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lovey80 wrote: How many cans of cold gal you up to?

Cheers

Chris

Cold gal cans , ahh , we just finished can number 21. And wore out wire brush number 8 , not totally sure on the brush number , but it is up there with in a brush either side of 8 of them.

We brought in a couple of wrecks this week for parts . Stripped them out and got rid of them .

A couple of things we needed for the build up are fuel sender unit ( the 2 wire sender )and oil pressure switch ( needed for the gauge ) and tacho wire to match up to the the tacho dash .Found the wires and removed the harnes and cut the harnes to get the wires out. We wished to have the right wires so everything is as per the books/repair manuals. If in the future, the car ever needs to go to an auto lecky, he will be able to track wires as per the manuals. If ya turn up to a auto lecky and he see's strange wiring , he is more than likely going to do one of 2 things , look at the job as a money grabber because it is going to take time to sort out the strange wiring , or tell ya to take a hike. So better to have all the right wiring to start with.

Nice work and attention to detail.

subuaroodude wrote:Nice work and attention to detail.

Thanks, As the saying goes, if it is worth doing , it's worth doing it the best you can.

A small update on the brumby, sort of. In between cleaning the shed and putting together 500 kilo of scrap ( we know this as we took it to the scrap yard and they weighed it ) we got a little done on the car . Now using the 5 inch grinder, with the brush on it to get to the spots, that the 7 inch it to big for .

Is there a reason why you didn't get the majority of the shell bead or soda blasted after removing the deadening etc.?

d_generate wrote:Is there a reason why you didn't get the majority of the shell bead or soda blasted after removing the deadening etc.?

There are a couple of reasons, 1, every time we have to move the car from the yard , it costs . Eg , hire tilt tray or trailer. 2, As far as i know ( more than likely i am wrong ) there isnt any one that does soda blasting in town, 3, most important of all, by spending the time , slowly taking the paint off, you get to know the car better. Eg, find out where panel start and finish, what sub fame does run through into another sub frame and which dont, where needs more strength , where the weak points are, and so on. ... Basically it is a way to study the car very closely.

There is a guy at the glass house moutains that does soda blasting, Buuuutt he charges out at about $250 an hour. Its not cheap but it can strip a car completely in a day, and you would want to make sure Rosco's neighbours are away that day (its extremely loud & dusty)

I helped strip a forty foot yatch a couple of weeks ago useing a soda blast machine, very easy to do and also very easy to peel your skin off if you accidentally blast your self with 100psi of baking soda.

My 2c worth
Cheers Chridk

Soda blasting can't do the one key thing a rotary wire brush can... The agressiveness of the high speed wire brush rips holes in weakened or thinned areas that have no outward signs of rust, revealing hidden faults. It also easily reveales stress fractures in subframes and panels.

Soda/media blasting certainly has its place, but it's not appropriate for revealing all the faults in a vehicle undergoing a full restoration. You NEED to cause some damage in the stripping process in order to make sure you've eliminated all weak spots...

Everything else asside, Rick needs something to do and Ross needs to make noise.

Under the knife she goes, well in this case, the drill and cutting wheel.

Inside the subframe,


Under the subframe,


Inside the bottom of the A pillar , Still good but got to just in time. Most of what is visible , is only surface rust.


Still dirt in the sill , even after hours of rinsing .

It's not bad rust wise for a Suby that old, but like you said, got to it just in time.

Keep up the good work guys, it's look good.

Rik.

Thanks for the photo's boys, so the plastic surgery begins!!!

This is where it will get interesting.

Cheers

Chris

We cleaned the inside and out side of the removed parts and coated with cold gal. Also the guard has been stripped and coated.

lovey80 wrote:Thanks for the photo's boys, so the plastic surgery begins!!!

This is where it will get interesting.

Cheers

Chris

Plastic? What plastic?

Figure of speach

Over the weekend in between a birthday party and Mothers day, Ross and myself cleaned up a set of 14's . We finished the painting of them this morning. Then we got into baring some panels and coating them in cold gal . Even the tailgate handle got the royal treatment.

Steve got into bracing up the brumby so when the other side sill and bottom of A pillar comes off , the brumby done become a pretzel .

Now a few more items have been done. Both sides of the tail gate are now done and the vent panel and the outer skin of the doors.
Also Steve removed the other side sill. It is a little worse the the other side.

Part update, well , part panels done. Bonnet started and frame side of door half done.

One side of the bonnet is now done and the other side of one door. Man are there some angle's on the inner side. Steve started to get the panels that were removed , ready to go back in.

You guys do some great work! I wish i had the time, dedication and skills to undertake a job like this on my L wags!