Build Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.

[Pauciflora]

G'day Mudders, It's been about four weeks since my last update. The roof is pretty well finished, I got the front drip rail back on and will hopefully get it to my sandblaster on Tuesday and he can have give it a final once over.

 

[Pauciflora]

I've also made a start on the rust along the bottom edge of the in the front wind shield panel. I had my local sheetmetal place fold me up a bit to use as a patch. It only cost $20. But is a long way from perfect so we'll see how it turns out.

 

[Pauciflora]

Few more of the wind shield panel. This is the first of three sections that need repairing. The last image is the replacement patch that the sheetmetal bloke folded up.

 

[73fj]

roof looks good man, well done.

 

[Pauciflora]

roof looks good man, well done.

It's coming along. I'm looking forward to moving onto another part of the build to be honest. I reckon I might actually keep going on the roof and get it into top coat, so I don't have to worry about it any more...........well until I go to fit it and find out that it doesn't work or it leaks.

 

[Pauciflora]

I had this afternoon off work and hit the roof with the stripping disc. I'll drop it around to my sand blaster tomorrow and get him to clean up a few nooks and crannies that I can't get to with the grinder. There is also a bit of old seam sealer and surface rust around the rim that I want to get rid of.

 

[Michael B]

Lookin good Ben! Keep up the good work mate and you’ll be driving it in no time!!

 

[cult45]

That roof looks so good!!

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, I got the roof back from the sand blaster yesterday and

That roof looks so good!!

Thanks Cult, When do I need to book accommodation in Sydney for the premier of the flick?? Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day All, I got the roof back from the sandblasters yesterday and tonight gave it a final clean down and got it into epoxy primer. It is remarkable that even a small amount of gloss on the wet primer will show up dents and ripples that you hadn't previously noticed. Cheers, Ben

 

[Pauciflora]

While I had a bit of epoxy in the gun I hit the repairs on the windscreen panel. This thing is going to require a bit of bondo and sanding to get straight. But at least it shouldn't rust for a while.

 

[Michael B]

Lookin good Ben!

 

[Pauciflora]

G'day Fellas, It has been a while since I updated this thread. The kids had started to ask their mother, who the strange old bloke was living in out the shed. So I figured I'd better re-align my priorities...........at least for a couple of weeks. However, I'm now back into it. Last week was good one, I responded to an add on Facebook in regard to a bloke who wanted to swap an original ARB catcher's mask bullbar for stubby style winch bar. As a result, last Thursday night I went on a quick 300 km drive to the other side of Melbourne met a great bloke called Simon,who is a true Landcruiser lover and picked up this baby (I reckon I got the better end of the deal).

 

[Pauciflora]

It's not without it problems. Its got some serious rust issues in one corner and the bottom section of tubing will need to be replaced. The bar across the centre is also bent in about 10mm and has a few dents in it that I would like to remove. But all things considered I'm stoked.

 

[Pauciflora]

On a side note. When I went to pickup the bullbar, I headed along a section of elevated freeway, just north of Melbourne. This thing is a sound barrier and reminds me of a rib cage. Recently they have added a bit of, dance party, techno, mood lighting. I thought it looked pretty good.

 

[Pauciflora]

Back to old Mario. On the weekend I started stripping the body tub. On the bottom of the tub is some black bitumen based sort of sound deadener stuff. I thought I was going to have to strip it off with a heat gun. But, paint stripper makes light work of it. This is before, during and after the first two rounds of paint stripper.

 

[Pauciflora]

And after............

 

[73fj]

Wow! That turned out really nice, well done.

And that is one hell of a Roo basher, very burly.

 

[cult45]

Wow! That turned out really nice, well done.

And that is one hell of a Roo basher, very burly.

When ya need'a bash you some roos - go burly.

Nice work PF. Cab looks ace and the bar will look right at home. Are ya gonna unpick all the spot welds and to really git'er dun?

 

[Pauciflora]

When ya need'a bash you some roos - go burly.

Nice work PF. Cab looks ace and the bar will look right at home. Are ya gonna unpick all the spot welds and to really git'er dun?

Wow! That turned out really nice, well done.

And that is one hell of a Roo basher, very burly.

Roo bar or bull bar?? I reckon I am more likely to run over a deer than a kangaroo or a bull. But, I don't think I can refer to it as 'deer bar' - just doesn't sound very tough. We have lots of rabbits and foxes. Perhaps I should call it a 'vermin bar'.