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When purchsed there were no front panels at all. I had to source a premier front to make it complete.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 140
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The car is a factory 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree WB ute. When I got it, it had a 253, 4 speed with extractors.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 106
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At some stage I will have to find a front bumper, grill and headlights. Well that is a long time away yet.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 108
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Passenger side door looks good with no dents or rust.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 112
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Left hand side has been redone at some stage, as the tonneau clips are gone.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 108
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Tailgate looks OK in the photo, but it is pretty badly bent. Especially on the inside.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 101
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Interior comes in brown. I like the console though.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 107
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Only 246 thousand K's on the clock. Old holdens never die.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 86
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One small rust spot in the plenum.....means heaps more rust underneath.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 94
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Good thing about WB utes, is that they have Commodore buckets.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 87
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Left hand floorpan in pretty good nick.
Date: 19/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 96
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Time for some serious work to start. Even though the front looks like it needs work, the ute tub was even worse.
Date: 20/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 98
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The interior is not too bad.
Date: 20/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 102
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The back cargo area is absolutely terrible. There must be 10,000 holes drilled in it and just as many dents.
Date: 20/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 97
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After LOTS of welding, beating, grinding, wire brushing the cargo area was ready for a coat of panel flek.
Date: 20/07/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 102
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Iso free 2 pac primer as a sealer.
Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 126
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 130
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 109
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 109
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 107
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This is a light skim to fix the blemishes.
Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 118
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You can see the high and low spots. A very thin film of filler brings up the low spots.
Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 115
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 110
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 105
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 105
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Date: 06/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 112
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Now its time for the guide coat.
Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 92
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 78
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 74
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 73
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 77
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 73
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 71
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 75
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 74
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Date: 12/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 76
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I wire brushed underneath and sprayed some body deadner. It is amazing on how much deadner you go though. I ran out.
Date: 15/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 85
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Date: 15/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 83
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There were some rust pinholes in the floorpan - not enough to warrant replacement. The holes were MIG welded up, then application of KBS coating to derust and seal for a long long time.
Date: 15/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 107
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KBS is a gloss coating but will change colour with sunlight. On items that get UV, you must go over the top with another product.
Date: 15/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 92
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I put a coat on the chassis rails as well. Hope it keeps looking good.
Date: 15/08/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 88
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Time to make a spray booth. I got an old gazebo from somewhere and welded the legs up to make a frame.
Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 86
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Even though the car is pretty stripped, it still needs to be masked up to prevent overspray to getting into places where it is not wanted.
Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 95
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You can see the makeshift spraybooth. I just had plastic on the top to stop the dust from falling into the paint.
Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 103
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Unfortunately while spraying, the masking from the tray moved and I got some overspray on the panel behind the rear window. Real bummer, the tray will need to be resprayed.
Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 102
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I might have had the air pressure wrong because I got some 'orange peel' in the paint. Not to worry, it can be sanded flat later.
Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 95
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 102
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 89
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 99
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 100
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 99
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Date: 11/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 107
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I am doing the car up with Sandman/GTS style blackouts. These give the car a lower and sleeker look. Masking up with blue line tape before the masking tape is a must for this type of painting.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 64
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Gloss black for all along the rocker panel
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 69
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The angles and curves of the blackouts are hard to work out from pictures. I think I have the radius at the bottom of the bumper recess incorrect. Don't tell anyone.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 68
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Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 58
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More masking.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 61
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Picure of the firewall in black and no blackouts on the side yet.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 83
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Look at all the crap that gets washed in the cabin. Make sure the floor drain plugs are removed.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 62
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This is how the blackouts turned out.
Date: 24/09/11
Owner: Alan Brown
Views: 87
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