Yea, well, this will NOT be show van.... i will ride this one hard!!! so
for the underside... :-)))))
The funny thing is that the underneath is imaculate and as NO color,
more like a neutral gray color???

As soon as it's finish, a few days of hard testing and driving
(break-in) and i'm heading south... if the temps stays that cold. Well,
i see that it's not very warm in the US right now :-((((

I will put wings on it and fly! a flying  red Vanagon... ok, too much
tinner/paint stuff

Ben

Allen Hill wrote:

>Ben,
>Great job!  However, I think you need one of those auto rotisserie things so
>you can paint the underside! (Just teasing a bit).  I had a Triumph Stag a
>couple of years ago that I spent what seemed to be a month cleaning the
>underside on.  I had it about 2 feet in the air and cleaned it a small
>section at a time until I had the bottom as good as the top - It's all in
>the details!
>
>
>Route 66 Rider!
>Ramon Hill
>Live Long and Be Free
>==================================
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
>Benny boy
>Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:33 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Panel section, final pictures
>
>I have put another 20 pic on this section, it's show the... final touch on
>those panels (botom page)... yea, a lot of fine sanding, i almost burned
>that van today :-))) i was so tired of sanding... cleaning, sanding again...
>anyway, i'm happy with my final work, it's basicaly prefect... for now, but
>it's a pain to shoot the inside and outside at the same time.. i had to put
>the paint shop fan on the high speed level (because this is a "building"
>primer, it's thick but it make a lot of dust), and that is not always good,
>that fan can suck to much paint/primer outside the room...
>
>Red this weekend... i was not really sure how to do that! remove door or
>not, inside first ans outside after. We learn each day, i think i took the
>best decision. The doors will be done afterward and were remove, so the "in
>between" section (outside/inside) will be perfect, but, it's a pain to do
>the roof first, inside center second, left and right inside, floor and
>outside. Clear coat will be more dificult. The floor will be done last.
>
>Last thing, i have filled, welded the upper/lower front and right seam, i
>had to put new metal under the windows seal, that panel (front upper) was
>replaced in the van lifetime with a OEM VW panel (sticker inside), but was
>deeply rusted anyway, sorry, i have no picture of that rust, 18 holes... i
>have also no pictures of the work detail, i was to mad when i started
>grinding, sanding and found all that rust/holes! But it's gone now... for a
>long time.
>
>Paint:
>2.5 gallons at 200$ each + reducer
>2 gallons of clearcoat at 150$ each + cat + reducer
>1.5 gallons of primer at 100$ each + cat + reducer 150$ of sandpaper 200 or
>different stuff (putty, microfiber...)
>
>Total: i don't want to know!
>Still, for under 15K (cost price), this van will be a dream! your price...
>he he he, 25K
>
>Anyway:
>http://www.benplace.com/panel1.htm
>
>A tired Ben.
>ps.: i'm now at 160 or so hours, is it worted? for an old 85 lady? well, i
>learn a lot, and that is very interesting. This 85 Westy will be quite nice
>when done... and unique.
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