FINALLY!!!! Introducing Sam's FB ute -

parisian62 · Post by **parisian62** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:48 am

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samprinci · Post by **samprinci** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:38 pm

vmx-mxr wrote:I'd be looking very carefully at that ute - he didn't get his 3000mile service, LOL !!! I should check the books with mine and see what it says - always nice to have the books I reckon.

Love the colour and yeah - I reckon that canopy is worth keeping too. Goes with the flow ...................

When does the fun start ?

Dave Mac

Hey Dave, yer as Dave (Bootleg) mentioned, the fun has already started. We wanted to get into it straight away, to know whats hinding???

But in all honesty, It looks really good... I couldnt get the smile off my face all day... still now. 1 happy FB owner.

Inspector chalk marks, inner door

Original Radiator - NASCO logo. Also the weight load waring in background

before we took the fenders off, this is were I was scared the most, but not to bad at all.

enjoy. Look forward to more pix after wknd.

vmx-mxr · Post by **vmx-mxr** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 3:31 pm

So far so good Sam!

This resto looks like it will be an easy one.

Mine is about a month away due to WAY too much crap in the garage, lol !!!

Jimmy and I are going to blitz it and then get his beast sorted so I can watch yours as a practice run !!!

Dave Mac

samprinci · Post by **samprinci** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:43 pm

no worries Dave, best of luck.... I hope thats the worst of it. fingers crossed???

Kingaz · Post by **Kingaz** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:07 pm

Sam finally Awesome!!!!!!!!!

Love the ute, and yes welcome to the family!!!!

Canopy adds a real nice touch when i got mine it came with a lowline canopy which i parted with early kinda wish now i had of kept it.

Will be good to catch up at all holden day if u come to melbourne can show you the ute in detail and hear more about yours.. hope you make it to the nats also might tempt me to bring mine down gets some photos of em together lol

Good luck with the resto you have a great ute to start with keep the pics coming will watch eagerly

cheers

Adam

samprinci · Post by **samprinci** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:13 pm

Hey Adam, nice to hear from you. Thanks mate. Im really happy with it. will keep those pix coming

Yep we r going to melb all holden day for sure. I'll give u a ring next week. Find out where u'll be..

Yer I hope it's all fin for the National??? fingers crossed. Really looking forward to cing your ute mate.

TA
Sam

vintageholden · Post by **vintageholden** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:06 pm

well done,nice looking ute
why are you stripping it ..was it that bad....

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:38 pm

Thanks for that last photo Sam. It came in useful when repairing my beast

. Now I know what it should look like

..
Keep up the good work on a REALLY neat'n'tidy FB

Scotty.

P.S. told Dave on the phone this morning he's starting to look like an old Fruit Shop owner in that first photo of yours.

Scotty.

bootlegger · Post by **bootlegger** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:28 am

Sputzwagon wrote:Thanks for that last photo Sam. It came in useful when repairing my beast . Now I know what it should look like ..
Keep up the good work on a REALLY neat'n'tidy FB

Scotty.

P.S. told Dave on the phone this morning he's starting to look like an old Fruit Shop owner in that first photo of yours.

Scotty.

First run for the ute is to Flemington fruit markets.

samprinci · Post by **samprinci** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 11:54 am

HA! too funny Scotty... thanks mate.

here comes the weekend, so looking forward to getting more done... Daves been moving at pace so I'll have heaps more photos after weekend.

Thanks Vintage too.

Stygian · Post by **Stygian** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 2:19 pm

Coupla days....beeeeeeeeewdafull!

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:25 pm

Sputzwagon wrote: Now I know what it should look like ..
Scotty.

NO scotty what yors looks like is correct

go and have a look at them i bet you see more that look like yors than sams

Sputzwagon · Post by **Sputzwagon** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:02 pm

ratbox wrote:
Sputzwagon wrote: Now I know what it should look like ..
Scotty.
NO scotty what yors looks like is correct go and have a look at them i bet you see more that look like yors than sams

Thanks Mick..er..I think?

samprinci · Post by **samprinci** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:30 pm

Hi all hope u all had a nice weekend? we had a very productive one.

To answer Vintages question, the ute is pretty good, but there r still plenty of things to do.

Dave has been going for it & has done most of the rust work... only bits left is the 2 guards.

We'll start with the worst of it:

The sub frame repairs:
Its come out really well. Not bad for a Market Gardener????? HA!

Up next is the Sill. & the sub frame bit
There was a previous repair job done to this front sill, it was pretty bad. But all fixed now!

Tail gate was a bit of a surprise. thought it looked pretty good. But the ute has obviously had a few prangs in its life. We uncovered a few of the bodgee repairs. Tail gate had heaps bog so we r going to replace skin. YEs thats smoke marks were we helped the tail gate with the oxy sit nice.

Must of had a nice hit here... Lots of bog in there, But we r fixing that.

Dave Mac! u were asking about the engine bay..???? here u go mate. We r only going to give it a clean & try to keep it original looking as possible.
* Note the inspectors mark on steering box?

Oh yer think the fule pumps gone so we got a red motor pump in there.

The tray is pretty good for a 50yr old commercial?

This is the original drip hose I was talking about. A bit of rust in the base of tray, but not serious issues. Thats my next challenge. Clean all that & treat it too.

again big thanks to Dave!

Ok by for now..enjoy.
Sam

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:46 pm

Well done Sam and worth the wait

bring on the nats