Level7 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Picked this little Mazda 1200 ute up from the South Island back in 2006, was starting to have a hard life and managed to save it in time... 1 of 200 special Govt order for the ministry of works back in 1977. Back blocks of CHCH Got it up to Auckland, gave it a machine polish.. didn't come up too bad but had had a hory enamel repaint at some stage.. was starting to crazy crack all over the place... having done a few bare metal jobs before, new the pain awaiting.. sigh.. And then the engine pretty much shat itself.. seemed to have more oil on the outside than the inside.. so out it came... New engine in, slapped on some white walls and drove it! Decided it would be fun to rebuild, never done a ute before.. so started pulling it to bits (no springs.. lol) Previous owner even left a present under seats with the crappy ass paint all over the panels ended up getting ever panel acid dipped and striped the cab by hand.. Had no idea what would be under the paint.. and luckily it was really good! very solid tidy ute. Suspension bits all striped reco'd and painted up shiny Then the million hours of sanding beings... etch all the panels and get read for paint.. Bridget sanding the tray when it came back from the acid dippers Painted in red anti rust primer... Doors etc all primed up (we used white primer) Ready for primer... All blocked back and ready for top coat inside is all done Nuts and bolts back from being gold passivated back to original. [/url] Engine bay painted Rest of the panels starting to get finished... Start getting the chassis back together.. and get the cab back on... Couldn't figure out what to do with the deck of the tray... had quite a few dents as you would imagine from life as a ute. Bridget was keen to put a teak deck on it... her old man having done boats before was keen to give it ago.. so all came together.. finally back together.. and decided to take it to the nats Back to where it was photographed just over a year ago, with a bit more shiny than before. Judges at Galaxy of Cars show liked it, which is odd for a Japanese car! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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