1981 Ke70 Panelvan. Its Brown.

[Water Boy]

Sweet van mate!

[e70van]

^cheers man

 

a pic i found on my phone. i like this one :P

 

 

hanging to get some work done on this but no carport to work in atm, plus work = van neglect :D

[e70van]

Latest ideas for the van can be read here ---> http://www.rollaclub.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44238

 

feel free to write something there, even if its funny :(

[Evan G]

howd the new tailgate fit?

 

if i was you, id turbo it with the standerd internals, run about 8 psi. get it tuned and have some fun

[e70van]

hey dude, haven't actually tried fitting the tailgate :( my car is parked on grass and its turning into a swamp now. the lawn hates my locker, that's for sure!

 

stock internals hey..? could work. :D will wait and see what others reckon. I'm use to motors that are factory turbo (my old 3sgte and 1jz), so I'm not too cluey on turboing N/As yet.

[Evan G]

you need to speak with trev :?

 

i plan to run a 5K with stock internals with a draw through supercharger :(

 

can't wait till i get my borescope :D so i can inspect my piston/bores.

[e70van]

Bit of an update: in the process of deleting the back windows. I brought some 1mm sheet metal and I'm cutting it to size and welding them in. looking really good so far :D just have a couple of rivets holding the sheets in temporarily until a friend can do some nice clean welds for me.

 

No pics as of yet :(

 

Also redoing the headliner atm and going to be making new interior panels for the rear section. while all this is going on Ive started sanding the body and removing the side mouldings, then the dint removing/filling will start hopefully next week!

 

I should really take more pics, but I'm abit lazy with this sorta stuff. Don't want to loose any momentum haha!

 

Edit: also brought some new tailgate struts and for the front doors i have new bailey channel rubbers and weatherstrips to install once the paint is done :)

Edited September 15, 2010 by e70van

[e70van]

My van is almost a proper "panel"van again :D

 

refer pic:

 

some welds and some filler and I'm good to go.

 

And that gemini in the background is my grandmas. will be my next project when i get the time ;)

[Ben-89]

Loving the panels mate, they are what define a panelvan arent they :P Please put up some pics of the Gemini as it looks original.

[the_van_can]

hay mate, it's looking great with the panels in the back.

keep up the good stuff

Edited September 17, 2010 by the_van_can

[e70van]

Thanks "overrated ke70" and "the van can" :D I said i was going to get rid of the windows when i first brought it. i wish i had sooner because it looks 10times cooler!

 

Today i test fitted the wagon tailgate. bit of a story why I'm changing the tailgate but basically my old tailgate was WARPED by the previous owner fitting a 750NM tailgate strut to the LHS (from a camira wagon) and the RHS was a blown 400NM corolla one. it consequently bent the tailgate making it not able to shut properly and leaving a horrible gap on one side.it was also letting fumes in the car and making my little bozo exhaust sound really damn loud :P

 

The wagon tailgate is super clean inside, it shuts awesome and doesnt rattle at all. i only have to put my headunit on volume 35 now instead of 42 lmao!

 

heres some pics of todays efforts:

 

[e70van]

Me carrying a 6meter PVC tube the only way the van can ;) stylin'

 

overrated KE70: the gemini. My gran has had it since 85, was manual but converter to auto because of her arthritis, original garden state plates, has about 210ks on the clock, no panel rust. never been polished (needs a respray now :( ). it runs so smooth it rediculous. Trying to source new bumpers for it atm. My plans are respray original colour, heavily lowered. keeping the hubcaps, but i might look into thin whitwalls and a rear venetian.

 

pics: :)

 

 

[Ben-89]

The panel van looks very nice :wink: The interior looks very tidy and tear free. Especially the top of the back seat! The rear bar looks okay - as in straightness, but are they losing their chrome finish?

[Undertaker_is_the_best]

hey liking the pano mate looks good and great looking gemini there very stock and orginial

[e70van]

cheers mate ^ got the rear panels welded in tonight. also removed the door mouldings, but i found a rust patch under the door moulding on the drivers door?! looks like moisture was sitting there between the double sided tape :( should be able to fix easy enough.

 

Pics of windows to come :)