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Started by _nicko61_ , Jul 23 2011 05:58 PM

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#1 _nicko61_

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 05:58 PM

got this ute off ebay last week and going to cut out all rust straighten body and paint ,
its just to give me something to do and make some money from,today i had to pull 100miles of central locking and alarm system out and toss it in bin where it belongs/
started body work by taking doors off,windscreen and back window out, and cutting rusty metal away from plenum on drivers side,drivers door is repairable but passemger will be used for replacing rear quarters and plenum as frame has rusted out around hinge area and bottom of where door trims sit,its got a 308 and auto fitted and states man twin headlight front. Posted Image

Edited by nicko61, 23 July 2011 - 06:00 PM.

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#2 _Quagmire_

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 11:01 PM

gees that has some nasty rust round the screen
good luck with it :spoton:

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#3 _nicko61_

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 11:20 PM

yeah its a bit nasty but will cut the rest out monday and weld in new metal and rust proof it,lower rear quarters anr missing bottom 3 inches and behind back window has hole about 3 inches long near drivers side end.
funnily enough i got lucky as the floorpans are great as is the door pillars the drivers side top made me think it was going to be bad around there but somehow its not rusted it at all even with the gaping hole that was there just above it, will post pics as i finish sections

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#4 _Quagmire_

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Posted 23 July 2011 - 11:29 PM

http://perth.gumtree...QAdIdZ284622022
going to look at this tomorrow
and can get photos of me and a friends project ute
not quite as bad as yours...but def has rust in the same spots...plus the firewall as a bonus :(
lucky you have no rust in the roof...seen them go there

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#5 _nicko61_

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Posted 24 July 2011 - 08:20 AM

thats immaculat compared to mine but your pass side plenum looks worse than what i have started with,your rear quarters look mint and its super straight,,BONUS,
i paid a grand for mine but only cause it has a 308 otherwise i would not have got it.

Edited by nicko61, 24 July 2011 - 08:21 AM.

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#6 _nicko61_

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Posted 29 July 2011 - 03:51 PM

sorry about delay,had other work to do before i did first rust job on ute,so only just did it this arvo,this is the inner repair,just need to fill the little hole we found when welding and hammering,then we can do the cover on Monday.
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Edited by nicko61, 29 July 2011 - 03:55 PM.

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#7 _nicko61_

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Posted 01 August 2011 - 04:50 PM

Today we unpicked inner edge of door skin and cut off corner of drivers door outer skin and cleaned up rust underneath while mate cut new one and bent it up in metal folder pics are out of order but you get the drift. Posted Image

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#8 _nicko61_

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Posted 02 August 2011 - 06:11 PM

welded in new corner after spot welding folded edge as per original.we ran straight edge over whole lower door and not one bit of warping was found,,,Yeh,then cut back half inch of bog on corner of nose cone ,seperated it then panel beated bogged dent out and welding a couple of pin holes up ,when bigger hole is welded it will only require a smear of bog instead of the 2 ounces we ground out today.hopefully we will get top of plenum finished tomorrow as well.

Edited by nicko61, 02 August 2011 - 06:15 PM.

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#9 _nicko61_

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Posted 05 August 2011 - 04:14 PM

cut out rusty secion of rear quarter on passenger side and took an hour to grind out 1" of bog where there was a small dent and a ripple so some moron decided to reshape panel top to bottom including body line that was in ok condition underneath the roughly to big tins of bog , the bog getting moisture under it caused the massive amount of rust,as the metal under bog was completly covered in surface rust

Edited by nicko61, 05 August 2011 - 04:16 PM.

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#10 _nicko61_

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Posted 05 August 2011 - 04:20 PM

the rear parcel shelf has bad corners so we cut the worst out and will treat it before adding new cover of steel. Posted Image

i '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''I decided today that i would put set of original monaro guards on .just have to do repairs in steel to bottom of them first. will put pics up asap

Edited by nicko61, 05 August 2011 - 04:22 PM.

