My CHOPPED FB wagon project

[Sputzwagon]

That's "looking sweet" as Ed. You must be happy with the job so far. If not you should be..great going mate!

Scotty.

[minifb]

Great work Ed! Can't wait to see it finished...

Mark will be more of a dribbling mess once he see's it in the flesh

Yes i will be Brett... Man Ed's doing a great job...Cheers Mark

[ekute62]

Thumbs up looks like your waving a magic wond and creating one sweet ride. Keep up the great work and photo's as pure insperation..


Pete

[streetneat]

Gday ED
Looking good! One quick tip - what are you using to knock the welds back? If you havent already got one - get a metal bodywork file. ( looks like a bog file but the teeth are closer together) These are terrific for knocking individual mig or oxy welds down quickly and without heating the panel up - thus avoiding more distortion. My method used to be weld a few spots then file. This kept the panel in control better I found.

My body file would be the most used tool in my shed- I use it even for general welding jobs as its actually quicker for shaving and shaping in many cases. (Electricity is a bit of a premium for me here and a pain in the arse as I have to run a lead from the house still.)

Just my two cents- love what you've done so far!
Cheers streetneat-Andrew.

[Ed]

hey guys,

thanks for all the comments so far.. pics coming, roof is almost back together and ground smooth, spent hours slapping it back into shape.

Andrew, I just use an ordinary flat file, then smooth it down using a Garryson sanding disc... nothing flash.

I'm getting a couple of tools this month, so will put one on the list. In your old holden gallery, you demonstrate the use of shrinker/stretcher... I've seen them on ebay and want to get one to re-make rusted weather strip channels etc... are the ebay ones any good?

Cheers

Ed

[Ed]

A few more hours, getting closer...
The wagon is ready to have it's braces removed, which is good so I can finish up the pillars and rust repairs next and get those doors happening too.

[Trev]

Bloody great job man

[minifb]

Cant wait to see it next week....

YEP IM PRETTY DAMN HAPPY WITH IT

[Devilrod]

We need a two big thimbs up emoticon. Thats freakin awesome!!!!!!

[Blacky]

We need a two big thimbs up emoticon. Thats freakin awesome!!!!!!

What about this one ????

[minifb]

LMFAO Blacky

[Devilrod]

That'll do nicely!

[Harko]

I cant help but keep filling in all the blanks , convo pro's , yellow and white , injected 5lt .

Your efforts are great ED , fast too And I dont think a wagon has ever been done before .

[Devilrod]

yellow and white , injected 5lt .

Babooow! Better!

[Ed]

.. just using your 20 min rule Harko, but I expanded it to 2 hours.

things will slow down a little now as I need to fix some fiddly rust before progressing.

I don't think this is the first wagon to be done, but maybe one of a couple.

Cheers

Ed