Ronnie's new runaround - Project VAN!

[astra16V2004]

Useless without pics

what the sideskirts?? will get some if thats what your on about

[fix]

I think he's already got some gsi skirts to put on it iirc

[rc]

cheers lads! yea still think the vans pretty dam cool

yea have got some ph1 gsi shirts to cut and shut to go on, have you got any pics of your skirts by any chance astra16v2004?

[Melv]

Looked good at PV Ronnie. Will pop over and say hello to you if you are at Billing.

[Gaz86]

retreived the raer GSi bumper yesterday mate, its actually in much better condition than i expected, well have to sort something out.

[fix]

Ronnie i dont think you need to cut the gsi skirts to fit on,my mates got them on his estate they fit fine and ive got some to go on the van ive just bought

[Drizz]

Ronnie i dont think you need to cut the gsi skirts to fit on,my mates got them on his estate they fit fine and ive got some to go on the van ive just bought

Of course you do. GSi's are 3dr so the doors are longer. Vans use 4dr front doors so are shorter

[Melv]

Ronnie i dont think you need to cut the gsi skirts to fit on,my mates got them on his estate they fit fine and ive got some to go on the van ive just bought

its possibly the phase 2 skirts your thinking about. They would sit under any doors whether it be 3dr / 5dr / Estate

[Gaz86]

Ronnie i dont think you need to cut the gsi skirts to fit on,my mates got them on his estate they fit fine and ive got some to go on the van ive just bought

the ones he has fit like this mate, as you can see the 3dr skirts on the 5dr van doesnt line up

[astra16V2004]

there you go mate.ive got some pics of them resting up against my white 3door mk3 i had somewhere.

[astra16V2004]

here you go mate some against my old car that i broke and miss badly.lmao there only held up by the fuel can and jack by the way.




if you want them i can take them billing because im only 20mins from santapod and billing

[fix]

Ah im not sure if my mate has phase 1 or 2 skirts.I know he doesnt use the top part of the skirts that attach to the doors.

So how are you gonna modify the phase 1 skirts as i need to do the same

[Spinbitch]

I remember that car. I came and nicked the mint doors off it! lmao

[astra16V2004]

I remember that car. I came and nicked the mint doors off it! lmao

indeed you did mate.lmao i miss it soo bad wish i had stuck with it and built another engine for it.

[rc]

tempted by those skirts astra16v2004! will have to let you know


i thought i'd killed the van, been driving it over the weekend and it started sounding like it lost all its oil, and lost its umph, and the turbo wasnt wistleing! sounded like a realllly bad ford push rod! could hear it over the road noise at 70mph, and thats saying something in a van lol

but after some investicating it turns out it was the manifold blowing, investicting further and the manifold was about to fall off lmao



two nuts were compleatly two more were about to fall off and the others wernt exactly tight lmao!

all tightened up and fixed now! ha ha woops!

and got new numberplates today too!

but cameras broken



just totally palin and standard! the other ones were grotty and old

gave it a full vallet at work as will be leaving tomorrow so wont get another chance!

broken camera again it does look nice and clean i promise lol

[Steve!]

that camera would be ace at "weddings" lmao

[rc]

lol only does it when your outside! new camera on the way lmao

[rc]

well the van was truely lowered yesterday!





and it still didnt even scrape one bit lol

was due to having my toolbox and tools in it



but actually loading my tools in the van made the redundancy seem that bit more offical and finally hit home

[Gaz86]

like your gonna have a hard time finding work with a comprehensive toolbox like that, i pull foreighners (not the polish kind) all the time and my tools are a right mess.

[Drizz]

What happened Ron? I didnt know youd lost your Job?

[DaveB]

Made redundant due to lack of work at bodyshop

[rc]

yea bodyshops downsizing as its quiet as ****, we were just standing around in the workshop all day! had had my 3 weeks notice! didnt seem so real untill i was actually loading my box into the van!

had been there 7 years today! the week after i left school i started working there washing cars! never had another job before, spent a third of my life there, gonna seem so strange not going! spent all my adult life growning up working in there!

i had already said to my boss that i wasnt happy being a pannel beater anymore and wanted to get into the motorsport kind of things, so that was one of the reasons for me being chose for redunancy! think he was as gutted seeing me go as i was leaving!

had the talk from all the lads and from my boss bout how they'd seen how much i'd grown up and how skilled i'd become! 7 years is a bloody long time!

still might just of been the shove to bigger and better things i needed!

[fix]

If you werent happy panel beating maybe its for the best anyway,look forward to the redundancy cash

What you gonna do now?

[Drizz]

Sorry Ron, i obviously missed it previously!

[rc]

got some pics off my mate from PV of the super van





















the camper van



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