Project: Adding sill moulds

I've been on the hunt for some sill moulds which will fit along the bottom of the van.

What are they? The photo below shows the moulds as fitted to a Premier station wagon (they were standard on the Prem wagon). They are the chrome strips underneath the doors:


Sill moulds were also fitted to Statesmans - however for a panel van you need to get the wagon versions, as the Statesman moulds are about 6 inches shorter than the wagon versions. For a panel van, you need moulds which are 2080mm in length!

I bought a pair of moulds off eBay (again!) for about $75, and it cost me another $25 to have them freighted via TNT, as they were too long for Aussie Post:


After they were installed:

Click here to see the full details of how they were installed.

Project: Hole repair

In a recent entry, you saw that I replaced the guard mounted aerial with a roof mounted job. Nice work, but it left a hole in the guard which needs to be repaired. As a temporary measure I installed a plug - ugly plus!


The repair job was a simple fill and paint, and the end result was pretty good.

Click here to see the full step by step details in my old holden shed.

Project: Chrome Door Trim

At the All Holden Day in 2006, I spotted a van which had some nice chrome door trims from Statesman. I took a picture at the time, and I've included it below:


After watching eBay for a while, I snagged a set in good condition for around $40.

Before and After Pictures:

Click here to see the full project details, including more pictures.

There's more to the story - turns out I met the owner of the van (Leigh) at a van get together in Warrnambool. Check the pictures of the All Holden Day here, and have a look at the interior of the van. Wild!

Statesman Mirrors

Not sure if you've noticed, but the mirrors on the van don't sit quite right. That's because they are from a Gemini, which has the same style of mirror as the WB, but a different base.



Not sure why they would have been changed bu a previous owner, but I decided it was time to get something different on there.

I watched eBay for a while, and finally bought a set of Statesman mirrors from a WB - the cable operated types. Good news and bad news. The good news is that the mirrors look great. The bad news is that the cable operated controls are not worth a pinch of s#%t.


The mounting holes in the door for the Gemini mirrors were different to the original holes, so while the Statesman mirrors went into the original holes, I now have some Gemini holes in the door I need to fix....