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 jamiesc
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 02:36 PM |
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the rebuild of the flying flea finally started
for over a year the flying flea sat in my garage awaiting for a rebuild i finally started it two weeks ago and working on it on my few days off here
and there its annoying when you sand it back in spots only to find abit more rust and you think crap not more please dont be any more and yeap its
shows abit more i have almost all my engine parts to build my engine and also strenghened axles
so far i have pu in about 4 days work
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 02:49 PM |
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more pics
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jamiesc
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 02:50 PM |
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more pics
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jamiesc
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 03:07 PM |
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and a couple more at the moment i have taken it down a friends house to do the rust repair work when im free and when im not doing that ill be getting
the guards prepped ready for paint
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 04:39 PM |
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Are you going to take the body off the pan ?
Looks like a lot of the rust was previously bogged over 
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 04:55 PM |
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I want to do a body off but i have looked at the pan really well and ive decided im going to cut all the rust out and do all my rust repair panels and
stuff so it will be cheaper
Im still deciding to get the inside of the car sand blasted and underneath
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 05:43 PM |
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IMO take the body off.....its not that much more work and you will get a better final finish to your resto.
I will guarantee the sills will have rust areas where the body and pan meets.
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 10:40 PM |
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So your saying if i do a body off i will find tons more rust craig haha i didnt wanna hear that im trying to tell my dad it would be a better to do a
body off cause it would be easy to replace the heater channels then weld in peices so i have no idea which way to go.
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| posted on August 29th, 2013 at 11:14 PM |
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Body off.
Its easier to paint the pan, it gives you better access to painting the body, and it gives you the piece of mind that all the rust can be accessed.
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| posted on August 30th, 2013 at 08:04 AM |
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Body off, if you want to fix it properly, you have no choice.
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| posted on August 30th, 2013 at 08:46 AM |
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You'll never achieve a good seal between the body and pan and the rust problem will only get worse. Just undo the bolts, prop the body up and have a
good look.
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| posted on September 2nd, 2013 at 03:27 PM |
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since most people are telling me to pull the body of the floorpan i have decide its a good idea i should
and just working on the body rust repairs until i save up enough for the heater channels and floor pan sandblasting
i havent been able to work on it since friday night cause i got a peice of metal in my eye and got it since removed
but told not to use a grinder for a few days but ill be at it by the end of the week
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| posted on September 2nd, 2013 at 08:16 PM |
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Safety glasses
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 09:38 PM |
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YOu won't regret taking the body off. Makes it much easier to do it all properly!
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| posted on September 12th, 2013 at 08:53 PM |
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I tried preping the pan with the body on. I took the body off later on and regret not having done it in the first place now. It makes access so much
easier and you don't have to contort yourself to get into some of the tighter places. Body off every time IMHO.
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| posted on October 29th, 2013 at 03:14 PM |
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ive removed the body from the pan and just currently unpicking the heater channels and making bracings for the doors this week so it doesnt flex too
much i will upload pictures this week of my current progress
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| posted on November 7th, 2013 at 07:34 AM |
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a couple of pic i quickly took yesterday after getting one heater channel off and wow what a mission
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| posted on November 25th, 2013 at 03:53 PM |
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Finally
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