Styled in Italy, built in Britain - The story of the blue Ital Van

[Parky]

That's really very nice indeed. They must be pretty decent rattle cans, let us know what brand they are and remind us where you got them from as I dont think they are off the shelf from Halfords are they?

[danthecapriman]

That's looking great. Really nice job from rattle cans (as you always seem to do!).

[trigger]

I bought a couple of cans of Ford Isis blue Hycote double acrylic paint from the local motor factors that was in the bargain bin to help cover the primer, 2 cans only managed to cover the first coat so it was pretty rubbish and came out too quickly from the can! And then i used two and half cans of the paint I ordered from paints4u.com which comes up a treat, I think I managed about 4 coats of that in the end. It will need a flat back with some 1500 wet and dry and a mop once it's hardened but considering its from a can it's perfectly good enough for this job.

[trigger]

I forgot to add, the mot is booked for next Wednesday 31st! Exciting times!

[Felly Magic]

You hen need to photo it in an overly bright white room, then advertise it for sale for eleventy hundred billion pounds like the 'KLF' mob do. Top save Triggs, I think you have saved it from becoming a Beko fridge

[Pillock]

That looks perfect.

 

Not Perfect, just perfect with a little p. Great work!

[greengartside]

...advertise it for sale for eleventy hundred billion pounds like the 'KLF' mob do.

 

Like this?

 

[Timewaster]

#They're justified

And they're ancient

And they drive a ShItal van...

 

They’re justified

And they're ancient

We've still no Maestro planned

 

#To the bridge To the bridge To the bridge...

 

No wait... That last line can't be right.

[oldcars]

You hen need to photo it in an overly bright white room, then advertise it for sale for eleventy hundred billion pounds like the 'KLF' mob do. Top save Triggs, I think you have saved it from becoming a Beko fridge

Its Justifed and its a bit Ancient and it will soon drive around the land 

[Zelandeth]

Random stupid question of the day:

 

What does the switch with the brake symbol on it do?

 

You'll probably find that it will run a million times better once it's been driven and has had a chance to clear its throat.

[MorrisItalSLX]

Random stupid question of the day:

 

What does the switch with the brake symbol on it do?

 

You'll probably find that it will run a million times better once it's been driven and has had a chance to clear its throat.

I’m pretty sure it’s the brake failure warning light, it’s a switch so you can test the bulb works.

[Zelandeth]

Trust BMC to forget to make a place for it on the dashboard...so stuffed it in a switch instead.  Yep...sounds about right!

 

Having said that, Lada did exactly the same thing in the Samara when they stuck the cat on it...Went and stuffed the check engine light in place of a switch blanking plate down by the heated rear window switch - when there was a perfectly good, unused amber warning light in the actual instrument cluster.

 

At least in the Riva they actually redesigned the little warning light cluster above the voltmeter to fit it in.

[Exiled_Tat_Gatherer]

That is an outstanding finish from the cans fella....... I was also going to ask about where you got 'em but it's above....

I do know however, that my attempt(s) will be shockingly woeful and the supplier will still get all the blame

[trigger]

So a wet and dry flat and a good mop later and it's looking good again, I spent a few hours yesterday polishing the whole van and fitting bits back on, dad's popping over today to help set the carb up and then it's not time on Wednesday. Considering how it looked when I bought it less than 3 months ago I think it's come on pretty well really, for a Shital van.

 

 

 

[oldcars]

Lottery ticket for me tonight. As i may have said before massive want for this.

[Guest Hooli]

It's bloody fantastic Trigg, I wish I could get the hang of paint but I'm too impatient.

[Skizzer]

Considering how it looked when I bought it less than 3 months ago I think it's come on pretty well really, for a Shital van.

Have we got an ‘Autoshite understatement of the flippin year’ thread yet?

 

That looks outstanding. You are truly the Emperor of the Rattle Can.

[trigger]

I've done all this work and I still haven't even driven it yet! For all I know the gearbox or axle could be knackered!

 

I've already been invited to display it at Cowley for a family fun day at the Mini factory but I can't make it.

[Parky]

That's cracking that!

 

Always been tempted to buy something cosmetically poor and paint it at home using different methods to see what works. Be a good educational thread but it doesn't look as if Trig will need to read it, he's the master, a pigment Shogun!

[SiC]

I've just re-read your Dolomite 1500SE thread in full. The paintwork was in similarly shabby state when you started and when you finished it was excellent. It's not as if even the camera is lying, I looked at your old Dolly in person at the NEC show and its just as excellent as it looked on camera.

 

How do you manage it? With rattle cans and glorified angle grinder Silverline mop?

 

Please, please do a guide on it.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

I've just re-read your Dolomite 1500SE thread in full. The paintwork was in similarly shabby state when you started and when you finished it was excellent. It's not as if even the camera is lying, I looked at your old Dolly in person at the NEC show and its just as excellent as it looked on camera.

 

How do you manage it? With rattle cans and glorified angle grinder Silverline mop?

 

Please, please do a guide on it.

 

Strangely enough, this coincides with the current Practical Classics magazine which has an article on a serial Ford Cortina Mk.3 botherer - apparently he does all his paintwork using Halfrauds rattle cans and loads of flatting-off and polishing.

[SiC]

How long or resilient is painting with rattle cans? Does having no clear coat layer make it suseptible to fading and weather?

[junkyarddog]

Your turd polishing skills are second to none.

Excellent work,that looks fantastic.

[danthecapriman]

That looks the absolute dogs danglers! Lovely shine on it. Good luck on the MOT.

[Parky]

I've just re-read your Dolomite 1500SE thread in full. The paintwork was in similarly shabby state when you started and when you finished it was excellent. It's not as if even the camera is lying, I looked at your old Dolly in person at the NEC show and its just as excellent as it looked on camera.

How do you manage it? With rattle cans and glorified angle grinder Silverline mop?

Please, please do a guide on it.

Makes me think an educational section could be a future modification. You know the sort of thing:

 

Weld with FOAD

K-Series rebuild - Mr Bollox shows you how

Bollocks to expensive head skims by Dave21478

Trigs Cartoon Club - Trig teaches you how to paint WITHOUT wobble boards and heavy breathing

Vulgalours Vulgalastic Hydrolastics

 

There is so much shared knowledge on here, it might be useful to have in future?

[PhilA]

Only if it's on BBC2 at 3am, accompanied with beards and cardigan.

 

Phil

[trigger]

LOL! If I get chance I'll make a little thread up of what I do, then you can all laugh at how shite I really am!

 

Thank you for all the kind comments though, I'm really pleased with how well this one's come out, now I've adjusted the carb today it's running really sweet now too!

[Felly Magic]

Bloody hell Trigs, you and fellow ECR nutters have done a cracking job on that van, it is now worthy of much white room shenanegans, well played. Hope baby Triglet is doing ok

[Brodders]

LOL! If I get chance I'll make a little thread up of what I do, then you can all laugh at how shite I really am!

 

Thank you for all the kind comments though, I'm really pleased with how well this one's come out, now I've adjusted the carb today it's running really sweet now too!

 

Great job on it, hopefully I shall see it in the flesh some point over the next few months to admire the hard work that has gone into it.

 

I too would like to see a thread up of how you get such good results with rattle cans. I will using them later on in the year to tidy paintwork up, and would love to get some pointers on how to get a finish as good as that instead of just hoping for the best.

[plasticvandan]

I painted my MZ with tractor paint and a shit brush,if you get the layers on you can always flat it back and polish it up

 

The most tragic part of this thread Trigger? You almost didn't buy it...