♻️ Grizz’s ~~ ASTRO Van 🚙 Renault SCENIC 1.5dci 🚙 1966 Chevy C10 OH BUGGER - BUGGER - BUG….. 🚘

[grizz]

Etch primer followed by grey primer 

[Westbay]

...and for my next trick ... sow's ear into silk purse !

 

 

 

 

ps Don't drop 'em when carrying ... 😇

[GlenAnderson]

That’s turned out really well. 👍

With a little filler they’ll look perfect. 

Are you aiming for perfect? Or are you going to let the repairs show? Either way, they’re so much better than what you started with. 👍

[grizz]

39 minutes ago, GlenAnderson said:

That’s turned out really well. 👍

With a little filler they’ll look perfect. 

Are you aiming for perfect? Or are you going to let the repairs show? Either way, they’re so much better than what you started with. 👍

 Best possible repairs Glen.  
 

That way, even shit will look good from 10 yards 

 

This is obviously an out of sync preview. 
 

It’s only the first phase fiberglass filler and some lightweight stuff worked with 80 grit 
 

Followed by a lot more working back before primer and blocking.  
 

 

[93fxdl]

Careful, you are rapidly heading into, it's so nice I'm afraid to drive it, territory. 

With all your newly learnt skills and experience, can see people beating a path to your door for you to work your magic, your mastery of the dark arts is growing by the day

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

1 hour ago, 93fxdl said:

Careful, you are rapidly heading into, it's so nice I'm afraid to drive it, territory. 

With all your newly learnt skills and experience, can see people beating a path to your door for you to work your magic, your mastery of the dark arts is growing by the day

Ttfn Glenn 

 

You did make me chuckle 

 

Thanks. 

[grizz]

Remember that door I damaged on Thursday? 
Stepped away from it on Friday 
Saturday afternoon Nick brought some big tools. 
In the end I built myself a special tool to work around the damage. 
By 7.00pm I had sorted the damage. 
Today I put some filler and worked it. 
Then mounted the door on the cab
Check it out !! 
More 180 grit tomorrow then primer and blocking. 
I am so chuffed it worked out. 

Full repair Video is uploaded and published on Riangrizz 

Hopefully it helps someone out there. 

Loads of pics.  Sorry. Not sorry. 

.

[93fxdl]

Currently watching door drop disaster video. 

 

[grizz]

Filler

 

Truck cab

 

chuffed

[GlenAnderson]

You’d never know it had happened. 👍

[Jenson Velcro]

“Chuffed”……

and well you should be. That’s great progress and thanks for posting all the pictures. I often don’t have time to sit and watch videos so appreciate the chance to follow well illustrated posts.

[MrBig]

Nailed it  Excellent stuff. Shall watch the vid later 😎

[grizz]

20 hours ago, GlenAnderson said:

You’d never know it had happened. 👍

I remember shit 😉

[grizz]

19 hours ago, Jenson Velcro said:

“Chuffed”……

and well you should be. That’s great progress and thanks for posting all the pictures. I often don’t have time to sit and watch videos so appreciate the chance to follow well illustrated posts.

 

Glad you enjoy them 

[grizz]

10 hours ago, MrBig said:

Nailed it  Excellent stuff. Shall watch the vid later 😎

Cool

 

I need to get to 1000 subscribers 

 

Keep banging them out

[grizz]

BBQ

It really is an art. 
 

I am the artist. 
 

Time for a change. 
 

Check it out…….

 

 

A day away from the truck

 

Always stuff to do. 
 

Today…….. 

 

Destruction. 
 

Looking for ideas on the rebuild. 
 

Yes, brick built. 

[Westbay]

"A change is as good as a rest "

[grizz]

1 hour ago, Westbay said:

"A change is as good as a rest "

No rest. 
 

Trust me. 

[grizz]

Seems that I have been busy all week with important stuff. 

 

Stuff that had a short Sell by Date. 

 

Breaking down the BBQ and harvesting a load of decent soil from the neighbors yard. 

 

Fixing the groundwork for the driveway that I had previously done. Because it’s not happening anymore. 

 

 

Today is day three of barrowing a load of soil in from there. 

 

A week off the truck. 

 

Well, 4-5 days. 

 

Maybe I will get back to that door that I haven’t touched since the first filler, tomorrow, Saturday. 

 

Problem with the soil is that it’s available only till Lukas brings the work truck back to remove it all. Thats probably tonight. 

