Rad's Astra Van

[big e]

Nice work mate looking good, do you need to weld mounts in for the belts aswell?..

 

[Rad666]

unsure mate i havnt had chance to take alook hopefully not too much welding im sick of buying welding wire im on my third roll lol

 

[justg]

Looks spot on Rad.

 

[rc]

fantastic work mate, looks factory estate spec, just without the back doors great job

what are those seats out of? as the centre bracket looks different to the ones out of the estate the centre bracket i gave you welded to a bit of floor was from one of the centre seatbelt lapbelt bolt holes. and a bracket bolted from that to the back of the seats, yours looks like the bracket from the back of the seats goes straight to the floor? bolt on? must be different types i guess also it doesnt look like you have seat belt bolt holes in your floor which is wierd. my van didnt have any of the seat brakets or mounting points like yours, but it did have the seatbelt points under the rear bench, inner and outer, which i used for lap belts.

 

[astranaut]

Top work mate, are you going to custom make some door cards?

 

[Rad666]

fantastic work mate, looks factory estate spec, just without the back doors great job

what are those seats out of? as the centre bracket looks different to the ones out of the estate the centre bracket i gave you welded to a bit of floor was from one of the centre seatbelt lapbelt bolt holes. and a bracket bolted from that to the back of the seats, yours looks like the bracket from the back of the seats goes straight to the floor? bolt on? must be different types i guess also it doesnt look like you have seat belt bolt holes in your floor which is wierd. my van didnt have any of the seat brakets or mounting points like yours, but it did have the seatbelt points under the rear bench, inner and outer, which i used for lap belts.

yeh theres different hinge types ron, the seat is from an estate but it had the different hinge so i had to go back to the scrap yard and get it as for the seat belts theres nothing so il have to put all the mouting point in. also i need the bit that goes under the car with all the threads in for the belts etc and bolts for the center hinge

 

[Rad666]

Top work mate, are you going to custom make some door cards?

thanks mate, no i like standard door cards no into speaker pods etc

 

[Rad666]

Looks spot on Rad.

thanks mate

 

[astranaut]

I meant for the back seats mate lol, could be a good hidey hole for beer though.

 

[Rad666]

I meant for the back seats mate lol, could be a good hidey hole for beer though.

the van will be plylined and carpeted i think but theres plenty of stuff to do before then

 

[astranaut]

Cool, top work though mate, groundbreaking progress!

 

[rc]

Ah i see, my estate was a m-reg, dunno if its a phase thing? If i'd of known yours didn't have the seat belt holes i would of cut them out for you too and chuck them too. The shells gone now though my van didn't have any of the seat mounts same as your, but did 100% have seat belt holes/threads, strange

 

[Rad666]

yeh its strange mate but it shouldnt be to hard to sort out

 

[slamvanjack]

great work, im not going for the rear seats option in mine rollcage maybee lol

 

[Rad666]

that would be my first choice mate but i dont this my mrs would let me put the baby in a helmet net

 

[Rad666]

Update.....

Painted the rear of the van today, i did the full sides primer then paint. turned out pretty good, just need to do the floor now(ranout of cans)

Factory fresh only thing that looks abit ****e is where ive put the seem sealer but tbh im gonna be fitting estate rear carpet and arch covers so doesnt really matter.

still need an estate headlining so i can put the rest of the plastics in so will just have to wait for one to pop up

 

[big e]

Looks ok in the pics mate, good work..

 

[vauxhall_astra]

good work mate! looks factory!

 

[Rad666]

cheers guys once the floors done it should look spot on

 

[Mr.Negative]

Much better! looking good