lucky revhead! whens the next time you coming around to aus and take this wagon away oh wait no i forgot your just coming to look at it haha

Good to see you got an avatar pic too mate.

Revhead is going to look after the little red one until I get back to Aus.

That's the plan anyway.

looking nice chris seen my recent photos of my wagon??

An update.

No mechanics just bodywork. First coat on, no clear yet. Guards painted on the inside. Bonnet painted underside.


















Bootlid ready to go soon.

Got some good work done on the body before I left to come here. I'm trying to get some photo's up but the net is misbehaving again....

I pulled the line back into shape along the left rear. I used a very long sanding block and some 80 grit paper. Worked a treat.

I managed to prime the doors too.

My a14 (in pieces) might be coming over here to the mines so I can get some work done on it. Have to get it past the offices though.

looking good.
i wish i had done the whole parts filing thing, when it came time to put my ute back together i was missing a heap of bits like bonnet latch, nuts and bolts, the little doover that holds the bonnet to the rsp.
it saves you chasing bits up and buying bits that you already should have.

Oh I dunno I still reckon if the pressure hadn't been turned all the way up it would have turned out much better.

I can bring it back it's just going to take alot of work.

Paint stripper is nasty stuff!

good work chris i told you youd wreck the bonnet tho no matter what you do or how you do it they always get warped paint stripper is much better!

Okay I went all at it over the weekend. Clocked 14 hours straight on saturday, got hammered that night and came back in at 5:30am on Sunday, good lord did I feel terrible. Here is a shot from that night, I'm the skinny one (or more sober one). I reckon Eltons lack of focus says it all.






Anyway I left at just before midnight last night so it was a monster weekend. I needed it though, going to the mines in a couple of days so there won't be much going on. I grabbed a mate to help me out on Saturday day and Sunday day, his name is Vince. One of the finest people I know.


Pictures!

Here she is from the front end, after I took it off the stand it was on earlier. I managed to get a mate to help me move the forklift arounnd etc.




Here she is from the rear, I need a few more sand/paint sessions.






A better view of the side, this has a big dent near the end, I'm slowly getting the shape back. It;s hard work though.






Here is the boot with a coat of colour. You can see the old rust holes (I still haven't filled!).






Here is a photo I took looking through the cabin, She's very, very clean. I'm very happy with the result.






Did some agonising work on the god-forsaken bonnet. Did some work on the guards too. All of the 100% rust free.

You can see the cross-bracing on the bonnet. It's because I blasted it, so the air pressure has pressed the sheet metal back onto the cross bracing, leaving the imprint. I have a spare bonnet but I don't want to known as 'the guy who f'ed three bonnets' The unfortunate thing is it'll be much heavier due to all the filler. I will have to strengthen/multiply the bonnet stops.






I cleaned sanded, primed the fuel tank then put a black coat on it and finished it with a coat of clear.






This is one of the best things I did in my project, I filed all of my screws, nuts, bolts, clips and then I stacked them in timber boxes, each labelled as their particular area i.e front left light assemblies. I'm so impressed because I am not normally good with small parts.










Here is the front apron, you can see it still needs some sanding and filling. I fitted the NOS shock absorbers to the front. You can see the nissan box on the gound with the shocks on top.






Putting the front suspension in. I had to use the camera on it's timer, sitting on a bar stool. It rarely works unless you take the pictures manually.






Front left put together.






Put the rim on just for safety reasons (jack stand weren't to stable).





Here is the right hand side assembled.




I also painted the engine rocker cover (as well as clear).

I managed to sand and varnish my B10 Sports Wheel.

The grill and headlights surrounds were also polished and I began sanding the doors back.

All bolts nuts washers were rinsed and wiped, then replaced with a generous coat of fish oil.


Cheers,

Chris Lyons

Ravian (afternoon),

Got the A14 going again, she's all good now.

Did a heap of body work, pics next tomorrow.

Going to the pub.