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Mully1991

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The story so far... 

 

just recently purchased a skoda cube van off a mate at work, all he asked was what he paid.. £300 and he threw in 12 months MOT, i saw this as a bargain and had to have it. i brorght it with the intention to tart up and sell on and make a few £££, but after it sitting on my drive way and looking at it daily ive come to the decision of keeping the little work horse. after a lot of time looking through forums and photos its given me a few ideas (pics to follow).

few things needing attention: famous pick up rust patches, few dents here and there, paint job, glow plugs, 2 rear shocks and possibly a new back box... overall the van is in good condition for its age and the interior is clean and most importantly dry!!

 

as purchased:

 

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i will try my best to upload as much photos as and when, hopefully turn out to be a good looking pick up after a lot of Tlc, watch this space  :think:

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Had to replace the original blaupunkt cassette/stereo, didnt really want anything to modern or shiny so found this alba ics104 cd/radio/aux £21 from argos, no thrills but suits her 

 

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try and get one in the daytime 

 

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speaker upgrade due this weekend 

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Alloys arived monday, wanted the Ats cups but didnt wana pay over the odds for some battered alloys, then these bad boys come up, 15' Gottis, went to local garrage to purchase some tyres earlier, the stock size i was told by a friend was 195/50/15 but after trying these on for size they looked bulky and too much rubber for my liking, so tried 195/45/15 with a slight stretch and these seem to set it off just right, should be fitted tomorow as the tyre fitted was an economy one tried on for size, spigot rings where also required 

 

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the whole front end was replaced with felicia parts, bumper, headlights, headlight trim and bonnet/grill was all off a felicia, best going to a scrap yard, the bonnet opener mechanism is a right pain in the backside, still working on mine and gota sort the headlight adjuster  :thumbup:

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Ive just converted my mk2 felicia to a mk1 felicia front end so opposite to you, bonnet release was biggest issue for me too, ended up taking the old wire out and feeding some bike brake cable back through the guide, making a loop on the end and clamping it with a terminal connector block, works a treat now.

I think some 'lows' on your truck would help pull those wheels off

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yeah think that will be next weekends job, lowering springs are the plan, not sure how low to go...

whats peoples thorghts on these:

 

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been a LONG while, been sorn and off the road for nearly 2 years, 

since the last post it is now road worthy and nearly there  

 

last pic before the paint shop 

 

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after 

 

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after prepping, the paint man found a lot of rust on the left right arch, as he's also a keen welder this was sorted and to a profesional standard (see pic) 

next on the list is to strip the interior from my cousins felicia and sort the hockey sticks 

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Not alot done really since the last post, replaced the battered cigarette burnt seats with my cousins better felicia ones, and purchased some rubber piping to go around the lip of the rear window, got my eye on some golf gti chequered/tartan seats, next project will be to fabricate my own tourneo cover 

 

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