deans sc ute

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:37 pm

had this project in the shop since the middle of 07 belongs to a DSKer and have finally got round to starting a thread on the work we are doing
As with most utes it was in a bad way,rust was eveywhere so back to the chassis rails we went and have rebuilt the ute from there.new panels have included
top hat sections,jacking points,out riggers,inner sills,front and rear cross members,lower rear cab wall,floor,new air duct completly rebuilt from scratch,rebuilt inner and new outer bposts,both doglegs,cab floor sections,front inner and outer lower panels,complete front skin,window screen apurtures,

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:46 pm

these shots show all new outside panels welded on,new tresure chest door skin fitted,floor section in,b post and dog leg welded in

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:13 pm

whole ute blasted then into epoxy primmer,IRS fitted to the rear,under side painted black raptor,new left and right platform trays in ready for engine bay paint.
Over the comming weeks the rear cargo bed will be going on and the cab will be painted,the above photos are only a handfull of the 200 ish photos that we have taken of this rebuild.
Some of the panels that have been used on this ute have been made in our workshop,we are able to make side panels for utes,double and kombis,bposts,treasure chest skins,rear corners other panels to follow,
The panel shop i run was originally set up for smash work and slowly the vws are taking over,i have been into volkswagens for 20 years and to combine vws with my work is pretty good.
With the prices of these old beasts going up and the availability of most of the panels there is no reason why no split cant be saved

Frogsta · Post by **Frogsta** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:23 pm

Mate , got to hand it to ya, you make the no can do can do.
What you do is full on as if you were from the UK or something.
So you making those treasure floors yourself?
legendary stuff!.

frenzix · Post by **frenzix** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:25 pm

nice work, basically will be a new ute..

slow n low · Post by **slow n low** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:05 pm

Great Work. i am having to do the same work on my single cab.

keep it up.

Damian

brad@busnbug · Post by **brad@busnbug** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:55 pm

Imagine that. A new ute! Brilliant!

winerot · Post by **winerot** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:57 am

nice work & soon will have some of your panels for my mango, hopefully
tomorrow, waiting on transport company to ring to say pick up please.
cheers wally

Shaven · Post by **Shaven** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:40 pm

may i ask who dean is?
matty

kombiing · Post by **kombiing** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:58 pm

very impressive resto lot of work involved in that!

UTE 264 · Post by **UTE 264** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:57 pm

Surfbus

Have you removed the top roof skin?

Volksmuller · Post by **Volksmuller** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:05 am

great work ethics here...no one will be able to jump over the bar mate ...great to see and hat off once again cheeres steve

Dasdubber · Post by **Dasdubber** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:02 am

Fantastic work surfbus. Well done.

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:20 pm

been a busy week on the ute etch primmed and seam sealed engine bay and luggage bay ready for colour

engine bay painted in black 2k,luggage bay sprayed in black raptor(we use this because of its durability it is salt resistant and does not chip it wears off) using normal 2k paint just chips and scratches to easy

surf bus · Post by **surf bus** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:23 pm

last panels going on,no more welding left on the shell just the bolt on panels it has been a while since it looked this solid