Those are all good ideas guys, keep them coming.
March update
If you rememeber a couple months ago i said i had some exciting news, well the van has been featured in a magazine called 'classics monthly'. Its quite a big magazine in the UK, check out their website (http://www.classicsmonthly.com) Its a good 6 page spread that im very happy with. I wish i could put it all up here to show but due to copyright i cant. The editor has sent me a small image so i can put it on the forum though.
I had a good laugh the day the photos were being taken. Its also gave me a good buzz to keep going. Thanks guys!
The next stage of the bodywork has been the passangers side rear. I started on the lower waist-line. Thankfully its not as bad as the drivers side
Inspect the bad bits and cut them out.
Measure up the bad.
replace it with the good.
clean it up
And repeat, il let the pictures do the talking.
Ok, so now that that is over. My next bit is the rear of the side door opening. The metal here has corroded quite a bit.
I had to take a little bit of time to think what to cut out first as there is a few layers here that need to be sorted. First to come out was the door hinge brace.
It was a bit awkward getting to some of the spot welds so it looked a bit of a mess when out.
Little bit of carefull tapping and some CSI style re-creation i have it back to how it was so i can use it as my template.
I placed it to the side and carried on inspecting the rot.
I needed to cut the lower of the door post out to repair so i thought id put in an extra brace to stop it springing back.
Next to come off was half of the door step/sill peice. This looked to be a bit thicker than the rest of the bodywork, id say about 2mm. I think i may replace the whole peice with some 3mm like i did with the rear doors.
Then i cut the rusty peice that held the door hinge brace.
This let me get to the 'floor' and rear tub that needs replace. Where they meet they have been spotwelded together and there was a lot of rust between the seam so i though seeing as ive taken it this far i may aswell sort this out before it becomes a bigger issue later. I marked out with chalk where to cut.
Finally im left with good metal to weld to in this area.
And in order of what i need to fix first. I need to make this
The floor/wheel tub. This is actually 3 seperate panels once i break the spot welds.
Door hinge base
Side step
Door post lower
(forgot to take that pitcure, oops)
Door hinge brace
Hopefully the next update i will have all this done.
Thanks for looking. Dont forget to get your copy of 'Classics monthly' ;)
