Feeling a little ripped off now ... but in answer to the question about how much to do a ute I can tell you that the Megapack 7.7 square metres was one door short of doing the whole ute (including right up behind the dash, entire roof, rear divider wall etc - a complete coverage). I paid just over $400 delivered from the states from ebay for the megapack plus another $75 or so for a door kit which will cover the remaining door. That doesn't include the Dynaliner, which is available much thicker and should make a big difference, its designed to go over the top of the Dynamat and costs about the same again - pretty expensive and if I had of done some more research and found actual users of both products so they could report on the effectiveness of one against the other, the other options might well have got a guernsey - but in the end I decided to go with the known product as I'm only going to do it once ...
Shells are pretty light, I transported the ute on my timber trolley on the trailer to the blasters and then on to the painters with no issues until we went to push it into the spray booth. The small castors fell into the grate of the floor - took some prising out! (Naturally the width was a perfect fit so both wheels could drop in at the same time!)
Just rolled it on, tied down the trolley, and used a couple of ratchet straps through the door ways for good measure. Trip was about 100 km over rough roads and on the highway.
Sorry I forgot to take a photo of it on the trailer - busy day that day
Thanks Dave the flames are airbrushed by the same guy that painted the ute, very talented fella!
Progress pics, the air cleaners have been a bit of a project to get looking right to my eye at least - they are part of an upgrade to a fully sealed PCV set up, I am sick of trying to keep up with cleaning up oil vapours!
Trans cooler (had to make a scoop, its sits about 25mm below the front bar), there is no space for one anywhere else!
And Dave, now theres a spot to put up your FJ Ute! Are you on the FX FJ forum too??
Its a good idea as I am sure there are plenty of people that have an interest accross all the early Holdens, but you have to draw the line somewhere in how many vehicles you own!
Excellent thread, just thought I'd add this Youtube clip of a door seal installation on a humpy by the team at RSP - the same principles apply.
Just as a side note, the recommended Loctite (424) is also available in gel form, much easier and more accurate to place than the standard product ....
Just like to thank Brett and the other contributors for the info, hope you don't mind I have added a link to the FX FJ site as there is good info here needed by plenty.
If you want to find out more about th evan, check out the vintage van site someone on there will almost certainly know something about it. Unless the aluminium is over the top of bondwood, I think its probably more like '60s than '50s, but I aint no expert!
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of doing the whole ute (including right up behind the dash, entire roof, rear divider wall etc - a complete coverage). I paid just over $400 delivered from the states from ebay for the megapack plus another $75 or so for a door kit which will cover the remaining door. That doesn't include the Dynaliner, which is available much thicker and should make a big difference, its designed to go over the top of the Dynamat and costs about the same again - pretty expensive and if I had of done some more research and found actual users of both products so they could report on the effectiveness of one against the other, the other options might well have got a guernsey - but in the end I decided to go with the known product as I'm only going to do it once ...
