r4 f6 van

[plallenuk]

Hello everybody,

I have been meaning to breathe life back into my beloved 1986 blue van which has been garaged for the last 8 years or so.
Any ideas anyone on how much I should expect to have to pay someone to do a bit of welding underneath, replace front wings and give everything on it it a once over for MOT???!

Have noticed that Renospeed seems popular. (I don't have the time space or motivation to take it on myself)

 

[Steve Hennessey]

Welcome to the forum. I had to move your post because it was in the wrong place!!

In short - how long is a piece of string?? For a vehicle that has stood for 8 years it is bound to need a lot of work and various bits would have seized up. Nobody can give you a price without seeing the van and also not before some stripping down either. As you have heard of Derek of Renospeed I suggest you contact him, or contact Malcolm who is based near Bedford. It would be useful to know where you are based as well.

 

[pepper]

He lives at home, surely thats good enough?

 

[Steve Hennessey]

Pepper, the reason I suggested that people put their location is that if they need any help it could just be round the corner. I am sure that if any of us who lives nearby to someone who was not too sure about something, we would happily pay them a visit.

Similarly someone may be requesting 'where can I get', or 'who can fix' etc and if we know their locality then we can say 'There's a useful place not far from you...'

So, to say 'home' is not really useful.

 

[pepper]

Sorry Steve, I was taking the mickey out of where he'd put as his location, I guess my cheekiness didn't come over quite right!

 

[Steve Hennessey]

That's ok Pepper - maybe that's why we should use smilies more

Mind you, if I had my way all those registering would have to state their correct location.

 

[malcolm]

Making the location compulsory was an easy one and a good idea. Working out whether that location matched an actual place on an international forum is somewhat more tricky. Especially as the software doesn't do it.

Renospeed would be your best bet plallenuk. I already have 2 winter projects on top of my own restoration project. There's advantage in having someone focussed on 4s do the work. Many others don't bother sealing wings and will happilly turn a 20 year life into a 4 year life.

 

[plallenuk]

thanks everyone,
My home is in Ely, cambs by the way... however my lovely van is in sussex. Reckon I'll be needing a trailer when I'm feeling flush enough to begin

Also, haven't seen many van photos- where are they all?!