Aaron's 90 rebuild

aaronmorris said:

Snigger, Speaking of cutting the grass that's the job I'm being asked to do at the minute :lol:

Oh but it's not just the grass it's the hedge as well, Oh and can you weed it while you're there

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Yeah that's true, once you're involved you get roped in to every thing!

So not a lot of progress tonight. Just a few fidally little bits. Plus had a tidy up in the garage as tools were every were and couldn't find feck all

I then striped the windows out of the truck cab. And started prepping the worst bits.

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Bloody body prep work, Why does it take so long

So Wednesday night I finished rubbing the truck cab down

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And tonight I've rubbed the tailgate down.

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Hopefully I will get home at a reasonable hour tomorrow, So I can get some primmer on them in the afternoon

aaronmorris said:

Bloody body prep work, Why does it take so long

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Bodywork prep bores me to years literally!

But the longer you can stand doing it shows in the final result!
Stick at it, it's looking pretty good so far

Tonks4x4 said:

Bodywork prep bores me to years literally!

But the longer you can stand doing it shows in the final result!
Stick at it, it's looking pretty good so far

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Yep same here, Drives me mad. Although I'm not doing every little scratch and dent. No point doing it showroom condition. As it will probably get scratched in the future any way.
That said I'm still spending a fecking long time doing it.

Looking very good indeed.

Are you going to fit the rope tie downs to the tub? If you are how many rivets are you going to put per tie down?

So early finish today, Home for 2:30pm. Well it's better than getting back at 6ish.

Managed to get the tailgate windscreen and truck cab in primmer.

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I wanted to take the windscreen out but i didn't fancy putting it back in my self so just masked it up.

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Also removed one of the inner wings as its a bit rotten and I've got a spare so might as well replace while its in bits.
Next removed the outer wing skin as I plan on fitting a new set as they're dinted to feck

Work again in the morning hopefully not be an all dayer. So I can get some paint on some bits in the afternoon

dodgyrob said:

Looking very good indeed.

Are you going to fit the rope tie downs to the tub? If you are how many rivets are you going to put per tie down?

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Cheers

And its not a job I'm going to be doing unless I get some sort of cover for the back. But the ones on the tailgate have got two spot welds. So if it was me I would put two rivets in

Looking good mate! Yeah as has been said already it's worth putting the effort into the prep. Did you flash over it with some etch primer aye?

Dan_Trials said:

Looking good mate! Yeah as has been said already it's worth putting the effort into the prep. Did you flash over it with some etch primer aye?

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Cheers And yes I just etch primed were I rubbed through to bare metal.

Ooohhh shinny painted things

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more pics later when I take the gazebo down

As promised a few pics of paint

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Hopefully get every thing bar the tailgate fitted tomorrow as I need some new bolts for that.

Bit more of an update later

aaronmorris said:

Cheers And yes I just etch primed were I rubbed through to bare metal.

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Good stuff, don't want the paint falling off now haha!

Shiny paintedness is looking great!

Wahay! Do you want to do mine next :lol:

Dan_Trials said:

Good stuff, don't want the paint falling off now haha!

Shiny paintedness is looking great!

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Hopefully the paint wont be going any were
Very happy with the results to say its only the second one I've done
Who ever painted it in the past obviously did a crap job as it was flaking of in places.

cowasaki said:

Wahay! Do you want to do mine next :lol:

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Paint?
If so you prep it and I'd give it a quick blow over for you

Other progress today was on the wings.

I'm Putting another set of wing skins on as they currently look like this

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Removed skin and inner wing

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Chequer plate lights and surrounds removed.

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And which way does everyone fit the front wings?
When I did my brothers I fitted them with the inner wings attached but was a bit awkward.
Is it any easier to fit them separately?

aaronmorris said:

Paint?
If so you prep it and I'd give it a quick blow over for you

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You're a star I'm quite a bit behind you in rebuilding mine at the moment...

Looking really good keep up the good irk looking forward to more progress pics =]

Caspee22 said:

Looking really good keep up the good irk looking forward to more progress pics =]

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Cheers, Another update in a mo.

So first job this morning was to fit the windscreen and the truck cab back.
And sat the roof on to make sure every thing lined up
Couldn't fit the vent flaps as I need some new seals.

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Next job was to fit a better set of wing skins. Had a set of td5 wings in the shed, Was saving them for when I build some thing on a galv chassis and the best body I can, But ill sort that when it actually happens, So I robbed the skins of them

Looking much better

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Next job was to clean the inner wings up,
This was during the prep.

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And then liberally coted in tetra Shultz.

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