Cuttin, fittin and weldin on the barnster

Well, made a bit of progrss on the barnster today. Finished cutting away the rusty metal and started fitting some new stuff...made new rear wheel well closing panel and pillar bottom. Started fitting new inner rocker panel - then ran out of gas in the MIG! Don't you hate that? I was on a roll too!

Won't take long to do this side - outriggers, pillar bottoms, replace end of top hat sections, rockers, floor........going to have to make an outer belly pan which is going to be a drag but.....







Bigger pics here if you want to look:
http://users.pipeline.com.au/hoopty/barnbody10.jpg

http://users.pipeline.com.au/hoopty/barnbody11.jpg

RobK

[Edited on 22-3-2003 by splitbusaustralia]

Cool progress shots.
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Great work Rob, keep the progress pics coming! :thumb

Rob

UUUU do good work.... I carnt see the fridge anywhere in the pics....

Rob u must have a Fridge in the workshop...

*sigh*. I am recently bereaved….left fridgeless. The fridge was in the little ‘cleanroom’ workshop next door. It belonged to number one daughter who bought it new when she flatted independently for about 3 months before moving in with her significant other.

We got to store the fridge. It was a 3 month old 380 litre Kelvinator. It was the coldest fridge I have ever seen. I felt obliged to keep it stocked and running so it would not become known as a garage queen, for as we all know, garage queens are impractical things of no use to anybody……so I had a beautiful new white big cold fridge as my workshop fridge. This happy situation lasted for two years – it was nirvana ( I was considering a small wall mounted television and a couch....)

Then, only one month ago, my number one daughter sold the fridge to help pay her uni fees. Sold it to a farmer who was going to put MY fridge in HIS shed and keep DOG FOOD in it. The fridge is GONE…….after a two year relationship where she and I had gotten to know each other intimately……..I am devastated and alone. We all know that farmers are not kind to their fridges. She’ll end up rusting away in a gully, turned upside down with the door hanging open, lying on top of all those split window busses

………perhaps someday an enthusiast will pull her out and restore her.

RIP.

Or make a Rat Looker out of it!

Sorry to hear about the fridge.

Ther will be another.

Nice bus.

380 liter shit thats a big one mines about 250 with seperate frezzer so u can make ice block for the ESKY when u go on outings to eplore other places n make fun at the BBQ.

Fits nicely between the 2 roller doors... and u always have to walk past it to get to the bench ... NOW u carnt go to the bench without something in yr hand....
got the opener tied onto a string on the door,,,, for open crownies... YEAH HARRRRRRRR
Mate pretty simple GO BUY ANOTHER ONE NOW....

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lookin sweet rob !!!!! bit of bad luck ur not gonna make it to the nats!!!!!
cheers
rhys

But how can I replace an original paint low mileage completely original 380 litre Kelvinator with a beater fridge?

Go out and buy one of those old rounded fridges and paint it to look like a splittie sitting on it's tailgate! 😎😎😎