The Super Duper Haggis Hauler

[MacQuigley]

Well the door’s not finished yet. The main reason is I decided to do the job properly (well!!!!) and fill the speaker hole a PO had cut (Im sure he used tin snips).

So I used the swage line from the section I cut from the bottom of the door and filled the hole (the last wee bit I will fill with filler/bondo though I did use another part of the swage line behind it to part fill the hole).

It will need some serious filling and sanding but I think it will look good in the end, certainly much better than it did to start.





Hopefully get the skin on tomorrow.

Oh and I did sand blast that last portion before giving it a good coat of epoxy. I had intended just cutting it all out but Im glad I made the repairs I did, even if welding up all that REALLY thin steel was a mega pain in the Arse/Ass!

[mjh1965]

Looking good . It'll be good to see the outer skin go on . Filling in the speaker hole is well worth the extra effort.

[MacQuigley]

Agreed! Almost didn't but it looks much better. And anyway I'd only have had to fill it and make up a door card.

[ibrown50]

Nice job Bill, good idea using the old door bottom to fix the speaker hole

[MacQuigley]

Still got some welding to do but thats one side about finished!



Tell you what, these parch panels suck! I had to re drill the holes for the door mirror. It wasnt even close



Door gaps do still been some work but thats for another time.

[mjh1965]

I thought I was working in a tight space . Door is looking good it'll be in paint before you know it

[MacQuigley]

Its murder Martin!

Garage is 30' x 9' and the workshop is behind it which is roughly 13' x 18' but there is barely room to swing a cat! Not quite sure how I'll have space to paint the cab.

I also need to raise it a but as I cant get under it with a welding mask on to finish welding up the cab mount and rocker!

[Grizz1963]

You really continue to amaze and inspire Bill.

I am sure I would not give up, but man, I would be gritting my teeth most of the way.


Please take a look in my threads last page and see if you can advise any further on blasting.

Thanks, Rian.

[mjh1965]

Hi Bill
I have sent you a PM regarding Ron at STS, Grizz and I brown have both used him as well .

[MacQuigley]

Got it Martin. I'll be contacting him today hopefully.

[dug224]

Great build! Appreciate the photo documentation. dug

[MacQuigley]

Thanks Doug. I was going to update it tonight but I cant get Photobucket to load on my PC???

[MacQuigley]

Got it to upload.

Been working away on the corner and rockers over the last week. Everything is now fully welded and dome filler applied.

I had a lot of difficulty getting the outer rocker to fit at the ends. Had to cut and fit them and wil lhave to fill then to get the shap. They just didnt fit. The cab corner was much the same. Had to do some cutting, welding and filling to get it to fit.

But its all mostly there save the filling and sanding






Maybe make a start on the other side this weekend - what a thought!

[MacQuigley]

Had to take my mate down to a little village in Ayrshire today to collect his Land Rover Discovery 2 which was getting a new chassis fitted. Had a nice run in my V8 Discovery 1 and that just makes me want to get the truck finished all the more!

Anyway only had the afternoon to be getting on with it so I decided to stick with the drivers side and start some of the filling.

Still not finished yet but Im happy I'll be able to get the shape right after cutting the rocker up.



Also the cab corner is looking not too bad.




Not looking forward to sorting out "spaghetti junction" though!



And I got the last part of the rear axle stripped ie the old brakes off (half shafts and diff already out).



So tomorrow I'll make a start on the passenger side and maybe cleaning up the axle.

Also I finally got things sorted with Performance on Line so hopefully I'll be ordering my new suspension and brakes next week. Shame we voted to leave the EU yesterday. Thats cost me another 5% at least!

[Chevy Apache]

Looking good Bill go much faster be like the speed of light lol

[MacQuigley]

I'm hoping for Warp 2 at least.

[MacQuigley]

I guess the best way to start this post is

Ding Ding! Round 2!

So this is the driver side rocker as I start



Some lovely patchwork and welding there.

20 minutes later with a plasma cutter



For a moment I thought I may have got away replacing the B pillar bottom but in fact there is a hole in it and the metal is very thin, so it will get replaced (I have the patch panel anyway).



No thoughts of saving this though!

[ibrown50]

Great progress Bill, the bottom of my pillar was the same it looked perfect so I decided to clean with a wire brush .... it promptly disappeared brush in a cloud of red dust

[MacQuigley]

Got the rear axle casing sand blasted tonight. Just need to figure out how to get the right angle for the new mounting brackets so I can weld them on.

[Grizz1963]

You are doing some serious remedial work Billl.

You certainly get my award for hardcore build.

[MacQuigley]

Just need to make sure I dont run out of steam half way through!

[Grizz1963]

Originally Posted by MacQuigley

Just need to make sure I dont run out of steam half way through!

I know what you mean.

Years ago when I did that '63 Beetle over three weeks working 7/7 for a minimum of 12 hrs a day I ran out of steam as I bolted the last parts on. Perfect timing.

Hang in there. We will cheer you from our keyboards.

[MacQuigley]

It was a definite factor in the 18 years it took to build the Morris Minor. 2 years solid every weekend and night cutting and welding and I was desperate to find something else to move onto. So when the wife asked me to sort out the kitchen I jumped at it, then and on-suite, then I split one bedroom into 2, then I bought 2 Land Rovers.

Anything but finish the Morris.

But when I started it I was 32. Im now 50. I dont have time to take 18 years to do the truck. Id love to have it done by next year but realistically i think it will take longer.

Anyway, I'll take a couple of nights off a week and go shooting. Ive competitions to complete so thats a good distraction for a couple of nights.

Just hope the wife doesn't want a new kitchen again............

[MacQuigley]

One wee bit of good news. The £ is a little up on yesterday against the $. Maybe I'll get my suspension ordered this week after all. Need to pick my time and get this as right as I can.

[CraigRK]

Brave man Bill!!! Keep it up!!