** Lee's Barn ** Current status 'OPERATION PIKEY VAN'

[John]

Cool! glad to see they're both still alive! (off to see joyceys thread now!)

[chris gsi]

that looks much better now mate i might have a ht lead in my garage for you after we ripped the old one apart

[Ernie]

I dont wont to ask what you two were up to lol.

[Lee]

LOL. I think the 4th lead is still acting as a coil lead in the Frontera, thats if its still alive! lol lol

Its cool chris im going to treat it to a new set of leads before next season. Maybe even some plugs as well lol

[chris gsi]

happy days, plugs as well when will it end:thumb:

[Ash]

Nice 'lil workshop you got there, I maybe able to help you out a bit too - I can get hold of loads of insulation off-cuts if you wanted to warm it up abit, going to do my own garage this winter.

[Ernie]

Chris. Lee said you are after a block or a bloke not sure what he was on about lol.

[DaveMarshall]

Looking pretty good Mr Lee, should've given it a coat of paint makes all the difference ;)


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v609/DaveMarshall/DSC01664.jpg

Dave.

[Lee]

Schweet :) Need to come and see this, looks the bomb!!

Im going to paint it, but no point doing it yet because the back wall may be coming down to double its size :)

[DaveMarshall]

It's nearly done now, that is just under a third of the space I have.

Dave.

[~~joycey~~]

Dont suppose you found the key for the petrol cap on the SR when you were haveing a tidy did you mate? :(

[Lee]

Dont suppose you found the key for the petrol cap on the SR when you were haveing a tidy did you mate? :(

Sh1te. Forgot about that! Not come accross that yet!

[Lee]

The 1.2 went for its MOT at Craigs a few weeks back. It passed, but with a list of serious advisories that he trusted me to sort.

So a large amount of parts were ordered :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/17102008193.jpg

Also decided to spruce up the paintwork while I was at it.

Craig donated his old MK1 grill after mine was ripped off by some thieving bastids on the estate. Gave that a paint up too. (thanks pal :))

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/17102008197.jpg

Today I gave it a damn good wash and polish, bunged some new floormats in it, and

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/25102008202.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/25102008203.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/25102008201.jpg

Also fitted some new boots all round :) I now need to get around to doing a cambelt and waterpump, but Ill probably wait until we move up to the barn next year.

[twistysnovagte]

nice clean mk1 there lee:D GTE REP FTW!!!:)

[Lee]

I know. Sucks dunnit!

It would have been MK2'd by now if I had the inclination lol

[Adam]

At least get a mk2 dash in ffs lol

Good work on the mot

[Mike]

Proper retro that Lee! Hate the colour mind lol

[Ernie]

im sure i have enough bits for a dash swap mate pop round and have a look somewhen.
Cars looking sweet but make sure you glue the interea light in this time so they cant nick it.

[Dar]

Mk1 FTW!
:thumb:

[Steve]

Mk1 FTW!
:thumb:
Agreed! :thumb:

Looks good lee, at least you got a decent mot guy that let it through! Not a bad time for some upgrades really.

[dj_wudgey]

mk1 is looking really good nice motor mate!!!

[Benn]

Howd i miss this? Its a bit tasty!

[SRimon]

Get the bumpers blue.

[Lee]

Howd i miss this? Its a bit tasty!

Its been a slow development lol.




Get the bumpers blue.

Def not, Im liking the black at the moment :) Mght colour code the mirrors before next years shows though.

[Mike]

Its been a slow development lol.

Almost standstill IMO lol

[scott.parker]

Almost standstill IMO lol

F'off mine dose that! lol :p

[Mike]

^ this is true lol update your WiP Scott, how you getting on with yours since i was last round yours?

[kc_08]

Looks gd mate.
how much is it lowerd?

[Lee]

Looks gd mate.
how much is it lowerd?

sorry, didn't notice your post pal. I think its down about 50mm.

More bodgery soon people, i promise lol

[Riggy]

yeah yeah , lol

[Mike]

Hows things down at the Barn sugar?

[Lee]

Stalled lol.

We've come to the conclusion Hayley isnt going to be able to manage a manual choke, and the old girl is NOT liking the cold weather at the moment. SO im either in the market for an SPi/MPi nova, or i need to transplant a 1.2 spi into the blue one!

The volvo is on ebay whilst I collect parts to get our merc Vito road legal.

The track car is fine bar it needs new tyres and i badly want a diff before the new season!

