AALAWS 479 Report post Posted July 1, 2018 Watch this space..... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted July 5, 2018 more accurately.......watch this space 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted July 7, 2018 This space? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted July 7, 2018 SO....this shell is WAY better than mine. It has virtually no rust in the spots that are an issue on my first shell, and the front end/panels are totally straight. It's a early model so the front end is slightly different in terms of the grille mounts etc, but that's an easy fix. There's no rust under the cowel where the heater box mounts up, the spare wheel well is all complete, I now have a set of rust free doors. The boot and bonnet will need to be stripped to reveal their true state as it looks like theres a few gremlins under the surface, but the shell at first look, looks 95% rust free! So the plan is now to strip this and send it off to the panel beater with minimal fabrication work needed. I won't count my chickens, but this could speed up the whole rebuild a lot. Happy Man! 14 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted September 15, 2018 Football season is over and the sun is out.......it's paint stripping time! Shiny straight steel and only two spots of rust that'll need cut out behind both rear wheels. So far so good. In other news, I managed to get some old rego history down at my local Toyota and managed to track down a previous owner via Facebook. He was a bit of a rascal back in the day and had quite a big tab with LTNZ shall we say. Here's what it used to look like..... He warned me not to bare metal it as he had put a bit of bog into the roof, but I figured I have a spare if it's real bad and I'd rather get any old bog out incase it's on the bare metal. Should hopefully finish off the big panels tomorrow and line up a sandblaster during the week. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted September 16, 2018 Another good day. Finished stripping the larger flat areas, just need to remove a few bits and bobs and get the rest blasted. A few dents and the odd pinhole but pretty dang tidy! Stripped the boot lid.......like my other one, two big holes, but in different places so between the two I should have a good one. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AALAWS 479 Report post Posted January 8 Ok, so it took 4 months, but I finally got some time in the shed again over the last week. Between three kids and business being really busy.......and a stupid set of bunks I refurbished instead of buying new ones (such a time suck!) .....I finally got there and stripped out the doors and only found the slightest rust and the lock holes smoothed over. Will take these back to metal soon. A mate is a diesel mechanic and was doing some odd jobs at the workshop and helped me out with a few things. Rear bearings pressed Front hubs bearings replaced and new discs fitted Rear callipers completely pulled apart (and then painted along with a few other bits) Diff housing seals fitted and cleaned up ready to be assembled So now all 4 callipers are ready to be fully assembled (again - minus shit paint), along with the diff and the entire front subframe - all ready to go in the car once the shell is at the panel shop. I just need a half day to pull the last few things out of the shell to get it blasted and then it's off to the panel beater for some major progress. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
