Moose the '72

[NickJ]

Sounds like a plan

 

[NickJ]

Well I finally decided to bite the bullet and make a start on the bodywork, the photo below shows a split in the top of the n/s door

I'll be welding this up on wed if all goes to plan as I have to work outside on the drive.

 

[NickJ]

Here are a few other areas that need attention

Flaking paint on the roof

Reinstall the low indicators

More pics to follow

 

[NickJ]

O/S rear corner not too pretty either

weather permitting today I'll weld the split in the door top.

 

[NickJ]

The sun came out today and so did the welder

Ok for a starting point as still plenty of work needed on the rest of the door.

 

[NickJ]

A bit more work done, the trim holes have been welded up and a skim of filler and a bit of primer, you can see that the whole skin was peppered with small dints. I've also started on the sliding door.

Just getting back to sound paint rather than bare metal as I'm doing it in the drive and using a cover to keep the elements off, I'm doing this on a fairly tight budget and plan to spray it with rustoleum paint so I'd be very interested to hear from anyone else who has done this.

 

[gninnam]

Looking good dude 8)

I used the Rustoleum paint but on my poptop and found it easy enough to use, but not used on the body though

 

[NickJ]

Looking good dude 8)

I used the Rustoleum paint but on my poptop and found it easy enough to use, but not used on the body though

Cheers Andy, how did you apply it ? I've bought a sealey HVLP sprayer off fleabay that I'm going to use.

 

[gninnam]

Bought a 2nd hand compressor (25 litre) and a spray kit from machine mart (cheap).
Did the job very well - might find the end results on one of my threads somewhere.

Good luck.

 

[NickJ]

A bit more work done today, finally an almost dry day :roll:

 

[NickJ]

Got a bit more done :roll:

Started to dig out the filler in os side expecting some horrors but thankfully it wasn't too bad

You can see here the original Sierra Yellow paint.

more to follow

 

[NickJ]

Got the rear hatch seal off

Nothing too bad under there and the gutters aren't too bad either.

 

[NickJ]

Took the front bumper off to start cleaning it up

I used a hot air gun to soften up the step rubbers and they came off very easily, I'm using a combination of a wire cup on the grinder and a wire brush in the drill to clean them up.

 

[NickJ]

Got the 2 side pieces cleaned up

 

[benveedub]

Nice WOrk man, looks like there isn't much to do!! you still going all types this year?

 

[NickJ]

Yes hoping to, we might be in to spring by then :lol:

 

[NickJ]

I thought I'd clean the sill up under the sliding door but it wasn't quite as good as I'd hoped

Looks like I need a new sill or 2 as the O/S looks like it could be as bad :roll:

 

[NickJ]

Been welding the sill today, no photo though , because I'm working outside on the drive I've always used gasless to weld but ran out of wire today so set it up to use gas as I had the kit just never used it, wow what a difference much nicer to use and much neater results I think I'll have to look into getting a big gas bottle.

 

[Toad]

Hi there,
I noticed that one of your windows in your pop top is not fixed in with the normal rubber? I'm thinking of doing something other than the rubbers on mine as they just seem to leak however good the rubbers are, as rain water just sits on the glass and seeps in. Just wondering? thats all

 

[NickJ]

hi, yes when i got it one of the windows had been replaced by a piece of perspex and had been fitted using small screws every couple of inches all the way round. It looked like something out of a submarine :shock: so as a short term fix i replaced it with a new piece of perspex and used a combination of filler for the holes and sealant and it's been like that for nearly 5 years now still seems to be watertight.