1994 Maestro Van - added Special K..

It does look very settled in its new home. Glad to see this being saved and updated, have a soft spot for these Maestro van as i sold them back in the day 😎

Nice project Sir!
Did you know that there is an feature about the Maestro Van in the current "Classic and Vintage Commercials" magazine?


Thom

I sent you a personal message.
Thom

I would make sure the mini linkage cables get a good soak in oil before fitting, they have a habit of seizing up

Well, I bit the bullet and after much swearing at myself for 'misplacing' a piece of aluminium, I found it and cracked on with the small selector fitment. Now, it had been unpinned from the shaft, so a quick look had me decide to cut and rotate the ball end to bring it over the top of the gearbox and then extend it away from the pivot to extend the 'throw', so after cutting the end off, I quickly welded it together back-to-front........ GLOBBITS!!!
Cut apart and repeat but the right way round.........
Once that was in place, I made a holding fork for the end of the cable and positioned it; it did need a 5mm shim to set it far enough back to work properly but eventually, after some trepidation and finally getting rid of the old diesel downpipe, I had 1,2,3,4,5 & R fully functional! Its not pretty, but it works. Now to recreate the whole shebang in a better material! Have some pics...... I may have to resize them....

Brilliant stuff. Making it look pretty is the easy bit!