Sandman Ute Trailer

[V8VAN]

Feeling pretty outclassed by your effort mate....

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Is that the one you were building when I was at your place, Dave?

[Taily]

Is that the one you were building when I was at your place, Dave?

Yeah Ian it is. Came up OK in the end but in reality the paint work was a little rushed and I ran short of thinners at 8pm on a Sunday night.... Nothing a coat of 2 pack Absinth yellow wont eventually fix! I was hoping that I would have had enough paint left out of 4lt of the DuPont I got mixed at Adamstown (to do the ute respray) to paint the trailer as well but didn't realise until I wondered why it wasn't covering the ute (and I looked closely at the supplied paperwork) that they had used clear to make up around half of the paint. Took 3lt just to get coverage of the body (even over a white base), let alone the front clip and went on like water, so the trailer will not be a perfect colour match (or even close - not real happy with the Adamstown version of Absinth) for the ute.

Fun and games.

[Taily]

Stood the ute rear wall up and reinforced it, added the weld ins and cut out and replated the rusted out sills and lower rear guards. The ute I made it out of was a Salt Ash swamp donkey that donated its driveline and interior to bolstering my ebay seller score. The front suspension and brakes were donated to a bloke around the corner from our old place for his hotrod build. The way I finished (a little rough but does the job) around thetop front I have left a square cut out for my ladder racks.

Painted in white acrylic until I see how much two pack I'll have left from my ute that I am about to paint tomorrow... Yay, only 3 years 1 month and 12 days since I took it off the road....

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[Alien DNA]

Stood the ute rear wall up and reinforced it, added the weld ins and cut out and replated the rusted out sills and lower rear guards. The ute I made it out of was a Salt Ash swamp donkey that donated its driveline and interior to bolstering my ebay seller score. The front suspension and brakes were donated to a bloke around the corner from our old place for his hotrod build. The way I finished (a little rough but does the job) around thetop front I have left a square cut out for my ladder racks.

Painted in white acrylic until I see how much two pack I'll have left from my ute that I am about to paint tomorrow... Yay, only 3 years 1 month and 12 days since I took it off the road....

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Yeah i couldnt stand the rear wall being on that angle either....waste of space

Fingers crossed for ute painting

[Bigtonkatoy]

Do you tow that behind your falcon it look great

[Taily]

Do you tow that behind your falcon it look great

Yes I do and don't I get some funny looks...

Innuendo, that trailer and its tow vehicle are just plain georgeous, there is no other word for it. A real credit to you! I love the way you've accessorised it with spats, white walls, venetian and the decals. It all works together very very well!

I feel very outclassed as mine was completed in a bit of a hurry due to some time constraints.

[Innuendo]

What a shame it doesnt get showed off more......really is a work of art. Love the Nasco signage.....oozes cool...as do the venetians

It got two bobbed just after the '99 Nats by a neighbour and I never got around to fixing it, so I wouldn't show it. Then we had a baby in 2000 and after that fighting court cases for bashing that neighbour and finally moving so it's just the way it's panned out. It was all done with genuine NASCO items to match the car and to be faithful to the period.

Edit: You know what? I did show it a second time. Corrimal Father Day Show the matched pair won top original of show and 2nd place car of the day. That was actually the day I noticed the scratch. I got it out (put on the road outside my house) late the night before so I could hook easy early in the morning and found the scratch when setting up at the show.

If its sat outside for a decade, clearly your body prep was done right

Well, some was done right (coupla bodgies!). It has it's scars now. But it's not all that bad.

Poor old tow car struggles aye? Credit to ya mate....very tastefully done Nice job with the chrome trims too.....neat

Yeah 138ci of throbbing not much! LOL Not chrome rims just Genuine chrome NASCO deluxe wheel embellishers (Dress Rims and Hub Caps)

Innuendo, that trailer and its tow vehicle are just plain georgeous, there is no other word for it. A real credit to you! I love the way you've accessorised it with spats, white walls, venetian and the decals. It all works together very very well!

I feel very outclassed as mine was completed in a bit of a hurry due to some time constraints.

Not at all Dave, your trailer will look a treat behind your Sandman Ute. Would certainly turn my head!
Sure there is room for improvement. There is in everything I own also.

Atleast we're all having a go at what we love!

[Taily]

Ute getting painted tomorrow and Thursday. The plan was always to see how much paint we have left over.

[Innuendo]

She's no Sandman (not even pretend) but this is my trailer.

[Alien DNA]

She's no Sandman (not even pretend) but this is my trailer.

Thats beautiful. Do you have a matching tow car?

Very very classy, i really like that. Would love to see some more pics if you have some.

*Standing ovation for you*