At last! Something has gone back on Maisie instead of being ripped off! As the pics show, the bumpers and bull bar have been resprayed and are back in place. She looks so much better now. The spare wheel cover was bought from an English eBay store called 'Modern World Covers'. It cost £28 (about $64) including postage. They do loads of different colours and are really good quality.

Maisie's insides have been completely removed - amazing how few screws were holding it all in place! We have decided to make the seat the whole width of the van and maybe put a buddy seat behind the passenger seat - we will have to check the complience rules about this.... When the floor was taken up, I was horrified to see a load of bubbling under the paintwork around every joint untill hubby informed me (after stabbing furiously with a screwdriver) that it was all tar and that the van is SOLID and has NO rust in the floor at all - YAY!! All that was needed was a wire brushing and cleaning. As for the outside, I am going to save all my pennies and get a proper paint job done along with having any remaing rust cut out and fixed, beans on toast for the next few months!!

Left: Maisie's new face!