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Thanks, I have wire wheeled off a lot of rust from the one side where it wasn't undersealed when new, treated, primed, painted and undersealed but the van is pretty good for rust overall.  I got an air filter now.



Anyway, the van is running as of yesterday, initial testing shows good results.

https://youtu.be/LNDjngh5rzQ

Hey, I'm doing the converison now, so far its taken about a month, I'm self employed so can choose to spend as much time as I like on the van, so far I've put about 4-5 days a week into it. Getting there now, I refurbed the engine with new seals and gaskets, had the head refurbed.







End result will be a 130 hp 4 speed auto with .69 :1 top gear (good for motorway cruising)
Things are going ok with the swap, I had to cut about 100mm out of the passenger footwell which I'm happy with.

couple of pics here....




More pics there if you look at the album


http://s391.photobucket.com/user/suterman101/library/bedford%20cf%20with%20volvo%20engine?sort=3&page=1


More detail in the videos....

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfZXhvdI7YEz703lcnAU1kQ

ps....

In the mean time since my last posts here I got back into Volvos with the purchase of this 1991 240, complete with B230ft 2.3 turbo) engine, lowered, chipped etc.




Decided that a Volvo B230e engine will be nice in the bedford, almost double the power of the CIH in it at the moment, coupled with a 4 speed autobox should make for good cruising speed, already purchased an engine and box for only £150, currently overhauling engine, to be fitted next winter.

WOW, its been a while since my last post here, The van has served us proud, we have used it a fair bit and put 20,000 miles on her since we found her. The paint took a battering and rust started to appear in certain areas (bottom of windscreen and steps) the tyres banged on the arch flares every now and again.

So after 5 years of British weather the Van is back in the workshop for a tart up.  It started of as "just a tidy of below the belt line and rust" and developed into a full respray, I ended up cutting off the front arches altogether and made new ones which allow a bit more clearance and flare out more than the first ones, they are also a bit bigger at the rear of the front tyres to make them more effective.  I've been working on it since late december doing all I can to prep it for the paint job, going mad with jenoilte and 2 part primer, now its in the hands of the experts and just gone into primer today (pics tomorrow)

I've hit on a major stumbling block in the form of the window seals on the front doors. I contacted a company that make seals and sent them some samples of the remains of the seals I have but alas, they contacted me today and told me they can't help unless I want to order 1000's of metres of seals. Is there anywhere in the world that can supply the seals I need?