Started on the Wagon.

[FC Dave]

Hey all. My car is up on stilts getting the brakes done. The engine runs smooth after points/plugs/oil etc. Fuel tank needs to come out. The old fuel was nearly laquer. My other problem is the bad repair some time ago.Bits of tin tacked on everywhere. LH font door was clashing with the guard. Some rust under the battery tray as well.




A bit of work ahead, but a good start being a complete & matching body numbers car. Donk is a B prefix from FB/EK.

[fink]

Nice Dave,my favorite color combo by a mile,good luck!

Gaz! ;D

[FC Dave]

Thanks Gaz, I like the colours too. The green on black inside looks good too.

[FC Dave]

Well, with many thanks to Fatboy, I have a sub frame to work with. It was a good day having a look at some projects. Looking foward to getting stuck in now.

[FC Dave]

Bit of an update. Here is the sandblasted & painted sub frame.


Inside is clean. Some patches in the floor, tacked over the top of the rusty floor.


On closer inspection, the whole LH side has been wiped out at some stage. The center pillar has been replaced. With some adjustments, the doors open & close ok. Fe front door with the trim holes lightly bogged over.

Hard work means plenty of fluid intake in the background.

No rust around the windscreen.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Sub frame looks great. Looks like it is coming together.

Regards

Wayne b

[FC Dave]

Yes, a bit happier now the sub is sorted. Sills are coming off. A bit of patching here & there but overall a clean shell.

[pedro]

G'day Dave, your wagon looks to be in pretty good nick for her age it's hard to find one with that little rust nowadays, are you going to leave it standard or warm it up a little.
   Pedro

[FC Dave]

Hey Pedro, she's staying standard. Floors have been repaired,weren't too bad. Sills are coming off. Few bad repairs underneath, but all in all, fairly clean.

[FC Dave]

Sills off, LH inner & outer due to shoddy repairs. RH sill complete with mouse nests.







Some nice clean rear quarters.

[fe350chev]

well done.

[FC Dave]

I can't claim all the work, have a mate who has a knack with body work.(more of a tool fetcher at times, but learning all the time). I am a bit better on mechanicals & electrics.

[pedro]

G'day Dave, looking good, you may have already heard of this product but i thought i'd mention it just in case, you can get a rust converter that leaves a paint/plastic coating on top once it drys so things don't go rusty again after, it's great for getting into those fiddly bits that are hard to get to as you can put it into one of those cheap squirter bottles and spray into the holes and gaps.
  Pedro

[fe350chev]

I could be smart but i won't. What is that clear paint called too? Not the rust convertor stuff, so u can see after blasting whats there (or not there).

[pedro]

I could be smart but i won't.

Restraint noted :D :D

What is that clear paint called too? Not the rust convertor stuff, so u can see after blasting whats there (or not there).

Sorry Deano but i wouldn't have a clue, try putting it in the help wanted section somebody will know.
  Pedro

[fe350chev]

G'day Dave, looking good, you may have already heard of this product but i thought i'd mention it just in case, you can get a rust converter that leaves a paint/plastic coating on top once it drys so things don't go rusty again after, it's great for getting into those fiddly bits that are hard to get to as you can put it into one of those cheap squirter bottles and spray into the holes and gaps.
  Pedro

Pedro, I was gunna say i use some of that s&^t too, its called primer  :D

[pedro]

Methinks you misunderstand me there Deano, the product i'm talking about is called "Ferropro rust converter with plastic base" and it actually converts rust back into metal, the beauty of this one is it dries with a plastic coating on top that you can then primer over  :)
    Pedro

[fe350chev]

Sounds good. I asked my repco guy about this new clear protectant paint that still shows what visible underneath and he snapped at me and said "who cares what is underneath if it has been blasted", but it totally makes sense with all these guys doing soda cos you get to see where the possible fillers are that normal undercoat hides. I think i have used that pedro, does it go a hazy white colour?

[FC Dave]

Body is undercoated now. Black under floor & inside floor.





Diff will go back in this week. Fill plug was cross threaded & a coarse thread plug screwed in. That is all fixed, just waiting in spring rubbers.

[Old_Mt_Isa_Boy]

Lots of progress Dave. Looking good.

Regards

Wayne b