Absolutely loved reading this, never seen a truck restoration before. Great work on bringing the old girl back to life. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to more :laughing:
I know what you mean, its a shame. Head gaskets and welding seem to be the main killers. (Oh and the cost of running the blooming thing :laughing:)
Wish I hadn't sold my first one as I really feel I paid over the odds for this one and it's nowhere near as good :doh:.
Thanks again, I think I get the general idea but it's late/early and I'm a bit slow :whistle:, don't quite understand the drill the other way round bit but hey ho i'll give it some more thought :ashamed:.
I had a mate who had an MR2 back in the 90's, think it was a mk2 but not sure, lovely car...
Thanks for the tips PD2, I am actually looking forward to it in a scary kinda way but getting garage time is the hardest part at the moment.
It will be a slow process but there's no rush as she wasn't in use anyway.
Can you please expand on what you mean by drilling through all the layers? I...
Hi, thanks for the response. yes she's the 2.8 diesel. I would love an L300 but then I would definitely be dealing with rust....
I was just now thinking if what you suggested was a feasible option so glad you suggested that :). My thoughts were if I cut back past the rot on the outer skin...
Thanks Steve, that would be great. I don't want to fill up the forum with the same images :clapping:
And thanks Robotstar5, I have bought a small air cut off tool but forgot to buy the discs :laughing:. Just hope my measly compressor is up to the job otherwise its the angle grinder with the...
Thanks Cumbriasteve for the welcome and advice, i'll refrain from more pics here after this and start something in projects.
Hi, and thanks for the welcome. I'm collecting cereal boxes now :whistle: and there is certainly plenty of rot to deal with. This whole section looks crusty and has...
HI all,
I'm a total newbie at this welding malarkey and wanted to say Hi :waving:
I bought a very good condition second hand Clarke 130en about a year ago, which also came with gas bottle and regulator, plenty of wire, wobbly trolley and an arc welder and rods thrown in.
I haven't used any of...