I love that truck!

And Me !!!

Having basically finishing the chassis I could turn my attention to the body etc

This is an autocraft sill which has been blasted inside and then protected with rust bullet against future rust - sorry about phone picture again



Lots of checking here - that the doors fit well and the sill is correct etc - also that the floor fits well .
Very happy with the Wolfburg west floors



all lined up and ready for fitting




Next move was to get the short side panel repaired - Lots of slow progress - cooling every weld and grinding after every run.


Inner C post can be welded in - It obviously needs some cleaning but its not going anywhere



Sill going in


Factory looking gaps achieved and all at the right height



C post all cleaned up



The side panel fully welded in and cleaned up !

Jon
Its about time I chipped in

Dont forget my door furniture!!!

Also can you pm me with a landline number and time I can catch you

Cheers
Gareth

Really looking good and ever job done is one less todo ....... Keep going dude

Looks like your enjoying ya self getting stuck in mate

Keep the pics coming we love them all

Over and out

mark

Time to get the other side in , The owner was very keen to keep as much original metal as possible so a new lower section was added to the long side .
To start with the new panel was located in the correct position with clico fasteners



The the original panel was trimmed to the correct length , the original was also cleaned to give nice metal to weld to.



Once happy with the gaps I could begin tacking in place



slowly the gaps get filled in with tacks



Eventually becoming a continuous weld



This could then be dressed



once happy I could spot weld the bottom of the panel .



The panel was a little off , the front matched with the upper section at the b pillar , but this left it a little short at the back , so a pie cut was made to address the situation and then this was welded up again



Once cleaned back it fits nicely

Love your neat welding

Thanks Nige - thanks for compliment !

Lovely work going on

A little more for you .

Having got the sides in place I wanted to get the bulkhead sorted .

The bottom sections were removed as rotten when the top hats were cut out , so a new section was made from a template and copied to metal - this could then be tacked into place.



Once welded in place it was all dress to look good



The same repair from under the arch



Once repaired I took this so that you can see whats missing still from the B post area



Trying to find the end of the rusty bits - This is now well into the arch and the post is still rotten - major repair required .



Before tackling that one I thought id sort out something that was just annoying me . A little dent on the rear corner , right on my eye line , Good therapy after the bulkhead repair

This had been picked up in its previous life or in transit on the ship I guess . Nothing major but annoying



A light dressing got rid of the worse and a going over with a body file left a clear view of the damage



Working with a dolly and slapping file the area was slowly raised back to where it should be , checking all the time .



Nearly there



A quick go over with the DA and its all but gone - so much better than filler and much better therapy !!!

nice dolly work dude


mark

Thanks Mark , Truly a compliment coming from you

Awesome fabrication!

Thanks , just been looking through your thread - after a barny myself .
Looking really good

Nice job mate, keep going.

Jason