Builds Rebuilding a 40 but no longer in a 1 car garage.

[waiting for time]

Here you can see themissing floor section. Before dismanteling it looks like easy patching but soon reality sets in.

First step is bending the edge on on a strip of steel.

Cut an angle out for the 90deg. bend on top. Next start Creating the curve of the inside rocker panel. This is done using a stretcher.

Don’t know if it is possible to make this patch in one piece but we will see.

 

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After some more stretching, hammering and schrinking the part starts to get some shape.

This is how far I came today.

 

[sproggy]

Awesome...! I see you have some rust starting to eat away at your patch. If this keeps up, you're going to have to patch the patch! (this is another poor attempt at humor by ME).

 

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Awesome...! I see you have some rust starting to eat away at your patch. If this keeps up, you're going to have to patch the patch! (this is another poor attempt at humor by ME).

Don’t want it to be finished, what to do with my workshop then.
I will blast the s*** out of the patch before it is welded in.

 

[sproggy]

without some rust I don't really consider them landcruisers anyway.

 

[Honger]

Love seeing your handiwork man... raw metal and saving a Cruiser.

 

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Different aproach, cut the front of the floor out again and creating a straight line from A to B post.

An angle iron dictates the line.

 

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First patch taking shape.

A bit more rust that needs to be removed.

 

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Cutting out more cancer and replacing it with fresh steel.

Making two smaller pieces.

 

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Using the bead roller to create the bend.

First patch in and second ready to weld.

And the large patch almost fit for welding

Using the bead roller for the bend, the schrinker, stretcher and hammer dolly for the shape.

Tweeking the bends.

 

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Making the rear piece fit.

Used the English Wheel to create the sloping bend on the inside. Next I used the stretcher to bend the outside and the schrinker for the inside curve.

This is how far I got today.

 

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Got the curve about right.

 

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Cut the old steel out and Fitted the new piece.

 

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Cancer is eating in every nook and cranny

The inner brace looks solid, just needs to be sand blasted.

Started with drilling out the cross beam

 

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cross beam taken out.

The body supports are rusted pretty bad and must be replaced.

 

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The floor needs some work too, especialy the DS is bad.

 

[hooter]

you have more guts than me.

just plain awesome.

 

[cruiserboy14]

if you keep this up... your going to fab your own cruiser from scratch!!!

 

[waiting for time]

you have more guts than me.

just plain awesome.

Its just copying shapes.