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The rusty ute

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:49 pm
by carps
Well thought it was about time i put up my build so all can see.....
There is alot of work i have done so far but we will start from the start when it was a ute covered in rust...
I'm sure everyone knows the proccess so i will just post all the pics up so you guys can have a look any questions or feedback feel free to comment,

did forget to mention it is a 1976 b120 ute

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2010 11:53 pm
by carps
as you guys can see it had a bit of rust but i'm sure its not that bad.
alot of it was surface rust as the guy i got it of just left it in the weather for a few years
so started to get rid of all the rust and removed everything so i was left with a bare shell.

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:00 am
by carps
the build progress's

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:05 am
by carps
alrite well the tray was full of rust so that had to go bye bye...
i smoothed all the rail gutters off to give it the shaved look.
i got new front guards and now the front end is done. but i ended up shaving the front blinkers after all that effort.
well heres a few more pics...

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:10 am
by carps
just a few more pics of body work. it would have to be the most painful part of a car build..

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:16 am
by carps
alrite i brought a after market tail gate and it was 10mm to high where the lip is which sucked as i had to modifiy it to fit. the tray is now in and its flat now plus was it the process of mocking up the wheel archers..
i shaved the doors and the gas tank flap and fitted fender mirrors..

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:21 am
by carps
so more body work started to sand inside the car. i finished mocking up the inner wheel archers.
finished shaving all doors and guards. started pulling apart the leaf springs to get ready for paint.

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:21 am
by carps
so more body work started to sand inside the car. i finished mocking up the inner wheel archers.
finished shaving all doors and guards. started pulling apart the leaf springs to get ready for paint.


plus put a coat of paint on the front end and engine bay. this is the black the car is going be when its finished

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:28 am
by carps
now ive been doing some of the fiddly bits cause i was over doing body work so here's a few more pic's

Re: The rusty ute

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 12:32 am
by carps
well guess what there is more!!!!

i started to primer a few more thing like the leaf springs.
got a centre console off a mate but it was brown so had to paint it hope you guys like it....