Up North Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Hi there new to this forum and must say everyone is so helpfull and the knowledge of the members have is great and I have been helped out a lot here already . I have a mk6 van project at moment that i am driving i bought it for £750 ..quite steep but the cleanist i could find and also on a y reg so no rust any were and was fairly straight. Its a 1.8 TD and is the 75 series. so the project.... I want to make this van look half decent so first i started with the interior.removed the interior completely inc rubber carpet. fitted from a donor car the sound proofing and carpet.In went 2 Si wing backseats, matching door cards, center console with arm rest thingy, wood dash. I then fully partishioned the cab from the back with mdf and then carpet tiled it in the cab this looks good and is good sound proofing also here is a few pics here is the van before the fitting of the front si bumperhttp://roblow.name/van/SN2002099.jpg here is a rear view of the vanhttp://roblow.name/van/SN2002100.jpg here is the van with si bumper painted and fitted.. looks OK imo lollhttp://roblow.name/van/SN2002333.jpg pic of inside front of van.http://roblow.name/van/SN2002166.jpghttp://roblow.name/van/SN2002133.jpg Bought some si alloys to fit on van will fit tomorow and post pic of them fittedhttp://roblow.name/van/SN2002199.jpg Loads more work to do to it yet but its getting there Will update with progress as i go. this is a great forum rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykez69 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 welcome to evo mate, nice van Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonny-1600 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 welcome to evo even jus colourcoding the bumper makes it look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 welcome to EVO very smart van there, get a plain dash as apposed to the wood one, some white puma dials and a lagoona splitter and your near enough there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesgti Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 welcome to evo keep us updated with the van mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle8 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) £750 isn't steep ya tight northern git, lol! Bloody good bargain I think for that year & condition. Yeah that 'wood' dash isn't going to convince anyone that it's real, bin it! Great basis for a modded Van. Are you using it for work? If not, that safety beacon should fetch a good price on Ebay. Edited April 17, 2009 by Circle8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danposs86 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Looks like you are cracking on, looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Looks a very clean base. Unvented goona on the front and an early Si steering wheel will improve it no end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) hi it has a spliter on the bumper (photo dident show this very well) have put wheels on today (oh boy what a night mare with the rear end loll )will update and post pics later rob Edited April 17, 2009 by Up North Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 can just about make out the splitter lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil73 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 nice looking van, my new work van is going to be an escort and was thinking along the same lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 hi niel this van is used for my work sorta .. it just gets me there loll will take a better pic of bumper showing the spliter thanks for the kind comments and help from you all. today i fitted the wheels .... not to hard or a long job i hear you all say? well maybe not ... if the rear axle hadent been of centre (drivers wheel was rubbing the iner arch and pasenger had a big gap) so i undone the u bolts and moved the bar over as far as i could but only gained a small bit of space on drivers side ..so of to halfords a i go and buy some spacers this made the wheel miss the inerarch a lot better i finished it of by reshapeing a bit of the iner edge of arch with a big hammer loll .. both wheels now sit and are spaced even here are some pics with wheels on ... sorry pics are a bit dark but time i finished it was late.http://roblow.name/van/SN2002444.jpg http://roblow.name/van/SN2002433.jpg will update as i progress rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicane16v Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Looking mint very quickly mate.How many miles has she done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up North Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 Looking mint very quickly mate.How many miles has she done? hi its done 111000 but engine is sweet and runs quiet and smooth.... just sailed through its mot (no advisories at all ) not a lot of miles realy for a diesel. rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchkev Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 looks loads better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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