Neils Frankenstein Ute

[BILLY BLACKARROW]

FireKraka I think yours is a manual trans hump where Errol's is a auto hump
BILLY

[60Special]

Yes Neil.
Panel van is in the paint shop. Gotta get my holidays while I can.

[CHOPPED]

no way trev
i loved your van in oxide
so what colour mate or is it a secret
its not GAYPRICOT like a certain ute with a squashed roof is it

[60Special]

I had thought about Gaypricot for about 1 second only but you have the monopoly on that. Originally Banff blue but too many Utes and vans in that colour. Not 100% sure yet. Sorry for hijacking your thread Neil.

[CHOPPED]

banff blue is cool
thats the colour of my 32 coupe

[FireKraka]

Oh by all means Trev you and Paul seem to be having a bit of man bonding going on ha ha ha

We must catch up soon.
Regards
Neil H

[CHOPPED]

i love a man with less hair than me

[FireKraka]

A couple of photos of the donor inner and outer sills I picked up from EKMart thanks to Blacky will have them blasted and then separate the inner and outer before fitting so I can blast inside as well.





Thanks Blacky

Reegards

Neil H

[Blacky]

You're welcome ,and thank you for shopping at EKmart

[CHOPPED]

fcuk neil
your garage has gotten bigger and cleaner sinse i was last there

[FireKraka]

Hey Paul;
I wish that was my workshop at home, that's my company workshop in Henderson great to have the room there to be able to do lots of stuff I don't have the room to do at home.

I had my FC Sedan in there for a couple of months while I finished it just lucky my MD didn't come over from Sydney to visit.

Regards
Neil H

[FireKraka]

Finally got around to doing a bit on the ute after doing repairs to my brother in laws old VN (gearbox change and some other stuff)

The passenger side K leg was rotted out in the bottom and I was lucky enough to pick up a Rares leg on Epay pretty cheap a while ago.

Separated the top from the bottom and then did the same on the sub chassis and welded together.















Hopefully I will be able to get some more time and finish (start) the outer sills

Neil H

[bootlegger]

You know after really struggling to put Harv's repaired subframe back on I will probably in future attach the subframe to the body. Fit the repair section, bolt them in and then weld.
I didn't weld Harv's subframe back together but I had to play around heaps to get the bolts in.
I fitted the outside bolts then put a sling around the diff and the front of the subframe and a block and tackle in between to line up the inner ones. It was a nightmare.

[EK283]

Nice work,

Its good when the repair parts fit nice and straight forward.

Regards Greg

[In the Shed]

Good work Neil, lookin good.

Regards
Stephen