The other 61 Ute

[spl65t]

Is there any other year bus in SA…..?

[vanell]

Rear brakes done, handbrake hooked up then fitted the brake and clutch pedals, had to shorten the clutch Rod about 6 mm to get the pedal in the middle of the hole and put a cut out in it for the steering box raise

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[vanell]

Then I had a go at fitting the treasure chest doors, got some used locks from Gordon out of his stash
Doors will need a bit of a massage but they are close, starting to look like a complete ute

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[Beatts]

Moving along nicely Wiz. Those gates look good are they the BBT ones?

[vanell]

Yeah BBT, fit quite well
Only complaint is that they don’t put enough spot welds on them, easy fix before painting
Actually all these panel’s they need to spot weld more, the treasure chest doors and the engine lid have very few spot welds
But it’s an easy fix and their panels always fit nicely

[vanell]

Out at Coopers using his spray booth
Been sanding for 2 days, got a bit of hibuild on this afternoon

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[Kombiiknut]

Awesome, looking forward to seeing this one back on the road. I think your a ute guy so it's not quite right when your not knocking about in one

[vanell]

Only got paint on the floor, front and dash, mainly because it gives me a chance to get it drivable
Picking up an engine in Melbourne on the weekend

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[splitthis]

I will never see too many dove blue busses, such a good colour. Killing it Wiz, get Coopers booth sorted for me, won't be long.

[rusty 55]

Looks so nice and clean in there, the joy of fresh paint, nice

[vanell]

Picked it back up from Coopers, found a couple of repairs I hadn’t finished, so I am going to get it running before I go back to finish paint
Brakes done, handbrake works too, then did the wiring, it took a while

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[vanell]

Wiring finished, engine in and it starts, gotta pull it out later when the fresh tinware comes back from the sandblaster. Tank in with Wizard neck, finish moving the muffler tomorrow and should be able to drive it by the weekend

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[Snebo67]

Gee Wiz, you are really flying on this Ute now, you'll be back driving a Splitty Ute again in no time.

[spl65t]

Nice work mate. Has the owner of this car got really long arms ?

[Kombiiknut]

Diesel Heater going in this one wiz?