Pick up Restoration (Part 2)

[ptitterington]

Everyone here, including Dave, knows that at best this time around the final result will look like a DIY restoration with all the faults that we humble humans think are not faults. The end product will be a useful utility vehicle that will be coverted by many. In time i bet that Dave will go back and re-do a few things. For now the goal has to be a pickup that can carry an old tv to the dump. and make Dave smile every time he looks at it.

[MarkyB]

There is plenty of room between rough and concours, many Minors fit into it.
It seems to me that there are a lot more that tend towards the latter on show at the rallies I attend.

He has brought this pick up back from the dead, which I find admirable, to suggest that until it looks like it looks like it just rolled of the production line on a very good day it is somehow inferior I find perverse.
But there you go, different strokes for different folks as they say.

[ptitterington]

Mate, you may want to read your post again as it really does not make much sense. Personally I like the look of a used pickup. From my point of view,I am getting mine rebuilt by a pro as I want it to live outside, be a good daily driver, be safe for my wife and kids to drive and be an advert for my building company.

[MarkyB]

Which part don't you understand?

I like your faith in "pros" but reserve my admiration for people who do things for themselves, especially on projects like this.

" I paid for that " doesn't say any more than "I've got money", like a Rolex or something.

"I brought this pick up back to life" , that's really something.

[chris1968]

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[chris1968]

Back from the dead! Note the big dent on top of the bonnet.This pickup and me have history.Chris.

[ptitterington]

Sorry cant see a dent on the bonnet but the grill looks a bit distressed!

[mmjosh]

i cansee the dent (look towards the corner of the windscreen)

[MarkyB]

big dent on top of the bonnet.This pickup and me have history

Was it a "Glasgow kiss"

[davidmiles]

Wet and orrible day today, I pushed her out and conducted a drainage test on the cab floor, I know what your thinking, what a day to do that, well I'm wondering if to drill some drainage holes in the footwells and add those curved underpieces that were pressed into the original floor edges, I could make some in my workshop easy enough. No matter how carefull you are dampness will get inside the cab, off my wellies ect, so its got to get out somehow, and I want to fix this before I start fitting out the cab next year.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

I'm a bit stuck really, I can't move on until Ive finished painting the bodywork, and I can't get a reasonable paint finish while its freezing cold like it is today, But it is November, so what can I expect. I'll have to dig out bits to rebuild like the heater or something. In the meantime, I glanced over at this model car on my bookshelf next to my computer, its a Dinky Studebaker I painted Ford Nordic Blue from a aerosole can a while back. Looks suspiciously close to my pickup paint chosen colour of smoke grey![frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Actually when you hold up the colours against one another the pickup is a little more greyish in hue, pritty close though, theres a lot of blue in smoke grey.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Having totally sponged off the wet areas I created on the cab floor, and lets face it, in this weather the water won't simply dry up on its own. I have put her back in the garage and turned my attention to other bits. First, the spare gearbox that came with the basket case of spares parts. Don't know anything about this. It was unnatached and sitting idly in the cab when I purchased it last year. Come in handy as a spare though. It was covered in an inch of greasy crud, there is metal under there though...It'll take some time to get it as clean as the one Ive fitted in the pickup already. If that one works fine I'll either sell this or keep it as a spare.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Tommorow I'm going to spend my last rest day cleaning up my workshop and getting everything in its place, Ive dragged down these two heaters for an inspection to see which one to use. They're both cruddy, but the basket case one has a slight edge. its not as rusty as the original out of the field find.[frame][/frame]

[chris1968]

Hi David, Yes it's wet cold and shot on day lite.I think most Morris men have a good supply of morris junk.Keep the gearbox, the wife will love you for it.

[davidmiles]

before everyone shouts in unison, I know you can probably get a brand spanking new one, but where's the fun in that? I don't mind replacing worn out parts, even the entire motor, but I'd like to use these two to get one decent working heater. Can't say I thought much about this area until the weather turned cold, tends to focus the mind on these sorts of things. The one pictured here is the rust original field find mess, might have bits I can use inside though.[frame][/frame]

[davidmiles]

Thanks Chris," Morris Men", love it, I'll inevitably have to fix the bells and tassles to my ankles and cuffs do the dance next summer and spend more time in the pub, with the other Morris men. Lord Nuffield would love to join us if he could.
The not as rusty, but still rusty, heater of choice. I'll be able to tell more tommorow when I have a clear bench and can take them both to bits.[frame][/frame]

[rich-legg]

and add those curved underpieces that were pressed into the original floor edges, I could make some in my workshop easy enough.

I don't think you'll be able to press the drainage holes in your workshop now the floor is welded into the car? Its something you need to do before the floor is welded in.

[davidmiles]

drill a hole then weld in a curved piece underneath the floor where the hole is. surely there's a way?

[MarkyB]

Crikey, that would be some very fiddly welding!

I'm sure I've formed effective and not too horrible looking drain hole by drilling a hole then levering it with a screwdriver or other metal dowel (not a drill) to give an approximation of the original.

Don't forget that drilling leaves bare metal!