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Offline eagleman

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #150 on: July 19, 2012, 09:47:52 AM »
You go guy. Watching your progress is what keeps me doing on mine.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #151 on: July 21, 2012, 09:29:50 AM »
That much...



This was under chome trim...



And I thought this was the better side...   f :censored: bull  :censored: ...

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #152 on: July 22, 2012, 07:16:24 AM »
Almost every possible method (I have) is used... of course hammering and...

Pulling dent out using lead bar, pliers and slidehammer... Or long iron bar.

One big dent was too much out, so I used "hot spots" to shrink sheet metal. I dont´t have acetylene torch, so I used shrinking disc method to warm metal... My disc is just an old flap disc. I used its back side... 

Cutting bad areas and hammering and welding...

It is almost there...  :eagle:

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #153 on: July 23, 2012, 01:28:58 PM »
As you can remember rear corner of side window had some rust hidden.

This was under all window sealer...
What is hidden under this rusty piece of sheet metal?



Let´s open it...

Rust of course!

Hmm... Needs more to cut... What might be there...



There is.... RUST... that you can´t cut, because there is nothing behind it, but you can clean it...



Now it looks much better!



Testing a new piece of sheet metal. Fits nicely, but there is something missing! It is not ready to weld...



It needs this. An one inch nail.... or just a head of it.



There must be a pin for plastic spacer just there to keep glass out of metal...



Now it is time to weld all together. But NO! Behind there is painted interior... What Angus MacGyver would do? What can I do to save that paint... YES! Glue it!

So I´ll weld it tomorrow...

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #154 on: July 23, 2012, 04:52:51 PM »
Very nice juhap, very interesting about your method of shrinking, never tried that before, nor have I heard of it, looks like it works well for you  :occasion14: .
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #155 on: July 24, 2012, 06:49:20 AM »
LOL @ "McGyver" your just too funny Juhap. All that skill and a comedian too.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #156 on: July 24, 2012, 01:19:54 PM »
O-boy, o-boy... Here it is at last... Weldings and leads done. Not perfect, but good enough...  ;)



And the first bondo...

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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #157 on: July 24, 2012, 01:49:17 PM »
Not only are you good, but you appear to have either a lot of time...or work fast. Either way. Great job man.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #158 on: July 24, 2012, 02:21:52 PM »
It is summer holiday... and the living is easy...
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #159 on: July 26, 2012, 04:05:50 PM »
It was late in the evening when I sprayed some body filler... this nightmare is ove, it is time to  



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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #160 on: July 26, 2012, 04:31:08 PM »
I get excited everytime I see an update to this thread.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #161 on: July 26, 2012, 04:55:34 PM »
Quote from: Prafeston on July 26, 2012, 04:31:08 PM
I get excited everytime I see an update to this thread.
Same here!  I am very impressed with the wok that is being done. 
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #162 on: July 27, 2012, 02:13:34 AM »
Makes me want to get out and start straightening my bird out!  That looks amazing, maybe I'll just ship mine out to you, haha.
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #163 on: July 27, 2012, 05:13:18 AM »
You can ship here as many as you like... SX/4´s, Kammbacks and Sundancers wanted... I´ve no money, but you can send anyways...  :hello2:
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Re: My 81 Wagon Project
« Reply #164 on: July 28, 2012, 05:40:20 PM »
I started to fix doors. Left door needs TLC, there were rust and deep dent under the door moulding. Those swedish plastic things had somebody glued with some mysterious stuff, so I had to use an angle grinder to get rid of it!



This was under all rust and paint... Needed a lot of work to get it rust free.

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