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yeah, well the black bits are black and the grey bits are montana grey - with the door closed the shed is pretty dingy and the yellow of the lights doesn't help...probably a good day for the hardware shop...I'll see what I can do

bit better with some white light fluros

another delivery - it's been good shopping weather

Under the white fluro that looks like the same as what mine were from factory, ute and van.

Are the shocks heavy duty gas Monroe Wiley?


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Hi Clay, the shocks are Gabriel Guardian gas shocks - good price at Superspares. Patrick

I see the bastard file coming out to fit the fronts. Good brand going back Gabriel.


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

I don't use paint stripper much - but for wheels - yep...then some paint

Neat Patrick

They look red and fast

Regards
Stephen

Now you’re tempting me paddy


FB ute fixer upper, EK van on rotisserie

Yeah, those two wheels came from a fella in Sydney who happened to be coming this way...they cleaned up well.

Today, I put some air in the tyre of a wheel that I had previously painted and had sitting outside. It started bubbling water around the valve and bead...hmmm...got the tyre taken off - it's wet in there and has been rusting. I tidied it up but not sure it'll be used, if I come up with enough other better ones.

Now, I'll take the wheels off the ute one at a time and decide (at least I know they hold air - though two have tubes). I put my other painted wheel (the HR one) on the ute, so I could paint up another EK one.

Patrick



The previous owner must have been environmentally conscious

Good old retreads hey..... with a name like “Rodgers Retreads” I’m sure he was an honest bloke?

I started stripping another wheel but then the weather turned nasty (and my workspace isn't hail-proof)




...but what can you do? the clothesline is where I hang out


boom boom

drilled some extra holes and sprayed fish oil everywhere that's been welded (front, driver's side, rear) - another job that you don't see - unless you look on the concrete (and my clothes)

gave the petrol tank a bit of a cleanup


could hear something loose inside ... so I shook these out - home made fuel catalyst?