 

Look at the size of deck he is building behind the house. Pic taken from my side. Most of that used to be Margarets lower gardens. So despite not being worked for the last 4 years since she went into a home, it is good soil, despite being hard. 

 

A few pics of what I have been doing. 

 

Deceptively looks like nothing has been done. 

 

Status normal then.  

 

PS. Rescued a rotten sleeper to cap bed edge once I find two or three dood ones to build the wall with. 

I used to plant perennials in there before. Looked lovely. 

[Bmwdumptruck]

God I wish I had a few ounces of your motivation, determination and enthusiasm for all these jobs.  I have a huge list of must do, need to do and would like to do jobs, but rarely have the above to make anywhere near the progress you do. I never know where to start.   Hats off to ya fella.  Keep it all coming, never a dull moment on here.  
My current main project was to be adding AC to my moho.  But it turns out the kit I bought is for an earlier version of a VW T4 and is missing the correct ring antenna connector and the OBD port from it’s loom, so tomorrow will mostly be spent putting the whole lot back together so we can go away next month and I’ll revisit it again another day.  Hoping the guy that supplied the kit can swap it for a later one, as I’ve been told he’s getting a later model in to break in a week or two. 

[grizz]

3 hours ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

God I wish I had a few ounces of your motivation, determination and enthusiasm for all these jobs.  I have a huge list of must do, need to do and would like to do jobs, but rarely have the above to make anywhere near the progress you do. I never know where to start.   Hats off to ya fella.  Keep it all coming, never a dull moment on here.  
My current main project was to be adding AC to my moho.  But it turns out the kit I bought is for an earlier version of a VW T4 and is missing the correct ring antenna connector and the OBD port from it’s loom, so tomorrow will mostly be spent putting the whole lot back together so we can go away next month and I’ll revisit it again another day.  Hoping the guy that supplied the kit can swap it for a later one, as I’ve been told he’s getting a later model in to break in a week or two. 

 A job well and way beyond my capabilities. 
 

I feel pretty lazy, slow most of the time 

It’s been 5/6 days off the truck. 
 

Doing other jobs. 
 

See below. 

[grizz]

So……

Where did I go today?? 
 

Collected a railway sleeper or railroad tie  

 

Here’s a hint or clue  

 

 

.

 

[auntiemaryscanary]

7 hours ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

God I wish I had a few ounces of your motivation, determination and enthusiasm for all these jobs.  I have a huge list of must do, need to do and would like to do jobs, but rarely have the above to make anywhere near the progress you do. I never know where to start.   Hats off to ya fella.  Keep it all coming, never a dull moment on here.  
My current main project was to be adding AC to my moho.  But it turns out the kit I bought is for an earlier version of a VW T4 and is missing the correct ring antenna connector and the OBD port from it’s loom, so tomorrow will mostly be spent putting the whole lot back together so we can go away next month and I’ll revisit it again another day.  Hoping the guy that supplied the kit can swap it for a later one, as I’ve been told he’s getting a later model in to break in a week or two. 

Agree for having the @grizz motivation. I haven't.

Hope you get the AC sorted.

[Jenson Velcro]

I know it’s been warm recently, and you like working in flip flops/sliders, but you wearing the lace thong really makes the mind boggle.

[grizz]

1 hour ago, Jenson Velcro said:

I know it’s been warm recently, and you like working in flip flops/sliders, but you wearing the lace thong really makes the mind boggle.

Crotchless with pearls.  

[grizz]

Got distracted. 
 

Not sorry. 
 

Well I went to collect a single railroad tie or sleeper. 

Chainsaw actually failed. 

So hand cut it in half. 

Into the back of the car. 

Also moved some soil today.

[Low ontime]

On 29/05/2025 at 13:34, grizz said:

Up there 😉

Guess that’s better than down here 😬

Ref the toilet fill, the plastic thread on the cistern fill valve are not the best.

PTFE tape may seal it on the plastic threads or the plastic may have got weak & split slightly

i try to get cistern fill valve with brass thread if replacing them, in this case metal to metal is better than metal to plastic.

[auntiemaryscanary]

2 hours ago, grizz said:

Crotchless with pearls.  

We need a yikes or bloody hell emoji. It's not the 1st time you've put unwanted images in my head!

[grizz]

4 minutes ago, auntiemaryscanary said:

We need a yikes or bloody hell emoji. It's not the 1st time you've put unwanted images in my head!

As long as they were horrible and not your fantasy. 

[grizz]

Random before and after I handed it over.  
 

@Zelandeth @Rocket88