Thread: A well used 80''called Klonk

Originally Posted by mick88

Have you considered spot welding it again alongside the old spot welds.
There are some pretty reasonably priced spot welding machines available on eBay and the like nowadays. Obviously not as cheap as sikaflex or the likes, but still ok prices.


Cheers, Mick.

Thanks Mick,
Had a look on eBay, never even thought to look at them just thought they would be too expensive. None of our sheet metal people in town have one, maybe migs and tigs have have rendered them obsolete.

Cheers Steve

Originally Posted by NQSeriesRover

Hi Klonk,

are you able to scan and post the image of your Crunchy Nut template mate? Nice work....

No problems. But I'm not sure it will be of use to you as the steering box is a S2a recirculating one that was fitted before I bought it, so is not standard for an 80" landy. Will have to do it from work tomorrow, it's too big for our home scanner.

Cheers Steve

Originally Posted by NQSeriesRover

Hi Klonk,

are you able to scan and post the image of your Crunchy Nut template mate? Nice work....

NQSeriesRover
Didnt quite get it all in. hope you can save the PDF from here, if not I will send you a PM.Sorry it took awhile.


Well not much seen to be achieved, just been pulling my hair out over the front guard, have made progress but still not happy yet 95% done. I need to alter the front curve on the guard but only the inner side, it has pulled with all the welding and shrinking done.
Made up and fitted some mudflaps. We replaced some conveyor belts on a rock crusher at work and the belt people hot spliced the belt together, so they cut the belt overlap in half on each end and vulcanize it together so the join is the same thickness as the rest of the belt. The off cuts are about 6mm thick and contain the fabric reinforcing, so there will be some damage if I tear them off.
This weekend I took a couple of days off and went up to Perth. I took all the galvanised parts to be redone, well not quite all, I forgot the bumper.
Managed to catch up with the Godfather of 80" landys in Perth and was lucky enough to look over a couple of 48s one restored,one being rebuilt.
I now have an oil pump to replace my broken one and a few other bits and pieces that werent right on the engine. Also alot of info on where to get bits and pieces and who does what around Perth. So it was a good tyre kicking weekend was had.

Cheers Steve

At last, finally beaten the front guard. Knocked it into shape and got it sitting in place. What an epic saga that was! I havent done any other jobs so I didnt get side tracked and put the difficult job aside. (mind games)
It wasnt right when I bought it as the bonnet near the firewall had rubbed half way through the top of the guard. I split the guard into three pieces by drilling the spot welds and repairing the damage. Then I bolted each piece in its and place on the vehicle then marked where they overlaped, modified and screwed them together so I could glue them together in the same place later.
Its sitting quite well but it still not as good as the other side.
I was glad to have a cleanup in the shed at the weekend and get rid of the sanding dust covering everything.

The parts are back from the galvanisers, most came up well but I think Ill send the tub front capping strip back when I get the bumper done, it isnt very good, has a very rough finish. The cappings are just sitting on the tub just for now.

Next in line is the engine so need to get a few things organised before that.

Cheers Steve

Happy new year to everyone, hope father Christmas payed you a visit.

The weather here over Christmas was just nice for painting so the tailgate,bonnet and front guards
got their top coat. My spray booth was readied, ( old bbq table and a couple of milk crates washed off
and the sprinkler turned on to settle the dust in the yard). I started about 7am to beat the heat and
the bugs.I got one bug on each panel, my daughter came to the rescue with a pair of eyebrow tweezers
and picked them off without causing much disturbance, and then into the shed out of harms way to set.
For the next couple of days I put them out in the sun to harden. Then they were hard enough to handle so I
assembled the guards and fitted the furniture onto the bonnet and sat it in place.
Boy was I finally glad to see it finished.
Also made up the hinge pins for the toolbox lids and the latches. Used an old engine pushrod to mould
the head of the rivet and bought some door hinges that had removable pins that fitted the lid hinges
under the seats. Also pop rivited the cappings onto the tub, need to get the solid ones to finish them.
Today we pushed klonk out of the shed for the photo session. All the sanding dust was washed off him
and the shed got a cleanup. Now ready for the new year and a fresh set of jobs. The soft top frame is
next. Father Christmas delivered the new soft top 2 days before christmas.

Cheers Steve

And the tailgate

Steve your spray booth is not as good as mine I have a carpet of 'grass' to work on, bugs/flying insects are a pain, one landed on the tailgate of my S1 when I painted it, the mark it left is still there it is shaped liked a ?, an "OMEN" so I was left wondering if I was doing it right, your little 'Klonk' is starting to look realy neat mate, great effort, cheers Dennis

Wow, Mr Klonk,...Have a look at this thread post 3?....a bit of a difference!!
TOP work by you.
Pickles.