FB restoration in South Africa

Alastair Saxton · Post by **Alastair Saxton** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:50 pm

Red FB Restoration in South Africa. Done a bit of sheetmetal work on my essentially running FB
Alastair

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:58 pm

MY NEW HERO

love looking at this type of dedication and skilled metal work

wish i could do it

FB MAD · Post by **FB MAD** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:09 pm

Me too Rat

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Sheet metalwork scares the sheet outta me

ben · Post by **ben** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:56 pm

Very nice work there Alastair, look forward to seeing some progress pics

J · Post by J » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:17 pm

you are veryyyy talented with metal

Finny · Post by **Finny** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:29 pm

Alastair, very nice work.

I would have almost written it off with that much to do. Very skilled.

Much easier to use a grinder than a welder.

Where abouts in SA are you ?

Smooth customs · Post by **Smooth customs** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:02 am

Very nice work

Keep posting pictures

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:26 am

Not just nice work but documentation that Rosco would be proud of!

J · Post by J » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:41 am

Finny wrote:Alastair, very nice work.

I would have almost written it off with that much to do. =

yea.... and sliced up a perfectly good body

and throw the rest out

Finny · Post by **Finny** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:55 am

J, I don't know how you can turn off the light at night.

Wolves in Sheeps clothing, even in South Africia.

Read the text, and look at the pictures................

DONOR CAR bits are being used........

HA HA HA HA HA

Chop, Chop Chop

space ace · Post by **space ace** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 8:15 am

Very well thought out and executed Alastair.Love the use of home made tooling to get the job done

Pete

dave68 · Post by **dave68** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:21 am

Well done Alastair. Love the fabrication of the replacement parts. Keep the snaps coming

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:03 pm

Awesome!!!!! Great metal work Al...

Alastair Saxton · Post by **Alastair Saxton** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:41 am

There has been a long break since I fabricated and fitted these skins.

Well not too much been hapenning with this. I did join up the new skins onto the old ones and got a bit of distortion which took a lot of time to get right. Straightening is definately not what I am good at. Then one afternoon my daughter and I took the motor and gearbox out and the next day hauled the suspensions out. Now she (the car , not the daughter) is on a trolley.

I started sorting out the beadings one night and ended going up to my Mom's house where a lot of the parts are. I got all the FB doors down and stripped all the beadings off them to make up the best set possible. Got a bit distracted by the door panels when I took them off, so I loaded them all up and a big pile of others too, took them home for a scrub on the lawn. I photographed each set so that I could have a reference. Must make a nice BIG box for them now to keep them safe!

This photo was taken in 2003 at Sandstone Estates in the Orange Free State. We had gone up in the two Holdens for a big agricultural, tractor aand train show. The owner of the property has about 23 km of narrow gauge (19") and about a dozen restored steam engines. He also has a collection of standard (3'6")gauge trains. Take a look at his website: www.sandstone-estates.com He sure knows how to play on a big scale with big toys.

Brodie · Post by **Brodie** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 12:05 am

First time i've seen this thread,

Your fab skills are awesome !!

Keep the pics comin' Al