Paint my Wagon

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Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 12th March 2013
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I've been given a Transit Luton chassis and cab and am planning to make a transporter out of it.

As usual the biggest decision is colour. It's Diamond White at the moment so a blank canvas.



Either using this template or photoshopping your own images have a bit of fun and if any of the ideas are affordable I'll have a go.

Here are some of my ideas so far.










Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 12th March 2013
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He used brushes and stuff, my tools are MS Paint and boredom. wink

Liquid Knight

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Wednesday 13th March 2013
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badboyburt said:
That's quite a bit more work and would struggle to stay under 3.5 Tons. Nice though. The RS Focus colour Transit would be better in Orange. wink

Why not buy a VW? If only everything in life were as reliable as the ones in the scrap yards I visit.

Liquid Knight

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Saturday 16th March 2013
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Period late 90's WRC inspired?


Liquid Knight

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Saturday 16th March 2013
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DouggyMc said:
How about the 80's group b RS200 blue/ black stripe racing scheme, seeing as its a Ford van?


I was thinking of the blue an yellow "Pilot" Escort or the Ford Motorsport tiger stripes but the Martini Focus is roughly the same period as the van.

Liquid Knight

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Saturday 16th March 2013
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B17NNS said:
What is the base vehicle OP? No offence but I feel sure we can find a more accurate line drawing.

Guff colours?
Mk V Transit cab. rolleyes

No offence taken. wink



Liquid Knight

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Monday 18th March 2013
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Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 19th March 2013
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Inspired by Supervan 3 I did this with MS Paint...



...was a bit hmmmmm, so I did this...



...I think we have a winner. wink

Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 19th March 2013
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pad58 said:
Alloys?
Six stud hubs? So Japanese 4x4 wheels may fit I guess bit it would look daft on the twin axle. They look Weller-ish so cleaned and painted white would be okay.

Liquid Knight

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Monday 24th May 2021
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Well. The chassis cab didn't work out but thanks to a few hings finally falling into place. I have a crew cab recovery truck. woohoo

Quite a bit of work to do...



...all six of the tyres are shot.



















Bodywork is going to be fun. Basic stuff apart from the windscreen surround. That's a glass out, repair, paint, dry and glass in job. I'll have to wait for a few sunny days before tackling that.

Previous repairs to the chassis are to a "that'll do" standard. wink

















A few new holes to patch up but nothing I can't handle.

A couple of things I'm not too keen on...



...I hope I can glue the GRP door back together as the thought of working it makes me itch. hehe

...and the headache rack...











...every bend has cracked. Not an issue as I'll be replacing it with a removable wheel rack for track days.

Why a crew cab?

Track days. At the moment I have gone from driving to and from the track in my car to hiring a rig to take my car to and from track. One day rental so I leave at stupid o'clock in the morning and get home after taking the rig back at daft o'clock at night. Not ideal. With a budget of fifteen hires I hope to make my crew cab into a mini-camper-transporter-thingybob.

That being said the vultures are circling and I have been offered £400 more than I paid for the old girl already. rolleyes

Liquid Knight

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Monday 24th May 2021
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Probably. hehe



Still looking at the old Ford Motorsport colours. smile

Liquid Knight

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Wednesday 26th May 2021
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I think the bed has to go. It's a heavy old hector and the more I strip off...



...the worse it looks.

Taking a Binky approach. Every Kilo that goes for scrap I can add to the payload. Looking for a used Aluminium bed (if I could afford a new one I would have bought a better truck).