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#11 _nicko61_

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Posted 09 August 2011 - 03:51 PM

Treated ledge rust with rust repair system same as POR but different brand wich i found through this Forum a few months ago,works great but very slow drying.

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#12 _nicko61_

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Posted 12 August 2011 - 07:30 PM

Cut and unpicked spot weldson damaged back panel to repair and weld up properly after rust is treated as it was hit up back and being double panel it was too strong to slide hammer out,

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#13 _nicko61_

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Posted 17 August 2011 - 10:33 PM

Im really excited with my newest ebay purchase today,brought an English wheel alt="Photobucket"></a>http://img.photobuck...glishwheel1.jpg Posted Image

Edited by nicko61, 17 August 2011 - 10:39 PM.

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#14 _nicko61_

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Posted 17 August 2011 - 10:48 PM

Edited by nicko61, 17 August 2011 - 10:49 PM.

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#15 _nicko61_

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:24 PM

Today we cut out rusted radiator support and a piece from another that had rusted out opposite side but good where i needed it,lol.
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and the drivers plenum finally fixed and nearly ready to undercoat ,sorry about poor pics but new camera phone must have been on wrong setting

Edited by nicko61, 19 August 2011 - 10:27 PM.

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#16 _toranatime_

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 06:00 PM

your doing a top job mate, keep it up.. i bet that english wheel is great, i wish i had one lol

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#17 _nicko61_

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:15 PM

your doing a top job mate, keep it up.. i bet that english wheel is great, i wish i had one lol

Thanks mate, its been a bit frustrating due to other work thats going on so i only get about an hour on ute a day., i am yet to pick up English Wheel,got to drive 300kms to Brisbane to get it this Tuesday

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#18 _nicko61_

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 03:47 PM

heres the fixed radiator Posted Image

support panel

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#19 _nicko61_

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Posted 25 August 2011 - 04:16 PM

Got a bit side tracked today,we had to make up a new bottom section inside and outside skin with the ever handt railway track for an anvil and hammers and dolly ,,tin snips and 4" angle grinder cut off blade,took 3 hours yesterday and 3 today..we also finished the cut and shut on the prem radiator support panel which i bolted up to ute this arvo before we called it quits for the day',will take pic of front of EH number plate spare wheel door tomorrow,
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Edited by nicko61, 25 August 2011 - 04:18 PM.

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#20 _nicko61_

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 09:21 PM

fixed bottom of guard LH side and painted with similar product to por15,sets like steele overnight,next owner wont have bubbles appearing for years to come if ever

Edited by nicko61, 02 September 2011 - 09:22 PM.

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#21 _nicko61_

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Posted 02 September 2011 - 09:33 PM

Been busyhelping my mate put whole left front corner on a Toyota Hiace campervan,finally my mate painted this a Posted Image

fter 3 weeks solid work pulling out corner and replacing it ,should be able to get stuck into the ute now

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#22 _nicko61_

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Posted 14 September 2011 - 06:05 PM

-----"done" so now we can realy do something with the Ute

Edited by nicko61, 14 September 2011 - 06:07 PM.

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#23 _nicko61_

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Posted 04 October 2011 - 03:11 PM

,,,,,,,,,
finally getting some more work done on ute, used the por15 oppositions gear on floor repairs and finally got some twopac undercoat over plenum repairs,
felt great to see the car start to look solid again

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#24 _nicko61_

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 11:41 PM

got this ute off ebay last week and going to cut out all rust straighten body and paint ,
its just to give me something to do and make some money from,today i had to pull 100miles of central locking and alarm system out and toss it in bin where it belongs/
started body work by taking doors off,windscreen and back window out, and cutting rusty metal away from plenum on drivers side,drivers door is repairable but passemger will be used for replacing rear quarters and plenum as frame has rusted out around hinge area and bottom of where door trims sit,its got a 308 and auto fitted and states man twin headlight front.