are running smoother than mine ----------------------
Mon 08 Nov 2010 @ 15:36
bluebedouin Global Moderator Posts : 2444 Location : Northampton,England. Status : Offline	shaunkelly979 wrote: .. I will post some pics when i eventually work out how ... Have a look here. ;] ----------------------
Mon 08 Nov 2010 @ 20:11
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	pics cut all the cork out and made my own repairs pics only shows what was left when i removed all the cork the previous owner had shares in ! took me an absoloute age to get the shape right doesnt help when the sheet metal i use is about 2mm thick,, hopefully this will last longer All the rust has been removed from the front cab and has now been painted in blak hammeright,, This is the pic i got off the auction site i bought her off!!! looks great from that distance ,., most the cork fell off on the route home,.,
Tue 09 Nov 2010 @ 11:09
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	bluebedouin Thanks for the tutorial worked a treat
Tue 09 Nov 2010 @ 11:12
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	It will be worth it as it should last another 30 years at least once its done. Oh if you need a passenger side rear door I have a brand new one sitting in the garage looking for a new owner ----------------------
Tue 09 Nov 2010 @ 21:03
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Cheers winchman , my rear doors are fine although a spare would be good iv no way of picking it up, you never know you might find yourself buying a van for your back door lol
Thu 11 Nov 2010 @ 09:36
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Just dropped her off for her MOT ,., oil in the air filter, creamy cap on the oil filler,., rear shocks rusted solid and another bit of builders cork raising it ugly head or lowering it should i say as half my wheel arch disapeared on route lol got to laugh.,., just cant wait for the bill ££££££:B
Thu 11 Nov 2010 @ 09:41
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Arrrrgh, I need a rear quarter too. Passenger side. Does mr Bailey have any more do you think? Presumably these things are off dead vans. Wait, I'll start a new HELP thread to go with all the others. As you were. hahaha ----------------------
Thu 11 Nov 2010 @ 21:19
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	By the way... love your van. Well nice. Love the colour too. Hoping I can get mine re-painted in that sort of colour scheme. ----------------------
Thu 11 Nov 2010 @ 21:22
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	I think he does both new and second hand panels ,., to be honest i was in that much shock with the price i forgot to ask lol if your not in a rush wait 4wks and speak to jim collier when he,s back off his hols £15 each and he makes them,;]
Fri 12 Nov 2010 @ 09:54
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Thanks for the tip... do you happen to have Jim Collier's contact details? ----------------------
Fri 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:27
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Classic Car Sills 4 Mortimer Road Kempston Bedfordshire MK42 8RE Contact: Mr. Jim Collier Telephone: 01234 840958/01
Fri 12 Nov 2010 @ 14:54
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Spookytim - dont get your hopes up too high - I may be wrong but I think Mr Collier only produces rear quarter CILLS and not whole rear quarter SIDES (which I think is what you are looking for????). By all means speak with him......... Carl ----------------------
Fri 12 Nov 2010 @ 15:17
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Aye, tis indeed the entire rear quarter side I'm looking for. I guess I'll have to hope I am able to rescue a good enough one off a corpse at some point... mine is pretty appalling and due to the badly rotted window aperture lip the water gushes in like a log flume. = ( ----------------------
Fri 12 Nov 2010 @ 18:17
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Well ,.,., got my rear quarter panel and its a bit of a mess tought it would be alot better for the price i paid for it,, if id'e have saw it first there's not a hope in hell id'e have bought it,,, seriously considering sending it back. I will post a pick soon for all to see.,. On the good side she flew throught he MOT £300 lighter:B but needs must., Told the garage to investigate the oil in the air filter which they forgot and put a new airfilter in which is dripping with oil now.,., I also got them to top the gearbox oil up another bad idea as second gear is screamin now and then , hope its just till the oil mixes they also dropped and topped the engine oil,., few more bits of welding to do (door bottoms) and get new rubbers for the windows, seal the windscrean then job done;]
Mon 29 Nov 2010 @ 19:40
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	seal the windscrean then job done,;D think so do ya:D it's a beddie always work to do... ----------------------
Mon 29 Nov 2010 @ 20:34
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Chhers Pete.,., and there's me thinkin i was nearly finished. The mrs is gona be well pleased
Tue 30 Nov 2010 @ 21:31
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Shaun, if you're out there... real shame you're selling. Its a lovely van and you've made so much headway with it. Tempted to make a bid myself, but I've got enough on my hands with my CF2. Anyway I hope you manage to find a good (a really good CF loving) buyer to take it on and keep it on the road. :C ----------------------
Wed 23 Feb 2011 @ 22:55
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Its the second time ive had it on there,.,. Gutted but losing the will sorcing parts,., weathershield rubbers,.,., and so on £££££££££ and with weather as it is at the min cant get anything done, However if it doesnt sell this time going to put it into retropower to be restored and sprayed at a fortune but needs doing or its just gona die on my drive[rip]
Thu 24 Feb 2011 @ 22:21
Anon Deleted Posts : Location : Status : Offline	Shaun, I feel the same way about mine to be honest. Every time it rains I want to cry because mine has to be left out on the street. I wrote to RetroPower a long time ago. They quoted a price for providing a rolling shell conversion. I could just about meet the price, but I can't provide them with a rolling shell, so I haven't taken it any further. They do seem to do a lovely job, but I spoke to them in November/December last year, and the earliest date they could offer me was July/August this year. I wanted them to save my van from the ravages of this winter. As for rubber... I got some replacements for my side windows from Seals Direct... http://www.sealsdirect.co.uk who were every helpful. The seals have not prevented the rain seeping in however as to this day they remain in the box in the back of my van waiting for me to work out the chicken and egg problem of what to tackle first in order to end up with water tight side panels. I also just bought a front windscreen rubber from ebay for £40... but its 50/50 whether its going to fit. Part of me hopes you keep the van because she's a beauty and maybe you just need to accept her as she is for now and lower your expectations about restoring her to a much longer timescale (like over the course of your life rather than over the course of one winter). Just run her and enjoy the ride. I tank around in my van all the time and absolutely love it, despite the (brand new) squeeky noise of a loose fanbelt or similar at start up, the carb not being quite right, the fuel pump being a bit dodgy, the choke being prone to sticking at the full 'on' position, the steering being as taut and predicatable as a freeform jazz/rock fusion improv on a roller coaster, the leaf springs looking like they're fitted upside down, the tendency for the back door to swing open on a lairy corner, the tendency for the van to schedule a nice snooze at the foot of a steep hill, or halfway across a busy intersection, and the fact that the stereo speakers sound like a swarm of angry wasps trapped in a paper bag. You can't beat it. Puts a smile on my dial every time. ;D ----------------------
Thu 24 Feb 2011 @ 23:43
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