project "bertha"

[ari666]

hey y'all

for the last year or so ive been doing a bit of a side project called "bertha" she's a 1968 for transit van. rusty as all fk' and in need of some serious love.

i sprayed "free candy" on the other side owner wasnt too happy bout it.

setting to work:

stripped out:

96,000 miles. could be legit, probably gone around a couple of times i reckon:

 

[ari666]

first things first we had to take care of a rusty engine bay:

this is the owners idea of "fixing the engine bay"

this is how i fix engine bays:

and yeah, thats a holden 186 the diff is a 9" ford diff too. previous owners contribution. car is on LPG but the "tank" is a big BBQ bottle you get from elgas or someything, and i doubt itd pass rwc...

anyway, behind most rust you will find dirt of some kind:

the rust in that panel was so extensive i cut it out completely and just left a hole. leaves and crap will just fall through the hole now, yes itll mean the bay gets filthy, but it wont rust again. useless holes welded up, wobbly panels smoothed out:

some hi-fill.

at first i didnt approve of the colour, but its growing on me:

so then moved on and prepped the nosecone/rad support i was tempted to buff this up and hit it with some glisten-PC, but the owner was adamant about the red:

so it went red:

ghost car:

these were painted red.

 

[mr calais 5.0]

Nice project you have there.. Was it a old postie van?

 

[ari666]

no, the owner told me what it was an i have forgotten... was originally white before some numptey went over it with the worst acrylic paint on the planet.

 

[Hoska91]

Looks like a cool project ari! whats the plans for it ? just a stocko resto ?

 

[ari666]

yeah just straight up repair rust/respray. im only doing the rusty stuff, then im washing my hands of it
need moar fluffy time.

 

[Pub247]

needs xr6t engine none of this 186 bullshit

 

[Kiddo]

needs xr6t engine none of this 186 bullshit

Needs the N/A six.

Sooooo much cheaper and you feel better when it explodes

 

[ari666]

The Supervan 1 was powered by a rip-snorting 400bhp V8 engine as used in Ford’s victorious GT40 Le Mans cars. It did 68mph in first gear and was good for 196mph in fifth

Friday Fun: The Ford Transit Supervan - Van News: The VanRental.co.uk Blog

 

[commodore665]

if you wanted, just to keep it original , try to get a V4 engine , which is what some Transits came with , or a V6 from a Zephyr for some real mang .