Hi Iluvans ...
Yup.... had a good look at that chev ute......
Just a bit overdone for what i am looking for.
Every week there is something that comes along and catches my eye.... but when i go through "ticking the boxes"there always seems to be a few "Not good" or "gunna cost money to change that " issues..
Those sort of things never use to bother me when buying an old Holden as i have most of the bits and the know how to rectify the "wrongs"... But when ya start messing with LHD American imports it can get bloody expensive sorting out poorly engineered cars..
Hence .. the money sits cooling itself in the porcelain pig.
Meanwhile...
I have finished off the j moulds on the van..
Missus wasn't around when i needed someone to hold the mould straight when starting off under the front of the van ..... so..
The engineers from The shed of invention came to the rescue with 2 milk crates....
By the time i got the 3rd screw in it was plain sailing..
From there it was back to the scruffy entry well....
I wasnt sure on weather to just paint it and glue a bit of insertion rubber on the tread... or... to spend some time and pretty it up..
Ended up dragging out a scrap piece of old diamond patterned aluminium sheet that i salvaged from an old 10ft van i demolished years ago when i built my first replica Teardop "The Splinter Hilton".
While i was chasing light fittings i scored a few small 240 V lights at a lighting clearance sale for $1 each.. so bunged one in next to the step to light things up at night.... safety
Finished job looks neat and tidy..
Spent 6 hours underneath the van yesterday wire wheeling and scraping off 56 years of dirt, crud and surface rust.....what a crap job that is... Will be back under there today painting it all.
Picked up the EH rims from the tyre service yesterday.. they fitted em up with 13/175/60 series Light Truck tyres. A good 2"'smaller diameter than the current 14" wheel / tyre combo that's on there now.
..should lower the van down to a héight that suits the panno better... and... not as far to fall out the door to the ground when i become " Unstable " during happy hour
Will pop the 14s off later today. finish scrubbing /cleaning and painting under the wheel arches and fit the 13s.
Have got a tidy pair of SL Torana hubcap/dress rims to bung on em.. should tidy that department up..
I'm off to slop paint..
More later.
Reddo
It sits way too high for my liking... but at least its rolling again and i can fiddle with 13 inch rim and tyre combinations ( and possibly lowering blocks ) to get it to sit lower behind the towcar.
... i dont give a rats A... i am happy to clear a milestone today
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