Restoration of Juice

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Restoration of Juice

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Thought that I'd post some pics of the restoration and transformation of my ute, had him two months yesterday.
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What he looked like the day he came home
What he looked like the day he came home
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you can see the extensive rust in the tailgate we had to replace the bottom of all 3
you can see the extensive rust in the tailgate we had to replace the bottom of all 3
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This thickness of bog was on the entire body, strangely enough it was disguising too much shit.
This thickness of bog was on the entire body, strangely enough it was disguising too much shit.
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Underneath the tray before
Underneath the tray before
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And after
And after
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Rust in side gates
Rust in side gates
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Repair section at the bottom of gate, I've had to do all three and whilst fiddly they have come up well
Repair section at the bottom of gate, I've had to do all three and whilst fiddly they have come up well
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Strike! You dont muck around Dude! Go hard Matey.
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Post by 66split »

that must have been one heavy bus with all the bog!! looks like your really getting stuck into the resto. keep the pics coming. cheers, dave.
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Good work Juice,
keep the pics comin'

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isaw you in byron the other day... i think it was you,, all i could see was some mad afro popping out of the split.. good work.,
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That wasn't juice1, that was Juice2, a 64 split, with afro Dave behind the wheel
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Hey, you won't recognise him when we're done. Don't worry looking after him, he's the most expensive love in my life.
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juice2 ahhh k.
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Post by Kombi Trip »

Nice work..maybe we helped sponsor the resto buying juice in the Byron Caravan park 5 years or so ago...
Great Ute :) great juice :)

Cheers

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Post by JUICE1 »

Thanks for the photos, I bought him off the Kombi Juice company 2 months ago. He looks very cute done up like that. Thanks
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I dig how they used the insides of the gates for chalk boards. Sweet little ute!
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Nice pic of bruno
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I thoght it was Shannon Noll before IDOL!
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Post by hheybob »

Look at the difference of 5 years of salt air..we bought juice kombi's last July and it was time for Juice 1 to go to a loving family..which it has now :D
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Post by JUICE1 »

More pictures of the resto, looks much nicer in the pics in Byron but hopefully we'll get him rust free and back to his original glory
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