Mini Pickup Restoration Project No.2! Finally Underway! by pickupmad87

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Got up to somerfords this morning to pickup the rest of the pannels i needed to get properly started on the rear floor.

when i walked through the door i spotted a fuel tank in the corner brand new badged up at half price i asked what was wrong with it and the said a customer tried altering the angle to the filler neck by de soldering it couldnt get it to fit and tried returning it as faulty! BARGIN for me!!

when i was down at somerfords i decided to buy some heritage wheels arches as the pattern ones i bought didnt fit too well
tried them in and they fit a helluva lot better!!

probally going to make a start on screwing panels in place and possibly welding them tommorow so i keyed up the inside of the h frame setup and gave the a couple of coats of weld through primer.

to be able to weld part of the h frame setup to the floor i need to put in the subframe bolt blocks that get hidden in side and welded in, i had to make these up as my ones on my pickup were non existent and i totally forgot to get them at somerfords!
also i couldnt find the right size tap anywhere at home by the time i realised it everywhere was shut so couldnt buy a tap so i done this....

they are countersunk into the metal and pressed in with a vice, tommorow i will drill some hole at each point of the nut bout half thinkness to get some better weld in there.

only thing left to get for the rear is a tail gate, and rear arches which im hopefully ordering on monday from old skool. if anyone here has a spare pickup tailgate hanging around i would defo be interested!!