Liquid Knight II
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I'd like to preface this by saying I personally think small vans are cool. My brother had a Mini van when I was little, my neighbor had a Fiesta XRV in my teens and I have had a few van conversion projects including a Fiat Panda 4x4 and a Mk3 Escort van with XR3 running gear.
I loved my Punto HGT but sadly had to sell the car to help pay for my fathers funeral.
I bought all the Punto van parts to convert a Sporting 1.4 or HGT in the future but my zero hour job that was zero hours earlier this year meant I had to sell those bits as well.
Then I accidentally won this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-PUNTO-HGT-16V-1-8-2003-SPARES-REPAIR/123980528622
...rather track tired HGT on eBay. I made an opening bid hoping to get the ball rolling for the seller but won. £200 is a bargain but £300 to get the car recovered makes it right on the money.
I still have the Bravo HLX leather seats in my shed so the tear in the drivers seat isn't an issue. The rear has been partially stripped out to get to the rust that needs repairing, the catalytic converter was stolen and the battery was flat so a few issues to address but for £500 in I could get half that for the wheels if I wanted.
First job. New cat'.
There are four to chose from so a 75% chance this...
...was going to happen. Sorry for the quality of the welding...
...but I'm a little out of practice. Fitted and silent running?
Nope, the cat' nappers split the flexipipe. While I was looking for a replacement I found this...
1248cc Multijet diesel van and I had a plan. Woooooooo-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa!
Ta-da da da, dee dee da da...
Harvested the parts I needed from the van and used these hooks...
...from a set of VW Beetle shocks to hang the rear quarters in my shed...
...for a coat of primer...
...and colour matched paint.
So the project has begun. New sills on the way and I may cut chunks from the Multijet floor to make repair panels for the HGT-V
I loved my Punto HGT but sadly had to sell the car to help pay for my fathers funeral.
I bought all the Punto van parts to convert a Sporting 1.4 or HGT in the future but my zero hour job that was zero hours earlier this year meant I had to sell those bits as well.
Then I accidentally won this...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FIAT-PUNTO-HGT-16V-1-8-2003-SPARES-REPAIR/123980528622
...rather track tired HGT on eBay. I made an opening bid hoping to get the ball rolling for the seller but won. £200 is a bargain but £300 to get the car recovered makes it right on the money.
I still have the Bravo HLX leather seats in my shed so the tear in the drivers seat isn't an issue. The rear has been partially stripped out to get to the rust that needs repairing, the catalytic converter was stolen and the battery was flat so a few issues to address but for £500 in I could get half that for the wheels if I wanted.
First job. New cat'.
There are four to chose from so a 75% chance this...
...was going to happen. Sorry for the quality of the welding...
...but I'm a little out of practice. Fitted and silent running?
Nope, the cat' nappers split the flexipipe. While I was looking for a replacement I found this...
1248cc Multijet diesel van and I had a plan. Woooooooo-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaa!
Ta-da da da, dee dee da da...
Harvested the parts I needed from the van and used these hooks...
...from a set of VW Beetle shocks to hang the rear quarters in my shed...
...for a coat of primer...
...and colour matched paint.
So the project has begun. New sills on the way and I may cut chunks from the Multijet floor to make repair panels for the HGT-V
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