These first few pics are from the night I brought her home. For some reason I am only ever able to take photos at night :/
Date: 31/05/01
These first few pics are from the night I brought her home. For some reason I am only ever able to take photos at night :/
Date: 31/05/01
Date: 31/05/01
Date: 31/05/01
Ok morning. Time to start stripping bits off and finding surprises
Date: 08/01/01
Ok morning. Time to start stripping bits off and finding surprises
I would just like to put these next to pics in here. This was a perfect angle photo to use in Photoshop to pick the colour to paint it down the track
Date: 08/01/01
I would just like to put these next to pics in here. This was a perfect angle photo to use in Photoshop to pick the colour to paint it down the track
This is the desired completed look.
Date: 08/01/01
This is the desired completed look.
Back to reality
Date: 08/01/01
Back to reality
1 guard off that one was ok...
Date: 25/02/06
1 guard off that one was ok...
...apart from some rust
Date: 01/01/01
...apart from some rust
This one wasnt so much fun
Date: 25/02/06
This one wasnt so much fun
Date: 25/02/06
Date: 25/02/06
Date: 25/02/06
Date: 25/02/06
Ok, guards are off. Found 2 nasty hairy grey spiders in there. Real fat bastard things they were too.
Date: 25/02/06
Ok, guards are off. Found 2 nasty hairy grey spiders in there. Real fat bastard things they were too.
Now I started rubbing back questionable areas, but to my surprise found no rot at all.
Date: 25/02/06
Now I started rubbing back questionable areas, but to my surprise found no rot at all.
Date: 25/02/06
Removing the badges resulted in the metal being pushed in >:/
Date: 25/02/06
Found a couple of nasties hiding in here when I gave it a good hose out
Date: 26/02/06
From these I reckon
Date: 25/02/06
This guard was really hard to pull off, due to the amount of webbing in it
Date: 25/02/06
Date: 26/02/06
Another angle of when I hosed all the crap out of teh front, not much dirt hiding though
Date: 26/02/06
Bonnet has to go, has way too much rust in it
Date: 26/02/06
DCP_0081
Date: 26/02/06
This guard will have to be cut out into the tray so mini tubs can go in to fit the new rear tyres
Date: 19/03/06
Started to get all the accessories off teh engine to make it as light as possible to lift out
Date: 26/03/06
Time to pull the sad old donk out
Date: 26/03/06
Threw the drum brakes far far away
Date: 26/03/06
This was kinda weird
Date: 26/03/06
Delete and insert straight cuts
Date: 26/03/06
Its gettin there, though these doors were scrapped in favour of fibreglass ones
Date: 26/03/06
Insert lowering blocks here
Date: 26/03/06
No rust, grease, oil and shit (apart from where someone filled the diff)
Date: 26/03/06
Yucky donk to be pulled out and made into yummy donk
Date: 27/03/06
Gotta find someone who will help me lift this thing out.
Date: 27/03/06
Cant get this bloody cam out
Date: 02/04/06
Still can't get this bloody cam out, turned out that the lifters were rooted, and couldnt be lifted out, so the cam couldnt be pulled out
Date: 02/04/06
Yes these lifters, they were mushroomed to buggery
Date: 02/04/06
Got creative with the angle grinder here
Date: 05/04/06
Got creative with the angle grinder here
Smooth, refer to the painted pic to see how the result turned out
Date: 05/04/06
This is all the room I have to do everything
Date: 09/04/06
W00t new brakes off an upside down car from the bush
Date: 01/01/01
These are a tad larger than your average HD front brake
Date: 01/01/01
Smooth az
Date: 01/01/01
HZ Girlock brakes are better than HD drums apparently
Date: 01/01/01
Almost ready to paint (havent done the bonnet yet)
Date: 01/01/01
Night before we primed and sprayed it
Date: 01/01/01
Bit more exciting than grey, black and dirt
Date: 14/07/06
Major pain in the arse, I now have 2 proper HD front panels coming so the guards have to come off, andill have to respray the whole front again
Date: 14/07/06
Dunno why I didnt take the battery tray bracket out 1st....
Date: 14/07/06
1/2 sprayed....
Date: 14/07/06
One pre polished ute, showing the colour in sunlight.
Date: 15/07/06
DCP_0318
Date: 15/07/06
DCP_0319
Date: 15/07/06
DCP_0339
Date: 02/01/01
DCP_0341
Date: 02/01/01
DCP_0342
Date: 02/01/01
DCP_0343
Date: 02/01/01
DCP_0344
Date: 02/01/01
DCP_0346
Date: 02/01/01
179Mick and I put the 202 efi motor in using the old school method. A bloke at each end of a 4x4 tied to the block.
Date: 05/05/07
Mick and I put the 202 efi motor in using the old school method. A bloke at each end of a 4x4 tied to the block.
