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Just a couple of little patches nothing major, I'm mainly just stripping it to paint it. There is some mock up work for the different radiator and intercooler I'm going to run aswell before I paint it.

For what it is worth, the landrover td5 cooler fitted nicely in front of the rad with a bit of fettling

Thanks I will have a look into that then, I was going to run an mpi mini radiator and a Renault 5 turbo intercooler at the side of that.

Been there, done that. Replaced it as it didn't work well...

I may have a look into one of these TD5 intercoolers

I'm sure there are some photos on my metro build

I used rs turbo one next to the rad. Worked ok maybe could have been bigger tho.

Well finally I've managed to squeeze half an hour in on the van, next task is a shift round and a tidy up in the unit then welding may begin. I have removed the carpets and surveyed the floors so there is some rust to sort there, it's also down on a trolley now ready to move it all about when my mate comes and gives me a hand to sort my unit out in the next week or 2.









But in the mean time I've got my new toy to play with (still a turbo powered mini)





Josh

nice new toy

Well that's it, now my units sorted out progress can come thick and fast!! My mate liam (who will
Also be helping me through the project here and there) came down today and we got sorted out and had an hour stripping the van down, door off, dash out, column out so were all go now !! Hopefully go and get another hour or 2 done tomorrow.













Thanks Josh

Well as promised I've been back up the unit for a couple of hours, carried on stripping a few bits off, I got bored of that and decided I'd strip some underseal, and get the poking stick out 😂😂 next job is to go back up with the welder and grinder now and start with getting some new metal in it. Looking like that will be next weekend as the Mrs is on nights Saturday and Sunday so I've slipped my lead 👍🏼.



















Tune in soon for the tin bashing and welding to commence.

Josh

got your work cut out there!

It's sure got the rust !

I have started posting on Instagram also my name on there is turbomk1golf

Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

Typical metro rot spots. Pretty much the same rot as our old van.

It's not bad, the rest of the shell seems ok, doesn't want any full panels just the usual places patch work.

Been up the unit today, And I've started cutting rust out and welding in metal, ran out of etching primer so need to tidy up the door post repair and seal/paint it before doing the inner and outer sill repairs.













Josh

Edited by metro-turbo-van on 13th May, 2017.

Had a couple of hours at the van this week, and will get some more time over the weekend on it, ive managed to get the inner sill on the drivers side done ready to start the floor:







not had a deal of time on the van recently because ive been building a roll over spit to do my mini van on:





Josh

Edited by metro-turbo-van on 9th Jun, 2017.

this reminds me I need to sort out a new welder to get on with mine

Thats a nifty workshop ya got there! Lucky ya got the end one with corner space.. decieving! Wish i had summin' like that

I've got to go and grab some gas for mine in the morning before I start 😂. Yeah it's definitely a handy piece of space to have available.

Josh

Managed to squeeze an hour in on the van so a little bit of progress, hopefully bit more to come over the weekend. Got the drivers side floor pan rot cut out and patch nearly shaped up, need to go and get a bottle of welding gas Mind before I go back up the unit.









Josh

Well I've wanted to add an update but looks like I cannot load photos via photo bucket anymore 😩, what other hosting sites do people use to upload images ??

Flickr

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