The other 61 Ute

[Gunther]

Looking good Ian

[warb]

sweet mate.

[Beatts]

Nice one. Did you mix the pain differently this time Wiz?

[splitthis]

Nice one. Did you mix the pain differently this time Wiz?

Do you mean other than the Wiz’s patented “if in doubt, thin it out” method of paint mixing?

[vanell]

Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for

[splitthis]

Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely

Can I get some of that info second hand next weekend??

[Beatts]

Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for

That's great. I thought the paint coverage looked thinner in the photos.
We're currently messing around with what percentage of matting agent to use so it has a finish similar to acrylic. Looking for old shiny not new shiny.

[splitthis]

Beatts, my chat with your painter has helped me immensely, also the paint is $100 a litre.
As for Matt, he bought a $38 spray gun off EBay, I had to thin the shit out of it to come out of the gun
So to sum it all up, You get what you pay for

That's great. I thought the paint coverage looked thinner in the photos.
We're currently messing around with what percentage of matting agent to use so it has a finish similar to acrylic. Looking for old shiny not new shiny.

And everyone makes out like I’m the obsessive one.

[vanell]

Gearbox in today, picture reminds me to order a new throw out bearing
I square up the trans to the body, it makes the tinware fit nicely, there’s enough movement in the bottom mount bolts to get it right

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[Beatts]

It’s the small things that make the big things work. Nice trick.

Also I don’t want to seem obsessed but that paint job does look good Wiz.

[spl65t]

Yeah great idea. Never realised that could be tweaked. Not changing it though until next time…. Hopefully a few years

[vanell]

So I’m not a fan of adjusters, I think they are too close to the tyre sidewall with a decent size tyre on, but you need to be able to drop the spring plates to get the tyres off, so I use 3 bolts instead of the Adjuster, a lot more work to get the spring plates in the right spot tho

[vanell]

Bit more work on this, just making sure everything fits before tearing it apart to paint

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[MID WEST DUBBER]

Looking good Ian, getting this into paint before getting back onto the dual cab? Or bit of both

[vanell]

I need to finish this so I think I’ll complete this first, Dual Cab will have to wait
I also have a few paying jobs for the next 6 months