I've got one!!! Whooooohooooo!!!

[Robbo]

Certainly making progress, great to see Rico.

[Rico]

Cheers mate, was a nice surprise, not a lot of rust hidden under those seals, starting to find some bog.

[Robbo]

Good to see your WB coming to life again, will be as good as new.As mentioned previously, the WB's were the last of the line. Legend's.

[Rico]

Yeah thanks Robbo. true mate indeed the4 last of the good Holdens aye? lol pity they didnt keep making the utes and vans etc....anyone know why they stopped making the utes and vans at WB?

[ozbox]

good progress rico..taking it back to bare metal on a budget...hard pg13en work..ive done a fair few like that..

[Rico]

Thanks Oz, yeah your right, it is hard work. I figre I can save myself a ton of PG13 money by doing the hard yards myself. Lack of power in the shed means that we are hand sanding and using chemcial stripper. Looking at going to Bunnings and getting a Ryobi battery powered orbital this week. Will call ya tommorow with the details for that supplement too by the way.

[Robbo]

Hey Rico, although I don't know the precise reason the WB's ceased production, I've alway's figured it was economic's. They wanted the tradie customer's to buy the small japanese ute's, which at the time were just called "isuzu", if my memory serves me correctly. I think the name Rodeo came later, I may be completely wrong though.

My thought's on the economic's came about because about 18 month's after I bought my ute..1/79..I recieved a letter from GMH.They were offering previous buyer's of their commercial vehicles great deal's if you wanted to trade in your old ute on the new isuzu version. Yeah right! What have they been smoking? As if I would have been interested in buying some 4 cylinder japanese buzz box.

Cheer's.

[playwme]

Looking at going to Bunnings and getting a Ryobi battery powered orbital this week.

I'd spend your money on a cheap generator instead and a couple of cheapie orbital sanders. XU1 brand powertools from Bunnings are actually reasonable quality considering they are $22 each. 12 month replacement warranty so really no reason not to. Sanders, heat guns, hammer drills, angle grinders all do 90% of what a $100 tool will and you can throw them around without fear of breaking an expensive tool. I'll often buy 3 drills so no drill bit changes needed when doing a job. 1 angle grinder with a cutting disc, 1 with a grinding disc, 1 with a wire brush. Makes jobs easier.

Plus you'll be able to plug a couple flouro's into the Genny as well. Don't buy those 500watt halogen worklights on a stand. They suck the juice, the bulbs blow all the the time and they throw out a heap of heat. An old flouro light hanging close over the job gives a better light and a single flouro tube only sucks 18W. You can put one upright on a stand for getting good light on the side of the car as well. I used to reassemble cars in the spare spray booth in winter cause it was warmer than the workshop and the light was brilliant.

[HX76King]

Love your work. I am starting my project now so I will be watching this thread for inspiration.

Keep up the great work and make sure you get heaps of photos ;)

[Rico]

I'd spend your money on a cheap generator instead and a couple of cheapie orbital sanders. XU1 brand powertools from Bunnings are actually reasonable quality considering they are $22 each. 12 month replacement warranty so really no reason not to. Sanders, heat guns, hammer drills, angle grinders all do 90% of what a $100 tool will and you can throw them around without fear of breaking an expensive tool. I'll often buy 3 drills so no drill bit changes needed when doing a job. 1 angle grinder with a cutting disc, 1 with a grinding disc, 1 with a wire brush. Makes jobs easier.

Plus you'll be able to plug a couple flouro's into the Genny as well. Don't buy those 500watt halogen worklights on a stand. They suck the juice, the bulbs blow all the the time and they throw out a heap of heat. An old flouro light hanging close over the job gives a better light and a single flouro tube only sucks 18W. You can put one upright on a stand for getting good light on the side of the car as well. I used to reassemble cars in the spare spray booth in winter cause it was warmer than the workshop and the light was brilliant.

Play, already sussed out the genny thing, roughly $900 for a 3.5 KvA which will run the lights etc, only issue is, the shed is next to a house and the guys there do shift work so I dont want to upset them, Also roughly $500 for a sparky to wire up a caravan plug on the outside and hook it into the exisiting fluros and power points, Im still doing my research, if need be Ill get by with a battery powered orb ital until I can get a generator, other way is a take panels off n take em home n sand them there on my deck.

Robbo, thansk for that, that's intersting to know, its a damn shame really, cause Valiant was gone by thatn time and Ford was the only maker left (other than Toymota & bitsas**ti)

HX76King: Thanks mate, will dowhenwill we see pics of your beast?