Thanks for the nice comments!
The bench is still lacking cushions, been borrowing them from the living room sofa when needed.. Having a cup of coffee, sitting at the bench (of course..) and looking at pics of old Datsuns, i got a little spark to continue on the body work for the pickup.
Main reason why i lacked inspiration was that i bought those wide rims for it and started widening the body from the bed sides. It's a bit easier to push the sides out when you have a few meters to blend it in. Especially when i'm not that good at sheet metal work. Here's from the first try, before cutting the freshly welded arches for some POS zg-flares.. The bottom parts are already done here, had to do the whole side. The small bed side rails (?) ,front wall, rear light surroundings and the floor was left from the old, everything else was cut out.
The previous owner had made the bed sides already once, mostly from anything you could weld together and needles to say, it looked quite bad. Taking some measurements from the cab, i bought some sheet metal that had the sharper bends already made, the rest i improvised using some vises and plastic sewer piping to roll the sides..
Widening the rear..
The bed sides where actually quite good, before i started welding the inner wheel wells and warped the arches. Another reason for trying the flares.
I thought the flares would also solve how to get the front end done without the wheels sticking out a few inches.. Well, it didn't work and after that i lost all interest in it.
Pics above where taken at the old garage, the car sat there untouched for a couple of years. And somewhere here i started on building my new garage.
And these are taken from the past 3-4 weeks.
I still had two new front fenders laying around, so i started working at the front, at this point i didn't even think about doing the bed sides over again.
Just cutting it up, and trying different things to get it in some kind of shape.
Fast forward and after some **** welding and grinding, one side done.
Got both sides done, time to start at the back. I ordered a new pair of front fenders to get the right looking arch for the back end and started cutting. I didn't want to do the inner arches again and warping it, so i measured a part that would fit inside the inner arch.
And **** welded in. Don't look pretty and need a lot of bondo, but im happy now.
After some rough sanding, it's starting to take shape.
As for the garage, i forgot to add a socket between the doors. It hasn't bothered me that much, just pops up every time i'm vacuuming cars inside the garage. Pulling the cord under the tires, etc.. it's annoying.
I found this cheap cord reel, and problem solved.
Had a empty socket by the radio cabinet, so took it in use. I wanted to be able to cut the power out from the reel when i'm not using it, for some reason, i really don't know why.. so i bought a power strip with a switch and two usb connections, i think i'll add a small cabinet or a shelf where i can put my phone to charge, and there's also room for a air hose reel beside the cord reel.
The bench is still lacking cushions, been borrowing them from the living room sofa when needed.. Having a cup of coffee, sitting at the bench (of course..) and looking at pics of old Datsuns, i got a little spark to continue on the body work for the pickup.
Main reason why i lacked inspiration was that i bought those wide rims for it and started widening the body from the bed sides. It's a bit easier to push the sides out when you have a few meters to blend it in. Especially when i'm not that good at sheet metal work. Here's from the first try, before cutting the freshly welded arches for some POS zg-flares.. The bottom parts are already done here, had to do the whole side. The small bed side rails (?) ,front wall, rear light surroundings and the floor was left from the old, everything else was cut out.
The previous owner had made the bed sides already once, mostly from anything you could weld together and needles to say, it looked quite bad. Taking some measurements from the cab, i bought some sheet metal that had the sharper bends already made, the rest i improvised using some vises and plastic sewer piping to roll the sides..
Widening the rear..
The bed sides where actually quite good, before i started welding the inner wheel wells and warped the arches. Another reason for trying the flares.
I thought the flares would also solve how to get the front end done without the wheels sticking out a few inches.. Well, it didn't work and after that i lost all interest in it.
Pics above where taken at the old garage, the car sat there untouched for a couple of years. And somewhere here i started on building my new garage.
And these are taken from the past 3-4 weeks.
I still had two new front fenders laying around, so i started working at the front, at this point i didn't even think about doing the bed sides over again.
Just cutting it up, and trying different things to get it in some kind of shape.
Fast forward and after some **** welding and grinding, one side done.
Got both sides done, time to start at the back. I ordered a new pair of front fenders to get the right looking arch for the back end and started cutting. I didn't want to do the inner arches again and warping it, so i measured a part that would fit inside the inner arch.
And **** welded in. Don't look pretty and need a lot of bondo, but im happy now.
After some rough sanding, it's starting to take shape.
As for the garage, i forgot to add a socket between the doors. It hasn't bothered me that much, just pops up every time i'm vacuuming cars inside the garage. Pulling the cord under the tires, etc.. it's annoying.
I found this cheap cord reel, and problem solved.
Had a empty socket by the radio cabinet, so took it in use. I wanted to be able to cut the power out from the reel when i'm not using it, for some reason, i really don't know why.. so i bought a power strip with a switch and two usb connections, i think i'll add a small cabinet or a shelf where i can put my phone to charge, and there's also room for a air hose reel beside the cord reel.
I've been having similar warping issues welding a steel hardtop to the rear deck of my Spitfire, despite going really slowly one spot at a time.
