Tuesday 30 April 2013
I'm painting the town red - still...
Well, super lightning speed down in Suffolk! The rear has been blasted and now primed today. Looks good....
Monday 29 April 2013
I'm painting the town red...
Well, some painting progress to report. Howard has been busy and after sanding the cab down, the first coats of primner have been applied.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Painting Harmony....
Some news from Tony today in deepest Suffolk...
The rotten woodwork on the tailgate has been removed and renewed and looks excellent, good for another few years!!
The sanding of the cab has also started in readiness for painting:
However, removal of the headlights has revealed a little rot which will need to be repaired:
The clutch also has oil on it so that will be replaced too.
The rotten woodwork on the tailgate has been removed and renewed and looks excellent, good for another few years!!
The sanding of the cab has also started in readiness for painting:
However, removal of the headlights has revealed a little rot which will need to be repaired:
The clutch also has oil on it so that will be replaced too.
Saturday 13 April 2013
The Fake Sound of Progress
Now, with the cold and snowy weather hopefully banished for a few months, I managed to get down to Suffolk to join Tony and Howard and do some preparation work.
In order for Howard of Rusty Bits to get on with the blasting and painting, there were a few bits of preliminary work to do.
I got on with sanding down the side and tail boards. This was mind-numbing but essential. They're heavy old things and fiddly, too, but with an orbital sander good progress was made. Until I broke the sander head on day three by pressing too hard. Oh well. Almost a job done and most of the panels are ready to paint!
There's a little bit of rot in places but not too much. The tail gate is the worst and we've decided to replace three of the boards as the rot had gone too far.
Since I last came down and after Tony's heroic work with an angle grinder in the cold, the rear body has been removed as has the fire wall. The body is now sat inside and with these removed, it gives good access to the chassis and back of the cab.
The chassis rails have a light coating of surface rust:
The back of the cab is covered in overspray as there is no room to get to it with the body and fire wall in the way!
Tony also removed the cleaned up the brake master cylinder:
The body is inside awaiting attention. It's solid with little rot:
Tony also made good progress with filling the many holes in the cab with chemical metal to enable the cab to be blasted and repainted:
The old indicators have also been removed - the petrol carriers were very unusual in that they had (when built) indicators mounted on the cheek panels rather than the wings, even though the wings had the holes with a grommet in. At some stage this has been converted back to the more usual RL configuation:
In order for Howard of Rusty Bits to get on with the blasting and painting, there were a few bits of preliminary work to do.
I got on with sanding down the side and tail boards. This was mind-numbing but essential. They're heavy old things and fiddly, too, but with an orbital sander good progress was made. Until I broke the sander head on day three by pressing too hard. Oh well. Almost a job done and most of the panels are ready to paint!
There's a little bit of rot in places but not too much. The tail gate is the worst and we've decided to replace three of the boards as the rot had gone too far.
Since I last came down and after Tony's heroic work with an angle grinder in the cold, the rear body has been removed as has the fire wall. The body is now sat inside and with these removed, it gives good access to the chassis and back of the cab.
The chassis rails have a light coating of surface rust:
The back of the cab is covered in overspray as there is no room to get to it with the body and fire wall in the way!
Tony also removed the cleaned up the brake master cylinder:
The body is inside awaiting attention. It's solid with little rot:
Tony also made good progress with filling the many holes in the cab with chemical metal to enable the cab to be blasted and repainted:
The old indicators have also been removed - the petrol carriers were very unusual in that they had (when built) indicators mounted on the cheek panels rather than the wings, even though the wings had the holes with a grommet in. At some stage this has been converted back to the more usual RL configuation:
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