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Found some more signwriting. It would appear that she started life in the employ of a shire council.
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I make the writing out to be "Shire of Oxley No. 8". Oxley shire was based around Wangaratta and was eventually absorbed into the city of Wangaratta.
Off to do some more research..
Regards,
Tote
surely theyd have some photos locally in a historical society or library?
nice to do it up as council truck? Id assume it would be fairly normal/standard except for sign writing and maybe a tool rack or similar on rear...definately worth a look... and is it No.8 or telephone no.8 ?
just wondering==
good job!
Finally got some more time to spend on the old girl today. Some more unholdening work on the front crossmember.
New top half of the crank hole fabricated.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3017.jpg
And welded into place.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3019.jpg
New front top half of the crossmember fabricated and half welded, not particularly happy with the bending job I did but I think it will come up OK after some panel beating. No one open that could bend 2mm sheet on a Sunday.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3020.jpg
From the back
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3021.jpg
Welding finished, I'll tidy it up with the grinder once the extra crossmember is gone.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3022.jpg
From the back. I'll get the second half professionally folded and then weld it in.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3024.jpg
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Good to have some more progress.
Regards,
Tote
Front crossmember finished and given a squirt of red oxide. Prior to putting the back piece on I gave the inside a good coat of cold gal. Obviously it will have burned off where i have been welding but something in there is better than rust,
From the front, the extra crossmember has been removed
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3047.jpg
From the back, I dont know what that braced bolt hole below the steering relay is for but it was a bugger to reconstruct, they had gas axed half of it away.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3048.jpg
Battery box is next, got a new surround and aircleaner mount from Tony S so I've just got to fix the base.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3049.jpg
Regards,
Tote
Well I set up the Smurf inspired spray booth today and squirted a bit of paint around. Unfortunately I ran out of paint due to a small miscalculation (ie having no idea how much I'd need) But it all seemed to go well. I'm using 3M matt black from Supercheap as the base but I think I'll probably put a gloss black over the top as the final coat.
Geraldine in the "spray booth"
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
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The outside of the booth and the inside of the garage. The other cars were moved prior to any painting but it seemed to work pretty well at containing any overspray and there was no wind in the shed.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/
The end result of a litre of Supercheap's finest......
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3276.jpg
More paint tomorrow, I'm reasonably happy with the progress so far.
Regards,
Tote
It is amazing what a little paint can do to improve the looks of things.
Garry
The end result after spraying with 3M Subframe Black from Supercheap. I decided the matt black was too dull.....
Still have to spray the underside of the rear and inside the back crossmember. I'll do that after pulling the rear axle assy, which comes after rebuilding the front springs and fitting new bushes.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3279.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...1/IMG_3280.jpg
Regards,
Tote
hey i ended up using about 2-3L on mine i like the spray booth its simple and works well.
I used just under 2 litres on the gloss coat, probably another 2-300ml to go when I get the springs off the back.
Regards,
Tote
Got to spend a day on Geraldine today, Removed the rear springs and finished the chassis painting. Put it back together with some old bolts where the bushes were and wheeled it back to the corner.
Started the motor on the spare 86" and drove her around the back paddock to get her warmed up so I could flush the cooling system. Well worth the looks I got from the tenents in the block of flats over the back fence :twisted:
Tipped a can of Nulon radiator cleaner in and flushed it out with lots of cold water and a blast of air from the compressor into the block drain tap.
The next step is to get the engine going to my satisfaction in the 86" I think, then I'll put it in Geraldine and go from there. I'll need the front springs from the 86 as the ones in Geraldine are broken and have too many leaves from being beefed up in the past. I need to keep both vehicles moveable for as long as possible so I'm reluctant to just pull the 86 apart at this stage.
No Pics today but things don't look much different from the last ones, just a bit more chassis black around.
Regards,
Tote