| Standard10
Van Restoration
My story started at the
International Rally in 2003. It was to everyone's
astonishment that Patrick Brotherton turned up with a pile of rust
on a trailer that he called a Standard 10 Van.
To remind ourselves, this is what
it looked like:
 Rear wheel arch, not much metal round the airgaps
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 Front nearsde wing, almost perfect! |
 Most of the engine bay is complete!
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more air surrounded by rust
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Now, Patrick was
confident enough to display the van at the International rally and
seemed relaxed enough about restoring it. Not many people present had that much confidence. So,
we all wished him well, and I promised to publish pictures here when it is back on the
road.
Chapter 2
Well it isn't quite on
the road yet, but now Patrick has supplied a new set of pictures
that show remarkable progress so far:
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First, here is
the secret weapon - another car! This time one that is
relatively solid! Its going to be used as the under-pinings
of the Van. |
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Then Patrick
cuts off all the saloon panels from the B pillars backwards
leaving only the floor and inner rear wings. The Van can be
seen waiting patiently behind to take part in the operation . |
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The van-specific
side and roof panels are removed from the Van in one big piece
(not captured in a photo) and are here seen being
offered up to the cut-down saloon. |
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The Van panels
are welded to the Donor Car base. Then a new floor is welded
in and and the rear doors are put back
on............... |
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And the result
is a "new" Standard 10 Van! |
OK, so that is a much
simplified version of the story, since much repairing, patching and
strengthening were also required. A lot of mechanical work
remains to be done. But I think you can see the end result is now
within sight.
I look forward to
Chapter 3!
Chapter 3!
September 2005 Update:
The Van has now been
resprayed:
I hope to be able to
feature Chapter 4 shortly!
Report by Phil Homer,
Photos by Phil Homer and Patrick Brotherton
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