25
Jun
In rust we trust (Video)
Mobile upload of Bunyip Rust. Starting repairs today. Grind, cut, shape & weld.
Tags: Video
Archive for June, 2011
A productive 1/2 day. Sliced out the old worn section and gradually reinforced and plated over grinding each time and filling with weld careful not to warp the panels. Two minor fires from the gunk within so I just cleaned it out with the grinder. No more flames.
I’m very happy with the results. It’s not ment to be pretty. Certainly won’t be a show car but all in all the replacement plates folded much easier than I anticipated. Simply tacking in the right spot and tap tap tap with the hammer and punch till it’s all just right. The cardboard templating helped a lot to get everything just right.
Until tomorrow.
19
Jun
Guards & Door
After a long break a couple of mates stirred me from my hedonistic ways and came over to motivate me to start body repairs. This afternoon we removed the running boards, wheels, guards and a door. Need an impact driver to get the other door off so that will be Wednesday.
It was nice having Toddy and Paul lend a hand and have a few laughs whilst we fumbled our way around the removals. As usual things were worse than expected with more rust oxidizing around the windscreen. More plating at some future stage.
Some pics of the cancer below. I’m yet to cover over the shelter so at this stage I’ve just got Bunyip living under a tarp as the rain has been torrential. It’s winter here down under so the days a short. Even so I hope to venture out into the back yard over the next few weeks and improve the situation. Stay tuned. If your not subscribed then do so as I’ve resigned from Scouts and even though my budget is zero my time to work on her has substantially increased so more posts to come.
Tags: cosmetics, panels, Rust repairs