Thread: Time for a Re-fit

I sat yesterday morning and stared hard at two different firewalls in my carport. The vehicle's original, and another, in much better condition, from a Series II, which I picked up some time back. Which to use...? The first is decidedly shabby....the new (older) one is much tidier, but damaged - bowed along the top length, as it a heavy impact has brought the ends closer and bent the line along which the base of the windscreen should lie.

I had a look, got a scissor jack, had a fiddle with it and worked out that I can straighten the second firewall alright. So I started stripping-off paint. Today, as I continued, the heavens opened and wind lashed rain into the carport - which would happen, wouldn't it, given that I had just exposed lots of nice clean steel to open air for the first time in fifty years. I did what I could, rigged up some tarps hanging here and there, threw some Penetrol onto the areas I'd been working on and retreated inside.

Here are some pics. The "new" grey firewall is definitely much better.....

As this rebuild builds steam (Steam? Now there's an idea...) I will hopefully be able to start posting stuff more interesting than the odd picture of a chassis in varying states of repainting. Hang in there with me... it's only been 18 months.....

Old firewall in the background. Will be useful for donor bits...

Got the paint off just in time for the rain.

Yep, it p*ssed down like a cow on a flat rock all last night and half of today. Wind blew all night, blew down my bloody back fence, blew trees over, blew rain all through the carport, frightened the neighbours' dog, half of SE Queensland flooded...... and it all happened because I stripped the paint off my bleeding firewall yeaterday. It's now got a fine coat of surface rust. Marvellous.

I blame myself, really. Had to happen after my posts on the "god" thread....

Oh, so it's your bloody fault. You're responsible for making a mess of my little farm.

Yeah. Sorry about trashing the farm. At least you've got less stuff to take care of now.

It's a relief really. I thought god was cross at me for something.