Didn't get too much done today as I spent most of the time on things other than the shell. I did finally manage to weld the rods from the drivers side arches to the shell and found some bits and pieces I have been looking for. The front struts are all bolted up minus the hubs. The rims should be here within a couple of weeks so the plan is to get the shell to primer on top and finished underneath so I can get it back rolling again.

I made up a rolling engine stand today out of bits from the rotisserie and a spare crossmember. With a couple of add ons I should have a test bed to run an engine outside of the car. That's the plan anyway.

I'm moving bits and pieces around as I need to take the tray off the Cruiser and give it a coat of paint and clean up the rear chassis. My time will be split for a few weeks so I'm not expecting to get things done quite as quick as I have been.

Pics tomorrow when the camera charges up.

Spent the day stripping paint so nothing real interesting to add. Was using diggers stuff from bunnings in a real thick layer. Works a treat. More of the same tomorrow.

Once the majority of the paint is gone from inside I'll be starting on the rear firewall and tidying up the internal of the front firewall.

I feel your pain Steve, but I found the Diggers stripper to work quite well too. What sort of gloves are you using?

Leather riggers gloves with long sleeves. I can't stand rubber gloves. I leave the stuff on for about 20 minutes then scrape it off. That's followed by a wipe down with rag soaked in thinners. Next day I clean up the area with the wire wheel on the grinder.

Very nice build fordsy. Some good work has gone into it

Cheers Santa. It keeps me out of trouble.

looking good. just a question. where did you get that rubber tubing to go over the threaded section on your struts. i can see stones hitting mine and ruining the threads.

cheers

steve, what are those strut tops?
are they for both small and large hole?

 
 

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Originally posted by JamesR

steve, what are those strut tops?
are they for both small and large hole?

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Those strut tops are roller bearing ones from[url='http://www.peterlloydrall...&products_id=1385']Peter Lloyd[/url]. I needed them as i'm running 40mm upsidedown bilsteins up front. They'll fit both small and large.

The rims arrived today. 15x7, 0 offset. Next I need to find some rubber for them.



Painted the axle casing.



and now I have to choose a centre to put in. I think i'll start with the 3.77 and have the 3.54 swapped out with a new CWP I have and get it fitted with a limited slip centre.



Also finished the underseal but it makes for a boring photo so I didn't bother.