Project Evil HX

[EDDO 77]

Welcome aboard Eddo! Awesome progress pics, keep 'em coming!

Not many understand the significance of the dark art of Heavy Metal infusion into the soul of the beast, this process is indeed made more streamlined with the inclusion of beer and like minded individuals at strategic points along the way....

Top stuff!

Cheers Taily, wise words, wise words indeed.

[EDDO 77]

After removing the passenger door and fender, it was time for some armature detective work. After some hard thinking I was able to deduce the likely cause of the water ingress. Elementary dear Watson! It may be something to do with the gaping rust holes in the A-pillar me thinks.

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Marking out of the infected area ready for surgical removal.

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The metal butcher is in, sporting a surgical mask and a stern focus in an attempt to look like he knows what he's doing.

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The base and mid-section rust outs have been cut out. I will focus on repairing the lower section first before dealing with the upper catastrophe.

[EDDO 77]

I'm gonna draw a big Holden logo on my driveway and sacrifice a Ford in it in front of my van before building it, with Slayer cranked up in the background and a beer in each hand...


Good work EDDO

That’s ingenious, why did I not think of this.
My Nan drives a Ford, I will invite her for tea and biscuits, yes…. tea and biscuits.

[V8VAN]

Yes there is, an XB or XC, the ugly ducklings of the 70's.

None of those models have survived near my place lol

What are you tryin to say Gene? :P

Im saying nothing

Haha usually better that way, easier to keep out of trouble.

That’s ingenious, why did I not think of this.
My Nan drives a Ford, I will invite her for tea and biscuits, yes…. tea and biscuits.

Appease the Holden Gods and the world shall be yours mwahahahahaaaa


And seriously, nice progress with the van so far. Black vans look awesome.

[adam perth]

Flat black and centrelines, love it!

[jennie285]

to the site eddo. Your thread is similar to ours in 2010. Our van pictured in my avatar looked almost worse than that, 300 hours of rust cutting, etc. But we enjoy driving it and take it everywhere so you will reap the reward when finished. Keep up the great work and keep the pics. Coming we all love pics. Cheers jennie

[EDDO 77]

to the site eddo. Your thread is similar to ours in 2010. Our van pictured in my avatar looked almost worse than that, 300 hours of rust cutting, etc. But we enjoy driving it and take it everywhere so you will reap the reward when finished. Keep up the great work and keep the pics. Coming we all love pics. Cheers jennie

Thank you for the welcome and encoragement Jennie.
Is your 2010 thread still around? Would be good to see.

[EDDO 77]

Further damage exposed, the bottom of the A-pillar is rusted out, as is the outer sill.

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Removal of the outer sill and guess what, rusted out inner sill.

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First cut of the passenger floor, gradually cutting further out to the marked lines whilst avoiding cutting of the floor sub-structure beneath.

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Passenger floor removal complete.

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All of the lower passenger A-pillar rust removed, quite an extensive amount of work to cut this much metal out. Technically speaking I can say she’s rust free…………. now to put it back together. New floor pan and outer sill have been sourced from rare spares and a new inner sill from E-bay. A reproduction A-pillar is not available so it is off to the wrecking yard for more metal surgery.

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[Vombil]

freakin yikes! dude that is some serious metal mashin going on there. yeewww

hangin to see what happens with that inner sill and a-pillar

i reckon unpick and replace the ends of the cowl/plenum cover. that little prick is the reason you have knackered a-pillars and flooding dilemmas

[EDDO 77]

freakin yikes! dude that is some serious metal mashin going on there. yeewww

hangin to see what happens with that inner sill and a-pillar

i reckon unpick and replace the ends of the cowl/plenum cover. that little prick is the reason you have knackered a-pillars and flooding dilemmas

You’re spot on Vombil. The top cowl has rusted out beneath the windscreen, and there are some holes in the inner cowl, allowing water into the A-pillar. In the end this leak has caused the A-pillar to rust from the inside out.