Martin's mi-STRESS, 1965 Long Fleetside C10 "Rebuild in ENGLAND"

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Glad your bits made the transatlantic trip…
Hope the duty wasn't too hard on the wallet...

I was there.........

£152.00 in English money.

That is a lot of extra on top of the purchase price.

It really hurts my head seeing Martin have to pay out so much in import duties and courier costs.

[mjh1965]

Originally Posted by Grizz1963

I was there.........

£152.00 in English money.

That is a lot of extra on top of the purchase price.

It really hurts my head seeing Martin have to pay out so much in import duties and courier costs.

It hurts my wallet a lot more than your head .
It still works out a lot cheaper using Ron at STS Imports than having the supplier sending them direct . If I rember correctly it would have cost about the same to send the radiator support directly . So by sending the lot in a container with Ron is quite a saving BUT IT STILL HURTS

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by mjh1965

It hurts my wallet a lot more than your head .
It still works out a lot cheaper using Ron at STS Imports than having the supplier sending them direct . If I rember correctly it would have cost about the same to send the radiator support directly . So by sending the lot in a container with Ron is quite a saving BUT IT STILL HURTS

MORE PAIN TODAY......

[font size="6"]IT HAS BEGUN........ NO TURNING BACK NOW.[/font]


Greeted by this before 09.00 today.

Driven by Bob the Magician.





MARTIN had come over earlier from taking his Rottie to the vets, to take a look and learn as well.

He made a few very short video clips which will give an idea of what happens. Excuse the finesse and aspect of the clips, it is an iPhone 6 so quite technical (rofl)

The violence levels vary, and finesse is the name of the game in stretching and shrinking metal.

CLIP 1

Dent Pulling part 1 - YouTube

CLIP 2

Dent Pulling part 2 - YouTube

CLIP 3

Dent Pulling part 3 - YouTube

At this point Bob was trying to fill the holes we opened up with some of the pins, a couple took, but the rest would not seat.

So I brought out the Mig Welder, thinking that would be sensible, Martin, being the hero, who welds plate most days of the week took the welder out of our hands and proceeded to burn a hole and create a blob....... OOOOPPPS !! (OK, I admit, it was not his fault, though I would love to blame him)
After 5 years, the bottle of CO2 that Oldbus had brought me from Germany had just expired. BUGGGERR !!!
No Problemo..... Or so I thought, I have a fresh bottle of Argon/CO2 mix, specially bought for the trucks welding, just quickly change bottles and we will be back on track.

ERRRRMMM..... ?? NOPE.

Can you see the problem ??




YUP.

Female-Male or Male-Female.

So I needed an adaptor for my regulator. (suspect I have one hidden away somewhere)
I shot over to Machine Mart in Maidstone as I managed to get a 20% VAT Free discount voucher off a member on Rods n Sods to meet Martin and to do a group buy of tools we both needed.
I got an electric Impact Wrench, Oscilating DA Sander, two half packs of discs for the sander, 50 each in medium and coarse grit which Martin and I always share half and half, as well as the adaptor for my welders gas bottle.

My little pile in heaven.




Next episode soon.

[Grizz1963]

Couple more 67-72 rear bumper pics to add to your thread, thanks to the owners for posting up.








I am really please to have decided to go this route.

Suspect more guys may do so, if they want to tidy up the rear but keep it looking standard-ish.

[Grizz1963]

Was planning on getting the walls up for the "Paint Booth" in the garage today.

Instead I did all the ironing (Mrs Grizz is quite ill) some other tasks like filling the in house woodbox, kindling and coal scuttle, then refilled the outside woodbox from my stash behind the garage.
Followed by raking up all the leaves on the lawn, half a wheelie bin full and then cut the grass on a medium height.
Still not ready to start on my actual task, I remembered that I needed to make 13 spacers and 13 shims for Martins friend Russell, the paraplegic ex fireman.
His furniture in his house is too low, so I offered to make some pieces to fit between the legs/feet using longer bolts.

His daily drive car is a Nissan Skyline GTR which Martin converted to full hand controls for him.

Seems he is rather capable behind the wheel as well.

It was chilly earlier, around 2'C all day down at the garage.

Found some Oak to use as it needs to be solid and structural.

Cut, measure, mark.



Then drill all the holes, including the adjustment slots



All of these will be hidden underneath the furniture.




After this I measured out the garage and removed some of my number plates where the boards will fit.

I may start tomorrow, along with putting up the Christmas tree with Nicola.

Tonight by 6pm it was -2'C BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......