Thread: Stuee's 101 Rebuild

Hey Stuee. How are things going with getting your 101 passed over the pits? I'm looking to get mine sorted soon for a pit inspection so I can fully license it. Just a few things to do that I know about then I'll see what the inspection reveals.

Just a cased of finishing the thing then booking it in. I checked all my paperwork is in order a while ago but both mine and the wifes daily drivers are playing up at the moment so been a little side tracked. After the service my commodore has developed a nasty lifter tick so I need to chase them up over what oil they have used before the motor self destructs. The whole reason I bought a newish car was to try and avoid all these sorts of problems that I had with my 10 year old disco

I've got my rear seats and seat belts sorted though so I should be able to get it rego'd as a 5 seater!

Hmmm. Rego'd as a 5 seater could be useful. I wonder if I could do that too? Where does the rear seat go? I might have to have a look into that. Be good to always have the option.

Check this link out:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/101-forwar...tml#post958103

I only had the frames so had to get cushions made up (not cheap!). I'm banking on it being easier to get rego'd with 5 seats up front rather than going back later to get the rear seats engineered.

One side has two seats while the other side only has one seat.

Its been a busy couple of weekends but I finally have paint on the tray, albeit, not enough. The pics will now unfrotunately be slightly lower quality, I've got a new phone that's far easier to take quick snaps with rather than pull out the dslr.

Tray, sideboards and gearbox cover fully sanded prior to a hose down:




Gearbox cover needed a few small repairs as the aluminium had split and was coming apart:



Chairs in for a test fit:


Paint on after patching up all the rivet holes with bog and applying seam sealer to some of the larger gaps where panels join:





I used a Raptor tray liner kit that comes with four bottles. I'm about two bottles short of being able to do the whole tray properly, you can see some dark patches where the paint hasnt provided full coverage. I'll buy another kit this week to finish off the tray and use the extra two bottles to cover under the front cab at some point.

Looking great Stuee. By chance, do you (or anyone else for that matter) know if the rear seats are the same as the ones I found in my '64 S2a? I haven't looked at them for quite a while, but I'm sure the base folded up like that but I can't remember any other details like the backrest or the side rails.

I'm definitely getting keen on the idea of registering mine with the same seats in the back. Be very interested in seeing how you get on with the pits inspection. It will delay getting mine registered, but probably worth it in the longer run.

Seats are different , but do able.
Check out a link to a earlier thread about seats in this thread on this page.
If you follow the picture links on the earlier thread you will get good pics of what you need to know.

The final coat of Raptor Liner has been applied to the tray! It feels good to finally get this job out the way.

A bit of advice for anyone else who is considering sparying a raptor liner on the tray and side panels, before the first coat pour some pre-mixed raptor liner into a small container and brush into the corners and hard to reach places. This means you don't waste heaps trying to cover a small area. Coating afterwards will still give you a textured finish but you'll have full coverage.

Good shot sowing the textured finish:


The rest:



Another shot of my "shed", I added an extension:


This afternoon/evening Ill apply some silver hammer coat to the front uprights and cut some new rubber mounts. Hopefully I can find someone who can help lift the tray onto the 101 tomorrow and I'll have a heap of space back to prep and paint all the trimings etc.