[craig green]

Lee. We got a low mileage (nay 50k) SPi 1200 here. Free I expect.

[Lee]

Lee. We got a low mileage (nay 50k) SPi 1200 here. Free I expect.
As a doner for the engine I take it, or whats the body on it like?

[Mike]

Stalled lol.

LMFAO lol lol about the same as my build then lol

[Lee]

So, time to blow the dust off the thread and start a bit of mincing.

Some of you have had the pleasure of meeting my pikey Vito. Some more of you will have the pleasure at Billing, where I shall once again, lower the tone of the entire show with its basically discraceful appearance lol

http://www.modelnovas.com/gallery/131.jpg

I Had a wee play with it, as you can see, removing some of the rust and oxiding over it. Unfortunately Ive left it too long before paint so a lot of it is coming back, so the first job in the next week or so will be to redo most of it.

So far, the tailgate. the drivers door, drivers wing and the grill panel have been replaced (obviously AFTER this pic was taken lol)

I also won these babies on ebay just a few seconds ago!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250456583816

It still needs a rear bumper and a drives side arch liner.

Plans will be a full respray bar the roof once i get a compressor, some 40mm lowering springs, some mudflaps, a towbar, a decent stereo install, probably some cabin seats to make it more comfy to sleep in, and a new roof rack :)

Mechanically its fapping solid, and its also the 112 so it goes like a clipped bloody cat lol

Updates as and when I get time now I have work again :)

[Adam]

Good to hear things are looking up for you mate :)

[L14MNP]

Nothing can rust like a Merc commercial!

Shame the door bottoms don't go like the Transits and leave the weather strip hanging off lol.

Your Vito looks hard as nails mate! Get your mobile number up the side for added gyponess. lol
Be good to see it cleaned up. :)

[Lee]

Nothing can rust like a Merc commercial!



Tell me about it. My clients Sprinters bonnet has suddenly rotted half away so fast it actually made him have a double take at it when he saw it lol

[L14MNP]

LMAO. New shape? I seen one the other week, where the door bottoms were gone and it looked like it needed plating around two of the rear hinges - 57 plate!

[Saloony]

When you get to billing, if you dont get out wearing some kind of high vis... your going home lol

[scott.parker]

It's all down to the fact assholes drive and abuse them! lol lol

[Lee]

LOL!

Oh how you will all be laughing on the other side of your faces when I turn this van from PIKEY to CHAV lol

[Jack]

Get stuart's mobile number up the side for added gayness. lol

Win.

[Lee]

Ohj yes, I also have to do the brakes as Im not sure how much longer the discs will last with no meat left on the pads. :)

[scott.parker]

For the nova's on PNG's stand at Billing i was going to see if the guy i know who does graphics could do this as a sticker like the URL one.

Once Driven Forever Smitten-PNGclub.com

but it was just an idea, could get them done for the rest of the year/next season?

Scott

[Tommy_nova]

thats a great idea id love afew of them scott..:)


For the nova's on PNG's stand at Billing i was going to see if the guy i know who does graphics could do this as a sticker like the URL one.

Once Driven Forever Smitten-PNGclub.com

but it was just an idea, could get them done for the rest of the year/next season?

Scott

[Mike]

Sounds good chap :) i hear things are on the up for you too :)

Once ive shifted this fapping shell of mine ill pop over for a mince again Lee :)

And yes, for a Van it does blady shift!

[scott.parker]

You selling up again then mike?

[Mike]

You selling up again then mike?

I am, but it really must go now.

[Jack]

And yes, for a Van it does blady shift!
I think this is down to Lee, as he made his old 1.2 feel fast

[Ernie]

the transit use to be a right laugh.

[Lee]

No progress as such as Ive been away, but I managed to jump on Ebay and order the following.

A Towbar
A set of 50/35 lowering springs
A set of front brakes (Ring has completely killed them lol)
A rear spoiler
A front splitter
A set of Recaro's (collecting tomorrow)
A new front headlight as one has a bullet hole.

All thats left on the shopping list is some paint ready for Bank Hol weekend when it will be going up to Dans where we will blitz it. I just need to get some paint on the sundries now, such as the trims, the wheels and the badges before then.


On a Side note, I now have all the bits I need to start on the Loonaque, namely a Mk2 saloon, a braked towing hitch and some random bits of steel :) So ill be starting on that soon too. Saloon is still at Craigs so dont have any pics yet.

