Bronc Shine Express

Looking Good . You or somebody else fixed your pic. What they charge you to media blast your van(Rough Idea) I spent many hours & months striping one with a grinder & wire wheel.

I manually stripped my last 2 projects. I knew this thing had 5 paint jobs on it so I decided to get it media blasted. I did my research to get a guy who wouldn't warp those massive panels. He did a great job for $1300, money well spent.

That's a Bargain compared to the many hours of tough work it takes to get it done manually! Work Smarter...Not Harder!

I straightened out your pics. Not sure if you took them with your phone or not but sometimes those get messed up when they get downloaded. I just open them in MS Paint, rotate them face up and then save the change.

That looks like it's coming along real nicely Bronc. If the other things that you have done are any indication, it's gonna be a real head turner !!!!

 Hey Vanny..... How could you forget France as a pocket buddy !!!!!

Pardonez moi... je suis tres gene... Viva la France! Coupe de Grass! Mow de lawn!

Hahaha that's actually pretty good Vanny You know that I am from Ohio originally hehehe. My wife who is French conned me in to moving here !!! We are moving back (with the van) in a couple years

I finished my first set of hidden hinges today. I have never done them before so it took all of my patience and concentration but I am happy with the results. It took me 39 hours to do the fires set. One set down two to go!

Wow, looks like a lot of hard work! Hopefully the rest will go a little quicker now that you’ve got hands-on experience...did the work on the inside of the doors distort the outside skin or was that preexisting before the work? It certainly looks so much better without those protruding hinges on the outside...Fantastic upgrades!

Dings and dimples were preexisting, no distortion as the result of the hidden hinge work. Minimum welding on exterior sheet metal.

That's Great! Please keep the updates coming...I Love the direction you're heading with your build!

Very nice job Bronc ! Super cool !!! I wish that I had learned to weld. I can do about anything except welding. Looks great !!

Today I finished the next phase of this build. The rear cargo door hinges have been hidden and damage to the driver's side rear wheel-house and rear corner panels have been replaced. This took me a total of 60 hours. The next phase involves hiding the passenger compartment door hinges which will be a big challenge due to the contour in the front door jams.