Grunt's Papaya HX Sandman 18v 308 4 speed Project

[HK1837]

Yep, another Holden mistake. No Belmont vans past HQ.

[Vombil]

looks like L31 took a fair swipe at it. the hard hard parts are done

I have ruminants of a stripe of the same side but mine is b-pillar not door. gonna mask it up as a momento for the respray!

[Grunt]

looks like L31 took a fair swipe at it. the hard hard parts are done

I have ruminants of a stripe of the same side but mine is b-pillar not door. gonna mask it up as a momento for the respray!

Yes L31's panel beater did do the cowel / scuttle rebuild, some gutter work and both lower rear 1/4 bottoms but believe me I was left with my fair share to do as you will see.

I certainly wouldnt say the hard bits are done.

[Grunt]

It begins, the most obvious damage was the from drivers side dog leg where it joins the sill



This is how it arrived, after a little digging it was found that someone had repaired the missing metal section with masking tape and a nice layer of bog over it








after a good wire brushing all is revealed




nothing has been chopped out of here it was cleaned with a wire wheel. All the missing metal was covered with masking tape and bog

[Vombil]

ive experienced my own fair share of pain around those lower a-pillars. very common

you're right that is no small feat to do properly. newspaper/chook mesh and bog anyone?

[Croc]

I've been looking for the hx sandman van with the build date of 8/76 as it was the year and month i was born. Well i'll be stuffed this one is what i'm after right down to the bloody day. I was produced on exactly the same date. Ya wanna sell it ?

[Grunt]

I've been looking for the hx sandman van with the build date of 8/76 as it was the year and month i was born. Well i'll be stuffed this one is what i'm after right down to the bloody day. I was produced on exactly the same date. Ya wanna sell it ?

and I have the official documentation to prove it. I will keep you in mind if ever I want to sell it.

[Grunt]

This is where the steep driveway got me, time to strip the body down. Most would take it to the blasters and get the body done but I figured with all the stuffing around I would do it by hand. It will also be a lot more gentler to the metal as I dont know what lurks beneith










hand paint stripping, its character building










The more I stripped back the more metal I found, AWESOME.

[Grunt]

[Grunt]

found rust in the rear gutter







fortunately had a rust repair section in the spares