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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:57 pm
by reprs
Bed fitted and painted to match VW Passat Urano grey, almost ready for fit out but won't be ready for nationals
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:24 pm
by hoseman
Looks the mutts nuts mate, thoes rear wings and lights are cool. Should have been a factory option....!!!!!
Cant wait to see the finished thing. Rad and engine go in ok?
Steel, wood or checker plated rear deck??
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:24 pm
by reprs
Rad and engine went in fine thanks. Clutch cable still to connect and exhaust to build to get her properly running.
Here are a few pictures of my days work today....a bit of chrome, a bit of leather....makes all the difference.
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:33 am
by jallen70
Really nice job.
. Are the seats home made too??. im doing a pickup up also so might pinch a few ideas......(if thats ok
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:58 pm
by Doug D'G
Hi, I noticed that your seat back appears to be vertical. You may want to angle it slightly. I have a Golf rear seat in my pick up (still in re-build stage) and this initially went in vertically and even sitting in it for just a few minutes proved to be uncomfortable.
Cheers,
Doug D'G.
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:15 am
by reprs
First time out since October! Needs lowering a bit at the front. Got carried away with the splines!
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:32 pm
by Naadeslaus
This car look so GREEEAAAT!!!
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 8:31 am
by davidpidge
Is this finished now? Are there more pics? I would have thought fitting a stepside bed on a morris would look wrong but this is perfect. So nicely done.
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 1:57 pm
by reprs
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A few more electrical bits to do then it's interior time! August finish fingers crossed! Only taken nearly 5 years!
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 7:40 pm
by busguy
That is one classy machine! One of the best I have seen. Well done.
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 8:30 pm
by panky
Cracking truck
The rear is a work of art
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:14 pm
by stag36587
panky wrote:Cracking truck
The rear is a work of art
Certainly is - by the way are the rear light clusters from a Daimler dart?
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:24 pm
by reprs
Standard Vanguard....close
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:33 pm
by reprs
Off to the trim shop![frame]
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 4:38 pm
by RussLCV
Look great my friend love the van towing too what is that
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 4:48 pm
by reprs
That's Jimmy Hibberd's own van. He's the owner of Valley Gas Speed Shop
Check out his website, he's done some great work!
www.valleygasspeedshop.com
Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:45 pm
by reprs
Herbert and Ellison have finished trimming....really pleased with the result. Snagging and tuning then....on the road![frame]
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:45 pm
by reprs
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:46 pm
by reprs
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Re: Custom Pickup Restoration
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:49 pm
by reprs
Pick her up tomorrow...at last she's MOT'd and on the road! Thanks to Jimmy Hibberd and his Team at Valley Gas Speed Shop for all their hard work over the past few years....it's been fun! Thanks also to Jonathan Heap at JLH for getting me out of trouble with a spare Fiat Twin Cam too! Hope to be at Brooklands Austin weekend on 12th March for her first formal outing...fingers crossed!