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Both sets were not great and the original cards are made from hardboard, not ply and I prefer ply.

Well, I thought that was the end of my cooling problems. The system isnt leaking from the pipe I replaced, there is now a intermittent leak from the front nearside, just behind the bumper. I have taken the van out twice, gone back to it and there has been a puddle of coolant under the van. The low coolant light has come on both times also. To make things more complicated, I took the van to the garage for them to take a look and guess what? It didnt leak all the time they had it. It also hasn't leaked since getting it back. So now I don't feel like taking it too far in case it starts leaking. Will have to see how it goes.
Oh the joys of motoring!

Hi Tiree,

Its at a standstill at the moment due to a breakdown. A small piece of metal pipe coming out of the thermostat housing had corroded from the inside over the years and finally let go about a week ago. Fortunately I was only 2 mins from home when it went. Ive tried finding some replacement pipe of the correct diameter, but without luck and trying to find a replacement thermostat housing is proving tricky. Its annoying as I use the van for work and am having to use the car instead. Once it is sorted though, I shall be booking it in at a bodyshop for the doors, bumpers and wheels to be painted.

Well, I eventually got the flooring from the unit and fitted it. I could have taken my time and done a better job, but I am happy enough with the results. Just needs a clean as I kept walking mud into it!
Just need to start fitting the panels after I have wired the lights and speakers up.

Nice one! That was a result. I looked at one from a taxi breaker on ebay before buying the taxi I had for spares and they wanted £120.

Been too busy working to get much done. I have purchased a roof rack for the van, so I don't have to put too much work related stuff in the back.
I also need to motivate myself a bit more to go out and do stuff. I have the flooring to put in the van, but it is up at our unit and is buried at the back, so I keep putting it off. The end of the week should be a bit more quite, so maybe I will have some updates over the weekend.
I like what you did for the bed. Looks proper. Hopefully we get enough sun this year to make it all worthwhile!

More flex as it never completely sets. They use it on the seams in caravan construction to account for the movement.

Casper,

The dash vent must be a common problem, as the one in the taxi is broken as is the one in my van.
The van also doesn't have a roof aerial for some reason.
Sorry about that.

Fitted the taxi doors today. Just need to take the decals off and change the locks over, so they are on the same key. Will need to sort the bit of bodywork behind the doors and have the doors themselves painted.
I also had to do a temp fix on the exhaust as a hanger had rotted clean off, leaving a hole half way up the exhaust.
Last weekend I got the cambelt, waterpump and tensioner done and had a oil and filter change, so that's another job off the list.
I apologise for the vans dirty appearance, this is because I haven't had chance to clean it as it has been used for work.
It has done 2400 miles since a week last Monday.

Hope you got it sorted.

Sharp, thin bladed fish knife.