The Van by Tom Sanderson

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Cheers for the comments. After having a good look around it today I've noticed it's got mg metro 4 pot calipers and hubs, solid engine mounts and adjustable suspension so that's a brucey bonus.
Any ideas if the 12 inch wheels are std or have they been fitted afterwards? It's a late 82, I thought all vans were fitted with 10's

Anyway hopefully tommorow I will get steamed on with stripping it down and see how much is left

12-31-2013

I've had a busy day on the van today and got most of the main components taken off to evaluate the situation and see just how much i'm going to have to spend on panels. It came apart fairly easily to be honest although there is very little interior anyway so it was mainly just a case of taking out the engine and sub frames. As you can see from the pictures the rust is in quite an advanced state so my plan is going to be to get a new bulkhead panel floor and load floor so the bottom half of the van is completely new. I think most of the van specific parts i need are still available and the front half is just the same as any other mk1 so thats not a problem. Here are some pics now its pulled back outside.
 
 

 
Not a bad days work i don't think, i still need to get the last few bits removed and some bracing will probably be a good idea as it feels like its going to snap in half!