Thread: Rebuilding Sid

I was thinking the same thing. Bulkhead is square, so the only thing left to adjust is the hinge alignment and that I think will mean packers of varying thickness and taper.

Hi,

I used a packer on the passenger side hinge on my S2:



I also used some foam/rubber when I installed it:



Which was because my "A" pillar was not exactly square:



It worked perfectly:



Cheers,
GG.

When I first saw the orange colour I was not sure but the more i look at it the more i like it , great job.

As stuff goes on it gets better and better. It’s exactly the colour I hoped for, as Sid is meant to be a happy truck!

Originally Posted by 1950landy

When I first saw the orange colour I was not sure but the more i look at it the more i like it , great job.

Yeah they do look good in orange mine is ex-telecom Australia so was originally orange.
There’s quite a few now around now painted orange

Weste not great this weekend so odds and ends.

I have been fixing the adjustable seat runners, but I’ve dropped the ball bearings on the floor and can’t find them to finish that job.

So more body work


Side skirts are a bit battered. Dented as anything and cracked.


Made a new one piece bracket for the end that I could plug weld and fix both the end and replace the rotten bracket.


Then patiently tapping the whole thing back to straightness. A leather lead shot dolly is the tool for this, allows you to gently remove the dents without stretching the metal.

I may go back over with a hard dolly to take out any Hammer marks, but it’s probably just a skim of filler instead.

All the galv is back.



Absolutely everything has been done and looks amazing. The rubbing strips are like new.

This has been a great outcome and really not expensive. All up, the galvanising was $210 and that included the windscreen and bumper plus everything else.

A fair bit has to be sandblasted, the galv process will clean a lot but it’s better if paint and rust are cleaned off properly.

If you are in Adelaide, Adelaide Galv did a great job and would highly recommend.

Ordered the hoop set today which was more of a challenge than I had hoped. No one seems to have stock, and the main supplier Exmoor seem to be on very long wait times at the moment.

Found a set in the UK with sensible postage, just hood and upholstery left to order.

Aim is to get a fair bit of painting done over the next few weeks and then it’s assembly time.

I am under pressure to finish, the new project arrives on Saturday.

Given this is to be my wife’s toy, suddenly Sid is taking too long and I’m being told to get a move on and finish him so I can start work on her project.