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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
lowrdr27 #518294 December 06th 2011 2:54 am
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What was the bondo on there for? To smooth the body so the artwork looked better?


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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
lowrdr27 #518297 December 06th 2011 3:11 am
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I've seen a trend with the vans from Bob's van shop. The vans that were kept fairly stock with swing doors and such, like Stallion and Armed and Crazy and even Trade Winds have held up much better than those that were radically altered. It seems that Bob knew a great painter, but his body guys were more sculptors than true body men.


Remember, back then everyone wanted a show stopper, and none of us thought we'd live past 40. Cars were cheap, and vans even cheaper. We didnt care if it lasted 30 or 40 years. In fact, I'm extremely surprised at the ones that did hold up this long.




Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
lowrdr27 #518307 December 06th 2011 7:16 am
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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
lowrdr27 #518360 December 06th 2011 11:07 am
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I have watched this van change hands a few times now.
the sticking point on every persons mind is the art work on the van.
there have been a couple other custom vans brough back.
Nautilus comes to mind here.the original van might not have had a full mural on it but it did have very details graphics on it.Jim Newkirck spent a couple of years restoring the radical body work and then had the van painted.the new Nautilus turned out beautiful.
unfortunately there is really no documentation done on van builds.remember back in the 80's we where all using film cameras.it was a pain to have to take film to have it developed.most busy shops did not take the time to mess with such details.
That being said.If you want of decide to bring the van back,(there are a few options here alone) you need to decide which way is the best for you,come up with a plan and go for it.......
The vanning community will help in any way we can.

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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
Texaswheelman #518386 December 06th 2011 12:33 pm
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What was the bondo on there for? To smooth the body so the artwork looked better?


Pretty much yes. The entire van was skim coated with filler and block sanded to make it as straight as possible. biggest issue was there were a lot of areas where the filler was a lot thicker and cracked over the years and got moisture behind the filler.


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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
Superbeast #518387 December 06th 2011 12:35 pm
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What was the bondo on there for? To smooth the body so the artwork looked better?


Pretty much yes. The entire van was skim coated with filler and block sanded to make it as straight as possible. biggest issue was there were a lot of areas where the filler was a lot thicker and cracked over the years and got moisture behind the filler.


Cool, thanks for the info. cheers


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lowrdr27 #518415 December 06th 2011 1:29 pm
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When moisture gets behind the filler you better fix it fast


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Re: The Saga of Lion's Den
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Originally Posted by Superbeast


Pretty much yes. The entire van was PLASTERED with filler and block sanded to make it as straight as possible. biggest issue was there were a lot of areas where the filler was a TON thicker and cracked over the years and got moisture behind the filler.




Fixed it for ya. haha






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lowrdr27 #518525 December 06th 2011 6:17 pm
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Would be nice if the Van could be fixed that easy


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