19-08-2019, 09:39 AM (This post was last modified: 19-08-2019, 06:30 PM by Martin Prior.)
Nearly two years ago, we were commissioned to rebuild a hideous van conversion on a Mk 1 Ruby chassis.
A previous owner had cut off the back end of the saloon body and, seemingly without a lot of thought, had attempted to build an all-steel van body. Crude, ugly and immensely heavy, an early decision was to scrap it and replace it.
There was, of course, never a Mark 1 Ruby van. We decided to adapt one of our standard AVK (Mark 2 Ruby) van bodies to fit the ARQ front end.
This job has been something of a pot-boiler, but is now finished - bar painting - and was collected by the customer yesterday. Satisfaction all round, its seems!
So, to latch onto another current thread, who wants to commission a "Woody"?
Thanks, Roger. It's just in primer at the moment; our customer will be doing the paint job. The steel panels are in a standard primer, but most of the new work is panelled in aluminium and so is painted with an etching primer, which is a different shade of grey.
All that artwork certainly seems somewhat wasted hidden in a van. What a contrast with modern vans, all done with a few blows of a giant press!
A woody would seem the ideal device to display your skills. Presumably there was also some other motive for building them inside out?
Very impressive, Martin, just one comment: you need to drill 3 large holes in each of the back door linings to provide the ventilation through the louvres!
