Body off restoration
Discussion
Hi, I started the process of removing the body a while ago and due to work commitments it's taken a while. Tonight it was finally removed so I thought I'd start a thread to show the progress.
It's a 2001 tuscan that was being kept outside by the previous owner and was also kept outside and used in all weather by myself. I now have a garage and second car hence the restoration begins.
Being kept outside it did leak from time to time and this didn't do the pedal box much good.
Now the body is off, on initial inspection it doesn't look as bad as I thought it might.
The pedal box cleaned of rust and undercoat applied.
It's a 2001 tuscan that was being kept outside by the previous owner and was also kept outside and used in all weather by myself. I now have a garage and second car hence the restoration begins.
Being kept outside it did leak from time to time and this didn't do the pedal box much good.
Now the body is off, on initial inspection it doesn't look as bad as I thought it might.
The pedal box cleaned of rust and undercoat applied.
You have sharp eyes, your right it is a 4 Ltr. I recently changed the alternator as mine failed. It took a good few evenings to get to that stage. It was relatively straight forward apart from removing the bolts in the gearbox tunnel that require part of the fibre glass to be cut away and removing the bolts in the boot. This requires the fuel tank to be removed and I ended up cutting some of the fuel pipes. Not too big an issue as I plan on replacing them all as part of the restoration.
After a slow day yesterday with the oil pipes and steering rack giving me a few problems, I had a productive day today and have removed everything bar the engine. Just waiting to borrow my mates engine lift.
I was surprised how easy the suspension components came apart after 13 years. The only thing that needed to be angle ground off was a rusty brake pipe fitting.
Now for the seemingly endless task of cleaning off the wax oil.
I was surprised how easy the suspension components came apart after 13 years. The only thing that needed to be angle ground off was a rusty brake pipe fitting.
Now for the seemingly endless task of cleaning off the wax oil.
Just a quick update. The chassis is still wating to go to the shot blasters and that is planned for next week, hopefully it will start to get a bit more interesting then. In the mean time I have installed a compressor with an air tools line and a clean air line for spray painting the chassis. Could have done with the air tools for stripping it down really.
Just a quick update. The chassis is still wating to go to the shot blasters and that is planned for next week, hopefully it will start to get a bit more interesting then. In the mean time I have installed a compressor with an air tools line and a clean air line for spray painting the chassis. Could have done with the air tools for stripping it down really.
I'm an electronics technician by trade but have been spannering for years, with the amount of information available on here and the Internet in general then if you have basic skills and label everything properly then I don't think you can go too far wrong.
The chassis is now ready to go to the shot blasters tomorrow.
The chassis is now ready to go to the shot blasters tomorrow.
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