4 July 2013
Tray has been removed from the Chevy today.
Bought a second hand rear axle - Ford F100 9". Need to decide on LSD or not, then source centre.
5 July 2013
Removed the front panels and radiator. Struggled with the rust on the bolts to start with but bought out the rattle gun and rattled off most of the fender bolts without any broken bolts. The small studs holding the side step on were too rusted to be saved, so we will have to weld on new studs.
Found the air conditioning today, very cool pop up with the bug catcher.
6 July 2013
Disconnected everything from the cab today
Sean was in charge of removing the steering column and had some trouble removing it. Had a quick Google and found we weren’t the only ones. Sean worked it out by unbolting the steering box first, then undid the plate on the engine side. Undid a grub screw which allows you to then remove the worm gear. This then allows you to remove the steering column.
8 July 2013
Dropped the gearbox and tails shaft off and are ready to remove the motor.
Picked up the tray from the shed and bought it back to my work shop to work on the mounts and replace the timber tray.
Spent some time trying to find a supplier in Australia of the double hump SS slides for the tray.
14 July 2013
Suspension and trim all removed from the chassis. Chassis loaded ready to take to the grit blaster.
16 July 2013
Started to remove all of the trim from the cab.
Glass is out without any breakages.
Chassis and panels are ready for delivery to the blaster.
17 July 2013
Chassis and Panels have been delivered to the blaster, Fleurieu Blast and Paint.
The chassis will be completely blasted and primed The panels will be blasted on the underside and primed.
There will be a small amount of work to fix the back left guard, where some agricultural welding had been done by the previous owners. Also a check for any cracks / fractures in the chassis.
New cab corner panel and the two inner door bottoms ordered from LMC Truck. These are the only panels with rust that has been identified in the whole truck.
19 July 2013
Started cleaning up and priming the small parts.
Ordered the American oak for the new tray floor today.
