mrtask
Well-Known Member
I've set myself the task of finishing rebuilding my '72 3500 in 2008. (EDIT: Ha! Ever the optimist! It's 2011 now and I'm still not finished...)
After languishing in a neglected state in my lock-up for far too long, my back-to-the-shell rebuild is now properly under way!
Over the previous winter I stripped my '72 back to a rolling shell, and removed the remains of the old underbody seal from all the areas I could reach.
In the summer the car was trailered to a professional restoration specialist. Classic Wheels Berlin GmbH are specialists in British classic cars, based in leafy Zehlendorf.
May I direct you to their website, which I designed and maintain. There you'll find a photo diary of my restoration as it progresses, amongst lots of stuff of interest to those who appreciate the best of British motoring. See Index | Classic Wheels Berlin GmbH.
Their skilled panel beater excised all the rotten parts of my Base Unit and painstakingly repaired all the rusty sections, mostly hand forming the metal work required. Currently the car is up in the air on a hydraulic lift, having had the suspension and final drive removed for refurbishing. The last vestiges of underbody seal have been removed from the underside, and the next step after fitting a chassis rail reinforcement kit will by treating the undercarriage to a new protective coat of paint. I intend to use POR15 Chassiscoat Black, and welcome any forum user experience of this product.
My DeDion elbows are off to the sandblaster this week, now I have to earn the money (and lots of it!) for a complete set of poly bushes, ball joints, a brake rebuild kit, new brake lines, etc. etc. to get the base unit back on it's own wheels.
After languishing in a neglected state in my lock-up for far too long, my back-to-the-shell rebuild is now properly under way!
Over the previous winter I stripped my '72 back to a rolling shell, and removed the remains of the old underbody seal from all the areas I could reach.
In the summer the car was trailered to a professional restoration specialist. Classic Wheels Berlin GmbH are specialists in British classic cars, based in leafy Zehlendorf.
May I direct you to their website, which I designed and maintain. There you'll find a photo diary of my restoration as it progresses, amongst lots of stuff of interest to those who appreciate the best of British motoring. See Index | Classic Wheels Berlin GmbH.
Their skilled panel beater excised all the rotten parts of my Base Unit and painstakingly repaired all the rusty sections, mostly hand forming the metal work required. Currently the car is up in the air on a hydraulic lift, having had the suspension and final drive removed for refurbishing. The last vestiges of underbody seal have been removed from the underside, and the next step after fitting a chassis rail reinforcement kit will by treating the undercarriage to a new protective coat of paint. I intend to use POR15 Chassiscoat Black, and welcome any forum user experience of this product.
My DeDion elbows are off to the sandblaster this week, now I have to earn the money (and lots of it!) for a complete set of poly bushes, ball joints, a brake rebuild kit, new brake lines, etc. etc. to get the base unit back on it's own wheels.
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