The CF Bedford

Part 1: Getting the van

I arranged to pick the CF Bedford van up on a Wednesday, so hired a car trailer and proceeded to pick it up. The van still had the usual road grime and dirt so headed over to the local car wash place (wash world).
$8 later I was very wet and dirty while the van looked clean, the water blaster did a good job but being on the trailer was very hard to get everywhere. Sadly I forgot to take any pictures at this stage.
Next stop was the sandblasters; the short drive there was drying time.
The van, although having some visible bondo/bog/filler did look very reasonable, I did know it had some rust in it but when the sandblaster has finished just blasting around all the seams and arches I was quite shocked to see rust holes everywhere. It is very hard to find a good van these days so semi expected the result.
Took the van back to my friend's workshop where it would remain until finished (wasn't to be the case as he needed his workshop back, which is fear enough). Loaded up the front section of the old van and dropped it off at the guys place I got the body from, then returned the trailer to the hire company - all in four hours.

The van shell after returning from the sand blasters - doesn't look to bad does it, or does it? The side windows were the only things removed by me at this point. The rear wheels and diff are borrowed.

The next day was the strip day, removed the old wheel tubs, dash, and every nut, bolt and screw I could find.

Next - Part 2 - The strip down and findings

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