Teardown Part 3 – Bodywork

Short one this time, the goal was to get the chassis to the point where the engine, gearbox and axles can all come off. Goal Met!

Before we start, Thanks Reuben, 1.5 tons of gravel wheel barrowed and laid, Finally.

That should, be the end of that part of the story, however the roof I concocted was a disaster, every bit of rain turned it into a swimming pool on top.

So I have ordered some corrugated, clear roofing, which should solve that problem and make it easier to see what is going on.

So, back to the Tear down. The bulkhead came off relatively easily, perhaps would have been easier with the steering column out, but had a couple of issues there, mostly lack of tools. But its off after removing Accelerator, Brake and Clutch pedals.

Bulkhead stripped of everything I need to keep, plus a few bits I don’t, but got it all anyway

On the note of the Bulkhead coming off easy, part of the reason was that it wasn’t actually connected to the chassis as I expected. There have been a few things along the way, missing bolts, loose bolts and other things that makes me think someone has had a go at this truck before. That could be good or bad, lets hope if they had, it was because of the amount of work needed, rather than something fundamental. I would imagine the former, as everything I have seen so far is doable, but not yet seen what’s inside the Engine, Gearbox and Axles, lets hope there is actually something in there and its half decent.

Did’nt get upto much else, other than stripping down some of the parts I had already taken off, Wings, Foot Pedals, Brake and Clutch cylinders and a few other odd bits.

I did however try something I have seen online, which is to use Vinegar to clean off rust. I did’nt do it properly, but the results are not too bad, and with a little more cleaning after they have been neutralised I think this will work.

I said this will be a short one, I’ll finish up with a couple of images some of the other parts that came off, me in action with an angle grinder and where Isobel is at the end of the weekend.

Next Step, is to get the Engine and Gearbox out, and the Axles off. Now that’s quite exciting, because as soon as that’s all done we will be into the next phase of restoration and maybe even a little bit of Paint.