Hopefully some pics of progress tomorrow as I have to drive to Germany AGAIN next week, and intend to at least have the drivers seat changed as the current one is a proper bum number :) Ill at least have the tow bar on anyway!

[Adam]

Should look
P
I
M
P

when its done :cool:

[Lee]

Pikey Van to Chav Van :)

[Welsh Dan]

What colour are you painting it?

[scott.parker]

lol Lee you bitch slapped me for "pimping" the passat!

Is there a reason for this modding the Vito, or just for the hell of it?

And whats this Nova Saloon? didn't know you had an nova again??

Scott

[General Baxter]

lee, you do know you can get bodykits aswell ;) lol

[Plug]

lol chavin up the Vito sounds funny. big and bright colour as baxter said kits lol

then tear up the local maccy D's and sell food out of the loonaQ lol

[Lee]

lee, you do know you can get bodykits aswell ;) lol
I do, but this is pimping on a budget lol And its staying blue for ease.

Anyhoo, finally started micing properly, so here is my old and fooked drivers seat...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/08082009024.jpg

.. And here is the result of some epic grindage and bodgery lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/08082009025.jpg

I need a V class single seat box now so I can bin the bench seats and mount the other one.

Then I started prepping the wheels for paint. Some pics before I started.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/08082009026.jpg


I had to drill the stud holes out to 15mm to take the vans larger whell nuts. Need to find some longer ones as well as the standards dont even make it through the wheel lol


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/08082009027.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/08082009028.jpg

Taking them to the kwick fit fitters tomorrow to have the old tyres off, and hope to have them at least primed by tomorrow evening :)

[brainsnova]

nice seat and more pimpin needed lol

[Ernie]

Hi Mr Pimpdaddy.
I have some s/s back box's at mine that your more than welcome to try and fit on the beast.
Ive got a jap style can a twin dtm style and a motor bike one.
Let me know.

[Mike]

Nice one Lee :)

Those Recaro's are well comfy mate :thumb:

[Ernie]

there from a rover aint they ?

[Mike]

there from a rover aint they ?

Yep, Vitesse Turbo, some 220 Coupe Turbo's have them too.

[Ernie]

thought so.

[Lee]

Yarp, rover recaro's :) I didnt realise how much of my **** dissappeared down into that hole on the old seat, but by feck its nice to be sat straight in it lol I managed to pull a master stroke today. Mark has forbidden me from pillaging the Steam V class for parts, but I managed to convince him to swap the single pass seat in it with my bench seat, so i did the swap quick tonight and I can bodge in the other recaro at my liesure now.

Finished Rimmage.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/09082009029.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/09082009031.jpg

Badges.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/09082009030.jpg

[Adam]

Good mincing

[Plug]

i do like them recaros.

budget style pimping hey Electrical tape headlight eye brows anyone lol

[Steve]

Some good work there lee, love the new drivers seat but wtf was up with the old one? Looks like a bad 80s styling exercise lol

[Lee]

Some good work there lee, love the new drivers seat but wtf was up with the old one? Looks like a bad 80s styling exercise lol

No joke, my ass dissappeared down the RHS of it it was so fooked lol

This turned up today :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/13082009033.jpg

And also put the badges back together. My new wheelnuts arrived as well :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/13082009032.jpg

[Mike]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm Rimmage....... me like lol

EDIT: Liking the swish detailed badges cheif!!

EDIT2: A spoiler??!

[Lee]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm Rimmage....... me like lol

EDIT: Liking the swish detailed badges cheif!!

EDIT2: A spoiler??!

Oh yes. You wait till the front splitter arrives lol

[scott.parker]

Badges.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/09082009030.jpg

Oh is it a 12 Volt van then??







lol


wheels look dam good mate, surprising how well rattle cans can do wheels.

Scott

[Mike]

Oh yes. You wait till the front splitter arrives lol

HAHA! Legend!!

[Mike]

Oh is it a 12 Volt van then?

FLOL lol lol

I got a 12volt van :d on a side note tho, that Vito does bladdy shift!!

[Lee]

Itll go round corners better too when the lowering kit arrives LOL

[Mike]

HA funking ace!!!!!

