Ron Lawson

Matt The Big Screw is watching you ha ha ha or should I say two of them are

Don't worry cobber I slept Had too many long nights of when I was an Owner Driver trying to put a quid together I went up to the Car Club facilities where we can work under instruction from an upholsterer Next is the Door cards with pockets Lookin forward to that

Would love to Ian ..........But I don't want to be in Dictator Dan's Concentration camp

Chrome vanadium was never used in body panel steel back then All body steel was cold rolled sheet for uniform thickness Chrome vanadium was used in mechanical parts and the frame

Brilliant workmanship

You are a genius Matt You make the hardest tasks look so bloody easy

12 gauge is a shot gun lol

A man of your talents You should be able to vee it out and weld it back together The pipe idea is the best way That's how we got them out in my trucking days providing there was enough to grab hold of and jiggle out

Kick panels Matt The Door cards are next

Make up a mixture of half and half acetone and power steering fluid and spray all of your rusty bolts and nuts works great If that fails after about a week then get the Blue Tongued Lizard (Oxy and acetelene ) out and warm them up I don't know how original you are going to restore your doodlebug but remember period slotted screws are getting harder to find

The other length of 50mm nylon rod has arrived today so tomorrow I will be able to make the rollers to do the two side sections for the windshield frame

Thanks John Got one

Where do you get them from B.F. I used to use a foot out of a pair of stockings and that worked well

Looks like a Series 1 Landrover door top

Anthony It is not such a big job to remove the side plate to check your block for gunk I would also check to make sure that the impellor on the water pump is not spinning on the shaft Are you reverse flushing the radiator when you flush it or are you just removing the lower hose and letting the water run out I sincerely hope that you can find a solution to your overheating problem

Matt as Doug said, It takes bollocks to take on a job like this for the first time I am still plucking up the courage to start my upholstery Mate it isn't perfect but you have done your best AND it's not a "cheque book " restoration that has been shopped out Accolades to you mate you are a legend

Thank you young man You are free to leave the court room

Doug that is what I used It cleaned well but there was a lot of flaking crap in the base of the water chamber Scraped most of it out then more scratching then water blasted it and after lunch when it had dried out I blew it out with air

That's why a lot of our old cars don't have them on any more The old bush mechanics deemed them to be useless and to much of a hassle so the were chucked away

On the 28 senior they both mount below the frame I cant see them being different on your car

Nothing has to be changed to confuse me

Hey Pete Didn't you know that all of us old car guys are gunna live to 187 just so we can finisn our projects

Even tho I am In Australia that is one car I would Love to own

Matty I hope they are NOT Philips Head pins hahaha

Matt if you le3ave Monday you should be here by weekend