Painting The Underside

The van is currently fitted onto 'spit' so they can rotate it in order to paint the chassis and underside properly.

Here you can see the underneath of the van and all the detailing that went into the chassis. Once its painted this detailing and huge amount of effort will surely be worth it.

Will post some more pics as soon as they get some paint on it. They've made a special jig to adapt their 'spit' so they can paint split vans easier again in the future.

Its Painted !!!!

The excellent people down at Cotswold Group Body Shop have been working their magic again and finished painting the exterior bodywork. Its looks particularly awesome we think!

Here's some pics of the body as of today. There's just the underside and chassis to do next.....

Visiting The Paint Shop

We had a trip down to see the van at The Cotswold Group Body Shop over the weekend to see the progress on the van. We were utterly blown away with the paint work. Really, really pleased!!!

The cab area now finished:

The bulkhead divider panel

The front panel / dashboard area and dash pod bracket:

The engine bay area:

and in more close-up detail:

However, it was the rear cargo area that totally blew us away. The attention to detail on the ribbing is amazing. They've really put a massive amount of effort into getting the ribs to be perfect:

Still a fair amount to do yet, but its looking stunning and we're really, really pleased with it. Well done to the guys at Cotswold Group! THANKS!

More Paint.....

The excellent people down at Cotswold Group Bodyshop have been mega busy doing even more paint!

Here's the latest pics:

Here they are masking up areas ready to start painting

The engine bay looking resplendent in Dove Blue

The cab area now painted in Dove Blue too!

And the rear cargo area in Grey

We're off to visit the van tomorrow, so more pics to follow soon!

COLOUR !!!!

After nearly 18 months since the van first rolled into our warehouse, its been Green.

It was Green when we bought it, when we had it blasted and etch primed it was green and nearly all the repair panels we've used were green. So when the day finally arrived yesterday that we saw some blue - it was a massive milestone.........

The bumper beautifully painted in Dove Blue and White.

Remember those gnarly beat up side cargo doors.......

Now look at them:

The rear valence is all done and ready now too:

Remember that rather sorry looking dash pod:

Yep, this is the same one.....:

Remember those beat up, bent, twisted and mangled cab doors........

Here they are now all perfectly painted ready to go back on the van:

And Even More Paint.....

After months of prep and primer, the guys at Cotswold Group Bodyshop have been applying some of the Grey to the inside parts of the doors of the van:

They also painted the badge too:

More Paint!

The nice people at Cotswold Group Body shop have been busy prepping the doors and door frames, bumpers, badge, etc.

Here you can see the door top frames being primed before painting

Here the engine lid and bumper get some pre-prime treatment

Not forgetting the front badge too:

The van is nearly ready for some colour to go on which is very exciting

More pics to follow soon of the engine being built up too!