[Rich]

lmao cant wait to see this lol

[Jack]

namely a Mk2 saloon
Do you want the front end? :d

[Lee]

Do you want the front end? :d

Nope, its yours if you want it for an extereeeemly small fee

[Mike]

Dude, can see next weekend be a mega laff :)

[Jack]

Nope, its yours if you want it for an extereeeemly small feel in the back of the van
:gay:

[Lee]

I was just gonna say, Jack, if you come up a week sat you can join in the grinding festivities lol

[Lee]

And the prize for the worst timed post goes tooooooo... Me lol

[Jack]

LMFAO!!

Week on saturday... thats... 22nd?

[Mike]

^ LOL

Ive got a 2.2 tonne pro garage jack if its needed Lee. As per msn chap, im planning on arriving Friday evening with a boot full of tools & beers :) ill pick up a nice bottle of wine for Hayley too as a thanks for the sausage sandwich's shes yet to make lol lol

[Lee]

^ LOL

Ive got a 2.2 tonne pro garage jack if its needed Lee. As per msn chap, im planning on arriving Friday evening with a boot full of tools & beers :) ill pick up a nice bottle of wine for Hayley too as a thanks for the sausage sandwich's shes yet to make lol lol
Thats a plan. Shouldnt need the jack though. Make sure its White zinfadel blossom hill rose. Thats all she bloody drinks lol

Yes jack, thats the badger :)

[Spudly]

Itll go round corners better too when the lowering kit arrives LOL



Errr lee, youre sposed to be building a nova for the ring not a sodding van, mind you theres less chance of the rods exiting the vito as diesels are bombproof lol

[Lee]

The van is my daily drive. im sick of it looking a complete shed lol

[stylesy451]

you ever need a new van come to wer i work www.ideal-commercials.co.uk (http://www.ideal-commercials.co.uk) we do all the modding on the vw transporters and any other vans we do colour coding, a-bars and side bars and alloys for transits, transporters, and vivaros that are really poo with renault engines lol!

[Spudly]

The van is my daily drive. im sick of it looking a complete shed lol



Fair play man cant argue with that, plus aswell once youve pimped your mobile home you wont need to hide it behind the stand at the shows anymore lol

[Jack]

Errr lee, youre sposed to be building a nova for the ring not a sodding van, mind you theres less chance of the rods exiting the vito as diesels are bombproof lol
Where's that vid I took of the steam driven Vito...

[Lee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjQnssnC9Ls

Here it is lol

[MK999]

Is there any engine in the world that Lee can't break? lol

[Jack]

Yes, mine :d

[MK999]

You hope/wish/pray (delete as appropriate) lol

[Lee]

Ive not had enough time with it yet. :)

[Spudly]

So are the wheels fitted or the spoilaaar then mr mincer lol

[Lee]

Nope. Wheels need the bores taking out by about a mil, then they will be ready to have the tyres swapped, but I probably wont do that until its painted on BH weekend. Same goes for the spoiler.

[brainsnova]

i sanded the inside of an alloy with sand paper to make the bore bigger.

[Lee]

Aye. i need to get a grinding wheel for my baby dremel. That will sort it.

[mowgli]

flapwheel ftw..
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:zIMUXgBTL1H23M:http://www.thefabricatorssource.com/products/15flapwheel.gif (http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thefabricatorssource.com/products/15flapwheel.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.thefabricatorssource.com/products/15flapwheel.htm&usg=__O626wZ1Md8Dplx-IbYu7FQBNEk8=&h=257&w=250&sz=43&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=zIMUXgBTL1H23M:&tbnh=112&tbnw=109&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflapwheel%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den)
we reamed some huge trailer suspension bushes with one the other week

[Lee]

Hmm, i have one of those bad boys. ill give it a go :)

[Lee]

Small update, but an update none the less.

Got the rubbing strips painted up..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/16082009035.jpg

Binned the roof rack (im going to purchace a new one which I can mount quickly when I need it), the rear slideup bar and pre fitted the spoiler so all the holes are drilled in the right place, and will prevent me scratching it after paint :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/16082009034.jpg

[Jack]

Ive not had enough time with it yet. :)
I know its good for a quarter mile now, I'm game if you are :d

[Lee]

I know its good for a quarter mile now, I'm game if you are :d

Has it got its new box then??

[Ernie]

chav lol.

[Jack]

Has it got its new box then??
I meant the engine can handle revving high without overheating or pushing valves through the bulkhead :d

The new box is still, er, in the boot lol

[Lee]

As much as i badly want to continue mincing with the loonaq, i have to start prepping for the big weekend of paint which is fast approaching. Ventured down to the auto paint supplies and spent a wad on everything we should need (should be the last expenditure on the van now bar a tyre and the tracking once its lowered).

