Panel Van Roof Removal to get drip gutters removed #6 Magnum Force 

1st time to comment on any video, not just information but great insight to modifying and working on old cars...love it, thank you very much. 👍👍

Good to see the panelvan getting attention again! Knowing what and how to do it makes it look easy but it takes years to get there. The rotisserie sure is a great asset. Looking forward to the next stage. Bill Mc

young kid in the 80s my father would take hes ol 67Falcon to a master fabricator here in Melbourne ,they would often chat and id be amazed at what they were doing ,i could watch them for hours fabricating different things ,i always wanted to work in that shop but it never eventuated ,John Taverna Chassis ,just amazing man ,he would be right at home working alongside you with this van

I am loving this series.

Great tip about the soft welding wire for sheet metal. I had not even given that a thought! Another thing I am going to have to research to work out the number/place/product to order. Cheers.

Great tip about the wire low tension and high tension which i never knew about it .. even for mig thanks Howard .

So excited for this one Howard...

Excellent video , while I enjoy all your all your uploads it’s these type I enjoy the most , thanks for giving back to our hobby !!

Thin steel and no primer or paint - no wonder Aussie cars rust. lol. Goes to show that older cars were not stronger in a crash. Great work Howard and Darren. Loving this build. Cheers

You guys are rock stars when it comes to building cars it's frickin awesome

That's a good tip to beat the panel back into shape after removing the spot welds Howard. Its the little things that make the job easier in the long run.

Back on the van, great to see Howard 😊👍

Remember my van was Orange 😮😊😂 sweet episode, if I win powerball tonight I'll be over to pay you 🤞😊 looking forward to more 🍻🍻🇦🇺🤝🇦🇺😊😎👍

As others have said, good to see the Van getting some love again. Very interesting episode, its good to watch the careful deconstruction and seeing the layers and whats underneath. In reference to the bare metal between panels, im a Holden guy and i saw someone express their horror of the bare steel between panels on one of the early holden pages on Facebook and i thought, im sure they didnt expect us to still be driving these things almost 60 years later when they built them 😂 Its amazing to see how restorations have progressed to include the removal of quarters, door skins etc to adress this issue. Anyway, enough ranting😂 its great to see you going the extra mile to remove the gutters and have them made to help the people building them at home.

Always a good watch, thank you Sir

FANTASTIC!....Thanks HEAPS for all your efforts in sharing your knowledge

Awesome Video Howard and Crew 👍 Appreciate all the efforts to bring us these incredible knowledge base videos 👍 Thank you all

Well done! Great work and info! Thank you 👍🇦🇺

Love your work Howard!

Gee Howard there's no stopping you. Nats over and straight back into it 👍 always interesting keep it coming

Thanks H. I am transfixed on your content and now feel confident that I can now tackle a mod with patina that I have been planning that will last. I can't wait to see the van as it progresses. I am learning so much. My background is mechanical work and body knowledge is invaluable.

Great to see work on the van again. This is the kind of work I truely appreciate.

Every thing you do mate is to fine detail love your work keep up the great work 👍👍👍

watching Darren work, his facial expression is one of deep concerntration and getting into the "zone" and on with the job. Howard has a similar facial expression when in the "zone" to get the job done too.

Cheers Howard great info I’m just leaning to Tig and your tips will be invaluable to my current XC Ute build Looking forward to the continuation of the van very rare care now

Great video Howard

Howard, Great to see you're back on the panelvan. I'm inspired by your attention to detail and workmanship and I look forward to seeing how you're going to fill the side window openings without too much warpage. Several times you mentioned using various original panels as a pattern / template to fabricate replacement panels. Please tel me you'll be reproducing all the required panels for the upper rear liftgate structure ... even the rear liftgate itself !!! If so, I'll have a complete set !

Good to see you and Darren back on the van keep it up guys. U need to drag dale in there haha 😄

Good to see some van work Howard and also someone using the Trojan chisel I have the same but I call them choppers not chisels I have a good set of chisels for my carpentry work and my choppers for steel work 👍👍

Finally back on the ford was starting to worry you had turned to the dark side. I suppose you have to put food on the table lol. 😁🇬🇸👍

Lovely watching all this detail, learning lots... You don't need to put back any flow through vents with AC as many manuals for installing factory AC units actually tell you to seal flow through vents.

First thing that goes in the bin when i buy a new grinder is the guard,some things you need to do would be impossible with it on and as you said nothing would get done.

She’s coming along Howard. and yes I’ve been making them drills out of normal drills for a long time now actually didn’t know you could actually buy them

love the van video's obviously 😂

Cigweld "high test" branded tig wire is the one to use, copper coated and deoxidised, vey soft and malleable. Almost but not quite as soft as the black oxy welding wire

Awesome work as usual Howard. Just wondering what gap you recommend for butt welding. Flush or a mm or two? Thanks and cheers!

Out of interest, are is the rear structure different between vans with the horizontal tail gate like this one and ones with barn doors?

Are you removing the driprail top of the tailgate?? As if you ever open it in the rain, water will pour into the car, tailgate water fall, just saying my thoughts, I know you know what your doing, my comment is never ever intended for bad vibes, love you guys to much for that😊❤

Finally

Hi Howard I’m interested to know the type of Tig welder you use?

Darren's workload is starting to pile up! And I'm not even halfway through the video.

Could you please advise the part number for the low tensile filler rod, thanks

Wondering if you’ve ever tried easyphos on bare metal panels to keep them from rusting if they aren’t getting painted in the short term.

cool to see that , i thought the roof flanged out to mee tthe gutter and got spotted but you cut before the spot closer to the roof , had no idea the gutter was a single piece , i have the only two tone factory XE van ford made , it was for golden fleece , i have to do the roof , not rusty but been jumped on , its still in the original colour , i may try and shrink the roof first

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Why don’t you tig weld the bronzed sections? It would simplify things.

Time to get some epoxy on the bare metal so you dont need to deoxidene

I take it those bare areas underneath & around roof will get a good coat of paint before roof goes back on.