body work and paint

That is gonna be one fine van when you get it done! Congrats!

Any vintage vehicle with this kind of vergin sheet metal deserves the full meal deal. Its still shinny metal in places!



I love this van.
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Well worth the effort so it can stay that way!!! Score!

Yea it was worth the "Shipping Charges" you got one unbelievable "SOLID" Van there... it will save you Many Hours of metal patching..!!!...

blasting day











Two man blasting team, 500lbs of glass bead, 5 hrs and $900 later.

another 6 man hours cleaning, ready for primer tommorow.

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That looks awesome under there. Price for this seems quite reasonable as well.

m1dadio wrote:Thanks for all the great praise everybody. I am really happy to get it to this stage. But I'm feeling my age. Mounted that bodyin an afternoon and I was just beat, had to have a hot bath and acouple scotch then slept like a stone. I am still sore three days later. My 22 year old son was impressed. His words to me were, "Holy cow for 57 years old you are still kicking ass!"  LOL!


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Dude, yer still 'pushing' 60, just wait until you are 'pulling' 60 like me! LOL nice work and enjoy the ride!

Vantasia; some of my family thinks I'm nuts. They have just not lived long enough to realise life is all about what is happening right now.

And right now the primmer is being lade on and I'm loven it!





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Good work- HaHa -Vantasia is pulling 60- heck im 67 next month & although slowing some now- i still have 6 projects to finish!! Keep -on = Keeping on ---- thats why we get out of bed in the mornings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isnt there a bead blaster up there who does all that?? we have herein spokane!! Take it in & drop off = pick up primed!!

Love the rotisserie. I've been wanting to do that to an Econoline for years. It sure helps getting the bottom looking as nice as the top. Can't wait to see this one done.

this is the time when the three and a half years I spent looking for a rust free van and all the work, money and stress to get it home, is beginning to pay off.
You just can't beat the clean factory metal look.
I love it

tomoro it gets color on the bottom

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Preserving it for the next 50 years!!! Give yourself a Huge Pat-On-The-Back for that one M1!!!

Mighty Fine Daddyo!

Factory light yellow, looks louder that I antisipated, but there is nothing else bolted on the break it up.







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Wow!!!! NICE.

looks great. reassembly is on the down hill slide. what about a different color stripe to brake it up, although chris / gman's van looked to be the same color and it looked really nice.

Breathtaking! Can't wait to see it all put back together!!!

Its going to have the Ivory Racoon stripe around the windows and the grill

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Looking good m1dadio! Still feeling guilty I never sent you those pics. Can't wait to see the end result

Have to ask=? what the heck is =? an =IVORY RACOON STRIPE ?? EAH????

Ivory is a factory color. the racoonn stripe is the band around the windows, like the band around a Racoons eyes.





m1d

Looking GREAT!!!
I hope everything fits back together for you well. Chase any threads with taps/dies before assembly.
Will there be bodywork on the top before paint? Be sure to allow time once the latches and hinges are in for the seals to be glued on and the doors shut so they set up properly.
Also, if it's catalyzed paint (fully 'sets up' quickly) it is time to wax/seal the bottom while it's still up on it's side before stuff goes back on. It will make keeping it clean much easier! If it's regular enamel or lacquer, talk to the painter about how long to wait before waxing. Usually a month or more...
You want to wait to assemble too, since the paint is a lot easier to damage when curing.
Now all the parts gotta be nice under there too.

It's funny, this thread was entitled "body work and paint", but I don't remember seeing any bodywork!!!

Bump for progress report!

in storage till I finish some training courses, restart end of may

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