My Subaru Van

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2stroketurbo

I instantly answered an ad back in Fall of 2005 titled "Free van". I loaded up my truck and trailer, grabbed my wife and newborn daughter and drove 500 miles to drag it out of the owners side yard where it was literally fenced in. We took the fence down to get it out. Bad news it was rolled. Good news it came with a spare parts van. I put one van in the bed of my 72 Cheyenne and one on the trailer.

Fast forward to now 2010. Lots of body work later. 2 gallons of SPI epoxy and then 1 gallon of slick sand poly primer, then SPI 2k, then more SPI expoxy as sealer. I bent the roof back, banged out the dents. It runs and drives.

I started a video documentary in the later stages. I'll try to get them all in order.

2:17 sec. in shows the vans loaded...or the stationary introduction page shows them here. The van on the trailer is the one being restored.

[video=youtube;_Q3th2z1aLM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q3th2z1aLM[/video]
 
It sat in SPI white epoxy primer for a year to let all the body work settle.


[video=youtube;JqQbndbua3s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQbndbua3s&feature=related[/video]

then I stripped the jambs
 
The title may be off, I may have to adjust it.


[video=youtube;71VQ2cbSM-Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71VQ2cbSM-Q&feature=related[/video]
 
The next step:

[video=youtube;hJetteqHZD4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJetteqHZD4[/video]

[video=youtube;_QQsw6wumzI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QQsw6wumzI&feature=related[/video]
 
[video=youtube;-7NLIB6BH6o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NLIB6BH6o[/video]



[video=youtube;g5K1mcJI6nw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5K1mcJI6nw&feature=related[/video]
 
[video=youtube;I3bySDWYlUc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3bySDWYlUc[/video]
 
[video=youtube;iX2cTvquRHg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX2cTvquRHg[/video]
 
Thanks guys. This was my 1st attempt at a two tone, which actually, ....is a tri-tone paint job. I now am acutely aware how much work there is in quality masking. Now I am going to attempt some 1st time graphics.
 
A little more progress

[video=youtube;loC_JWJ_Ec8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC_JWJ_Ec8[/video]
 
Uh oh. A wiki leak!

[video=youtube;-bk-gkyt74k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bk-gkyt74k[/video]
 
All scuffed:[video=youtube;gs30lBAgD4M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs30lBAgD4M&feature=related[/video]
 
graphics layout: [video=youtube;BRGJHA13QEk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRGJHA13QEk&feature=related[/video]
 
more graphic layout:[video=youtube;EryHFEwDqw4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EryHFEwDqw4[/video]
 
Still progressing
[video=youtube;U7kZKWy4WRc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kZKWy4WRc[/video]
 
[video=youtube;i_PulaDPKrk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_PulaDPKrk&feature=related[/video]
 
[video=youtube;_hxrVjGmK9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hxrVjGmK9Q&feature=related[/video]
 
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