Got the bumpers off and started fitting the splitter using screws and adhesive.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/26082009072.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/26082009073.jpg

Then cracked on priming them up, as well as the grill.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/26082009075.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/26082009077.jpg

I have to do the final prep on the main body tomorrow and then its paint time on friday :) Cant wait for all the bits to fall into place!

[Adam]

Top work :cool:

[Lee]

Cheers Ad :)

Ive also just ordered some euro style pressed numberplates for it :)

[Lee]

Suspension and brakes today :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009078.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009079.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009080.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009081.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009082.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009083.jpg

[Jack]

Fixed

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/spring.jpg

[Spudly]

Lol jack, cut downs anyone??


Cant wait to see it all painted up lee its gonna look spot on, so no hiding it behind the club stand anymore then:thumb:

[Mike]

Spud, you wanna see the interior ;)

[Spudly]

Wooo, what else being planned mike, do share, ive seen the rover half trevor recaros he has upfront!

[Mike]

Wooo, what else being planned mike, do share, ive seen the rover half trevor recaros he has upfront!

Nothing else really, dunno if theres a pic up of them both fitted :) trying to weld brackets to a leather seat without torching it is a mission on its own lol lol

[John]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009082.jpg

Leave as is and give it death everywhere!

Ps, "mission aborted gone for a spliff" sticker is a must!

[General Baxter]

paint it white, with black spots, MOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Lee]

Paint day :)

Got up to Dans at about 6 ish on Friday. Got back a few hours ago after having only 10 mins sleep in the pass seat of the widearch lol

Before I post pics, a massive thankyou to Dan, not only for the fantastic job he's done, but also for still giving up half of his bank hols when he has so much other stuff going on (Sorry Ali if you're reading this, i owe you a box of chocs :))

Inserted
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/28082009084.jpg

You're doing it wrong
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/28082009085.jpg

Rubbed down and masked
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009087.jpg

Commence
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009088.jpg

Colour coded goodness
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009090.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009091.jpg

Finished! (pics are a tad washed out)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009093.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/29082009094.jpg

Tommorow it should be 90% there. We're going to put it back together, and then in the afternoon i intend to have the wheels on it!

[novalicous]

will look good when its all done :thumb:

[Dan]

yay, second almost successful spray job done :d , Tbh i thought i had set the gaunlet abit tight, esp as we had a few hours down time. BUT we bloody well did it lol, driven in, basic strip/scotched and painted in 17 hrs (with me catching a few winks cos i'm not fussy and can sleep on a concrete floor when needed lol lol ). This is no great feat in many eyes, but for two people who dont really have much of a clue, with basic tools, it was a good feeling lol :thumb:

[Steve]

Nice one.

[Lee]

yay, second almost successful spray job done :d , Tbh i thought i had set the gaunlet abit tight, esp as we had a few hours down time. BUT we bloody well did it lol, driven in, basic strip/scotched and painted in 17 hrs (with me catching a few winks cos i'm not fussy and can sleep on a concrete floor when needed lol lol ). This is no great feat in many eyes, but for two people who dont really have much of a clue, with basic tools, it was a good feeling lol :thumb:

Definately :) Just want to see it back together now!

[Spudly]

Good show guys, dan youre a star im looking forward to seeing it completed and on it alloys, well done the pair of you:thumb:

[brainsnova]

dan the man with many skills :thumb:

[General Baxter]

free png paint shop FTW lol

[Ernie]

Lee youve been officially "pie'ed"
In an xzibit style

Sorry i ment "pimped"

[CP]

Good work:). IMO its a must to turn upto work in tidy clean and smart looking van. Its generally a pretty accurate way to instantly assess what kind of work will be done by its occupants. The exception to this rule are a few of the gypo vans which can be brand new minters. In that circumstance all you need to do is look at the occupants and ask them if they "loike dags"lol

Is there going to be a bit of subtle signage? My bro has got some magnetic signage he can take off.

[let_nova]

looks very good as CP said, i seen a taxi the other day with magnetis signage, really good stuff.

[Lee]

Thanks Charles. Yeah, it has been mucho embarrasing turning up in that thing. Not getting it sign written as i normally contract for people who want me working under their company name.

