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Well thanks to Blacky I’ve managed to log back in! It’s been faaaar to long between posts. I’ll try to get back up to speed with where I’m at. Not a lot has happened on Leo but he is in his new home. The shed I was building turned into a long drawn out process thanks to permits, overseas wedding, working on the new house, constantly breaking/repairing the hot rod, covid and slightly slow tradies… but what started as this.


Became this…


Turned into this..


A fully lined and insulated with epoxied floor workshop. Always seem bigger empty…

So as of Easter Monday this year I finally pushed Leo into the shed. Ironically I had all the electrical stuff for the shed dropped of two days before Christmas and the sparky finished the wiring Good Friday… second coming?









So I’ve still got a lot to do to clean up around the shed and get another driveway done but I’ll just keep chipping away at all that stuff between lockdowns..

And yes I have sort of started back on the car. More posts to come.


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Welcome back DR , be good to see the old girl back on the road Looks like there were a few pretty substantial house renos in the meantime as well between the before and after shot !!

Good job DR,
There are always these distractions to work around hey. I see a flatty lurking under the bench there.........

Regard
Stephen

G’day DR
Tell us more mate
How’s that lace roof going?
You going to replace the fence? You did every thing else. 8 j 8 )
Cheers,
Clay


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Blacky wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:24 pm Welcome back DR , be good to see the old girl back on the road Looks like there were a few pretty substantial house renos in the meantime as well between the before and after shot !!

Yeah, removing a six inch thick concrete slab for a garden shed being just one of them… mind you when you cut one down they don’t always go back together easily

In the Shed wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:28 pm Good job DR,
There are always these distractions to work around hey. I see a flatty lurking under the bench there.........

Regard
Stephen

There’s also a red motor and another flatty under there….

Errol62 wrote:G’day DR
Tell us more mate
How’s that lace roof going?
You going to replace the fence? You did every thing else. 8 j 8 )
Cheers,
Clay


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It’s still there under a layer of dust…




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Ooh, nice.


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I got excited when I saw you post on Instagram. Good to see you back here devilrod


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Lace roof for the wagon Brendon yeh yeh

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Errol62 wrote:Lace roof for the wagon Brendon yeh yeh

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It’s on the list..


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So continuing on here’s how the old bugger looked when I rolled him out of the garage for the first time in nearly three years…




Quick rinse and then put into the new shed..





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Back a few years ago I fixed the crack that was in my steering column. Common issue with these so after seeing quite a few fit up the steering box brace I decided I’d make my own….

Simple tools to start with..


Now that I had a basic shape I could check the fit.


Next step scan it in at work and create a CAD file. There’s a method in my madness you’ll see soon enough.


A few template trials later..


I sent my CAD file off to be laser cut.


Couple of holes and a quick bend and voila!


I now have a steering brace…. And hopefully no more cracks.

Steering brace looks the business. I recently fitted one (not as flash as yours) to the wagon and I was surprised how much difference it made.


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Nice job. In the corner is strong spot to brace to. What gauge sheet did you use?

I used nut serts for th e guard mount. Having done a lot of highway lately, decided I have to get my steering box reconditioned with new worm gear.

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