The new addition to our fleet...

Our very rusty '72 crossover bay



...first task is to get it MOTable and useable... Then it'll be a rolling resto with plenty of metalwork needed

good stuff

Nice collection!!
How do you choose which 1 to drive.??

easy... only the bug has an MOT at the mo

Nice, you'll have to keep us up to date with pics

negawskloV wrote:easy... only the bug has an MOT at the mo

Sweet!

looking good

Cheers guys

We got the pop-top up over the weekend, seems to be intact if a little grubby




Gave it a bit of a wash too yesterday, mostly to remove the grime/moss and assess how much rust there is.... there's a lot!

Drove it up the road and back after washing it, engine seems good... steering box is vague to say the least. Hopefully I have one in the garage... I had it so long, I can't remember if I've sold it

Looks good, though i think you need to sort out the trellis on the front of your house, just saying

My left Knacker wrote:Looks good, though i think you need to sort out the trellis on the front of your house, just saying

true, true

OOh a rusty bay window - enough to drive sane people totally mental that is, Ben.

Will you be welding it up yourself ?

paddy wrote:OOh a rusty bay window - enough to drive sane people totally mental that is, Ben.

Will you be welding it up yourself ?

Yep... as soon as I can afford a new mig ...or convince Andy to lend me his

Having had a better look over yesterday, (welding wise) I'm hoping it'll only need a cab floor repair for MOT and the rest can wait until after the summer

negawskloV wrote:Yep... as soon as I can afford a new mig ...or convince Andy to lend me his

Having had a better look over yesterday, (welding wise) I'm hoping it'll only need a cab floor repair for MOT and the rest can wait until after the summer

Oh right - I thought you said it was rusty !

I was expecting sills, corners, crossmembers, valances, arches, floors, outriggers, windscreen surrounds and all that jazz

Best of luck with it, anyway

paddy wrote:

negawskloV wrote:Yep... as soon as I can afford a new mig ...or convince Andy to lend me his

Having had a better look over yesterday, (welding wise) I'm hoping it'll only need a cab floor repair for MOT and the rest can wait until after the summer

Oh right - I thought you said it was rusty !

I was expecting sills, corners, crossmembers, valances, arches, floors, outriggers, windscreen surrounds and all that jazz

Best of luck with it, anyway

Sorry to disappoint you

It is fairly rusty, yes... but the MOT failing stuff has mostly been sorted by the previous owner; albeit not all particularly well. I will be re-doing the chassis rails and cross members at some point as although functional, it's not the best ...but for now, most of it'll pass an MOT I expect







The apparent rust is mostly gutters, roof corners, front panel (around the headlights) and doors (which it may be better just to replace); here's some more pics, you'll get the idea...

Nice Van mate.