Anyway.. back together :)

This is how it sat after re attaching the bumpers, mirrors, spoiler, plates and badges. You can also see a cheeky exhaust trim i added the other day. Nice subtle touch I think.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009096.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009097.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009095.jpg

I was planning to stay and watch the F1 with Dan, but couldnt help myself and had to go down the kwick fit fitters to get the tyres swapped over

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009099.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009100.jpg

Then I had one final mince about fitting the mud flaps and the bee sting lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/30082009101.jpg

Words cannot describe how chuffed i am with this! Over the moon to say the least! Ive worked out that ive spent about £800 on it, and I rekin ive added over a grand to the value easily.

Tommorrow i need to sort out the innards as they are now letting the exterior down, not the other way around!! Also need to source some side repeaters.

And just for reference, one more pic of how it used to look lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/27082009083.jpg

[stevie-p]

looks so much better lee great work i love the white against the blue

[Lee]

Thanks Steve. Yeah, its a kind of throw back to my first track nova lol

[John]

Thanks Steve. Yeah, its a kind of throw back to my first track nova lol

Lookin good Lee! Pic required of your first track nova so we can compare! :thumb:

[Lee]

Lookin good Lee! Pic required of your first track nova so we can compare! :thumb:

Surely you remember this John?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/Car%20Pictures/IMAG0071.jpg

[John]

Surely you remember this John?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Bottlethroddy/Car%20Pictures/IMAG0071.jpg

Lol yeah i remember it well! tis quite similar!

[MK999]

Best looking pikey van around :d I'd even suggest it may no longer deserve being called the pikey van lol

[Spudly]

Thats fecking awesome lee, really well done to you both, i cant rep you again and i cant rep dan as the silly fool has it turned off (dont hurt me dan luv you lol)

[Dar]

Good show! Limpy.

[discoinferno]

looks very very good mate good vans them vito's

[chris gsi]

that looks loads better well done to you both just got to tint the rear window now and its done

[Lee]

Ive tried twice lol I need to get it done proffessionally because the rear screen is like a kind of bowl, so its completely beyond my talent barrier (which is low)

Thanks for the kind comments, i'm really pleased, and I know Dan is chuffed with how the paint came out. It doesnt really need a mop so im going to wait a week for the paint to harden and just give it a tcut and polish.

[~~joycey~~]

lol that looks awsome mate well done :)

[Welsh Dan]

That looks the dogs Lee :thumb:.

[Dan]

well the wheels are definitely the finishing touch :thumb:

[Mike]

HA thats fapping ace chaps!!! Proper looks the part now!

Was gonna pop over to yours Lee earlier, was passing coming home The Lizard but some gimp was speeding an I missed the junction on the M5 lol lol

[mowgli]

it looks fine.. you will be crying within a fortnight when some git dings it in a carpark

[Jack]

I forgot Lee was painting it today. Rocked up earlier and thought "oh feck hes bought ANOTHER vito" lol

Dan, might have to ask a favour about borrowing your establishment for painting my spare doors and front wings at some point :)

[Lee]

it looks fine.. you will be crying within a fortnight when some git dings it in a carpark

Don't! i said to Dan, its either going to be crashed into or blow up now. Knowing me, the blowing up is probably more likely lol


Jack, you're the 3rd person to do that. The best was when Marks bro came over yesterday. He works at a Merc dealership and he sourced us this one and the steam powered V class. He looked at it and then got a bit upset that we didnt come to him to replace the blue one, and that he would have liked first shout on buying it. I just pointed at the reg and his jaw nearly fell off his face lol

[ade]

Good job boys - came out really well, but preferred the Pikey Van!

I can't take the p1ss now!

Oh wait yes I can - van looks good but if you still hang that fecking flowery curtain inside youre still a pikey at heart!

[Lee]

Flowery curtain will be there next weekend. Dont want to dissappoint lol

I cant help myself, I just ordered a brand new set of V class rear lights as the current ones now let the back end down badly lol

Just need side repeaters now.

[scott.parker]

Looks quite smart mate, like it allot!

Good job by all.

Scott

[blue_peg_16v]

dam i thought you would of gone for big chrome wheel trims for the proper pikey effect lol

[Spudly]

If you still wanna be a pikey lee, you need to mount some 6x9s lengthways up the back of the cab and blare out some rave tapes lol

[Adam]

Top job that is, looks a million times better :cool:

[Lee]

If you still wanna be a pikey lee, you need to mount some 6x9s lengthways up the back of the cab and blare out some rave tapes lol

Yeeaaass, a stereo is now the next on the cards.