Well picked up the L18 from depot today (Thanks Supafatto) Notched out a X member and welded a plate back in, so motor can go nice and low. Unpicked the Stanza mounts and just sat them on. going to bolt it all in me wagon tomorrow and mock it all up for ute.

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Looks Good. Your weddings getting good too, not that it was bad to start with.

Thanks mik, will assume you meant welding No wedding for me buddy HA HA. There all just a series of tack welds Got the gas there but been putting off hooking it up. Will do it tomorrow and finish the X member with some sweet welds once its all mocked and ready, Hopefully.

Xmember bolted in wagon and set up motor where i want it clamped mounts and used a couple small self tappers to hold them in place checked it again removed donk and started welding it all in place. Hopefully wont get much or any twist as its all bolted up tight. Got the mig on gas now whole new ball game welds are definitely better just gotta get used to it.

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But of spray putty and black paint and it will look stock

Left weld looks nice

Nice solid ute build Andy. Can I ask how you got to the underside of the ute and were able to spray it? Did you use a rotisserie?

I'm also doing L-series convo. I got my Stanza xmember ready to chop up and I got a SSS stanza dogleg stumpy gearbox so far. no L18's around it seems

Thanks guys. Datsunbeginner I just put the car on stands and got under there with a wire wheel, wire brush good set of goggles dust mask and went to it but i had the whole rear end out of the ute including tank, leaf springs exhaust, spare wheel cradle etc. The paint i used didnt really require alot of prep just get rid of any scaley paint or loose surface rust. Its an enamel i can put up a pic of the can if you like its toxic but holds up well.

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I have the same...bare shell. I just can't seem to get enough clearance under the cabin with the stands I have on there. Can get under the tray easy enough but not the rest.

Instead of epoxy enamels, etc.. I am using a U-pol Raptor liner kit to spray on the underbody as well as the tray. I tried putting the 1st litre on by brush..mega fail. Definitely a spray on job even though it says spray/brush/roller

Yeah i had some nice solid blocks under the car stands about 300mm wide about 600mm long and about 90mm thick and got on a creeper and me back at times to do the floor pans and tunnel.