For documenting and technical details of T25 restorations and major repairs This section is for major restorations only.where to buy a panel or where to buy window rubbers belong in the bodywork seats and glass section.
Also please note,we need pictures of the restorations,without them posts are pretty useless.[\b]
Picture heavy and detailed threads , not for general banter or advertising
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Threads will be cleaned of chit chat.
Started cutting off the extra metal on the front arch, that was left on when I carved it off the van to do the B pillar, and then took a twist knot brush to all the paint and filler. Not finished, and yet to tackle the inside surfaces, but the aim is to reuse and avoid shelling out £115 for a new one from Schofield’s. Looking promising so far, though it will need a new return flange making for the join to the B pillar. Pics later.
Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
Cleaning up the arch prior to starting welding, saw the filler aperture is quite far gone.
Buy a new arch or repair? I’ll give it a shot.
Complex, it’s a curved surface so can’t just cut an aperture in a patch as then the filler won’t fit. Original has a variably recessed lip to give a curved surface with a flat aperture.
Former in 3mm
Rings for reference scribed on 1.2mm
Here goes
Hmm, needs further work. Curved surface is reverse of what I wanted…
Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
Welded in two sections on the inner edge of the front part of the arch, which laps over the inner arch/wheel tub.
Bit worried about fitting the arch, as I’ve now replaced quite a bit of the overlapping curved sections and they’re not likely to be a perfect match. Hoping my long reach F clamp pulls it together enough. If all else fails I can slice the inner part perpendicular to the join, and allow it to splay out to expand and fit better, then weld up the splay after the puddle welding.
Next, the fuel filler aperture
Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.
Finicky wee tasks this morning, adjusting the fit of the filler aperture and the return flanges that fit to the B post, drilling the flanges for puddle welding, scraping off the paint where it will be welded, covering the scraped off bits with masking tape and applying another coat of weld thru primer. Awkward access for most of it so suffering with a stiff shoulder now.
Age…
Have you ever seen an unhappy fool?
88 Transporter with hitop camper conversion, 1.6td.