Thread: Rebuilding a 109 1958 Ute

Very nice work Ian But - if you aint happy with it ... I will make a trip over your way to take it off your hands (it's the least that I could do to help you out)

Keep the pics coming mate

Hi Troy
Thank you for your kind offer
Waite till it is all together
then you may be lucky
If the wife gives you the petty cash.
may have to put the new house up
cheers
Ian

Hi there all

As "Back-in" is having trouble uploading pictures he has sent these to me to share.

As you can see its a work of art.

The new mould/die for the door opening




Brand new home made door skins - proir to painting





The unpainted new door skin




The rear tub - prior to painting




Alot of rivets to replace......




Ribs and cross-members - new and re-galvanised.




Alot of rubbing and primming......and rubbing again




The inside rear seat box........better than new.




Another picture of inside the tub




The tub at a nice working height......




Then painted - with new galvanised trim and lots of rivets......














Well done buddy and keep up the good work

PS - when your finished.......

Wayne

Thanks Wayne

My photo bucket a/c will not behave itself.
With Wayne's help a couple of photo's to show the old fellow is still at it
I would have been lost without the Rotisserie, been able to rotate the tub nearly 360 was a big help.
The ribs under the Tub were .8 mm Al. no strength at all, replaced with 1 mm Galv, could put a Elephant (well a small one) in the back now.
The door skins were easy once I obtained the die for the opening.
Even got the second fold in the bottom.
The floor had been rolled many times fore and aft and weeks of tapping and filling dents, top and bottom.
Finding countersunk rivets for the floor was some more fun.
Spot welds marks are made by heating a 1/4 inch rod to red heat and burning the primer to make a neat hole before putting the top coat on.
will add more soon as I still have a stack of photo's to come.
cheers
Ian

Ian,

You continue to impress me. You have been putting in a lot of work on this and she looks just great. Keep the photos coming mate

Bravo....... nice work cobber.

thats quality workmanship

Love your work.