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    Well done, the van will be much lighter now with all the bog removed.
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    Good job,I stripped my Monaro back to bare metal by hand and it was also full of bog for no reason, except the rear beaver panel that had a hit at some stage. We have been looking at clinker ski boats recently and a few weeks ago we looked at one with a 1972 308 with those rocker covers but the oil filler was in the middle so I think they may have been HT rocker covers that someone had modified.

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    Bought a stud welder for pulling out some of the hard to get to dents and spot shrinking.... takes a little practice but boy I wish I'd got one years ago.
    studwelder.JPG

    Had a play at pulling out a dent in the rear corner
    dennt.JPG

    weld the studs on in strategic places
    dent.JPG

    and gently pull them out... no no, gently.. oh well, a few holes to fill.
    pulled the dent out well though
    dent1.JPG

    The tailgate from my old Sandman is pretty much rust free but has been repaired multiple times buy the looks of the dents.
    The inner panel is good so a quick call to Oz and a Nos lower tailgate skin is being personally delivered to me on Saturday.... what a legend...
    So out with the grinder to remove the old skin.
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    Phew, that is a lot of rust prohibiter in the bottom of that panel
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    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    A bit of slide hammer action with the washer as well? There is a system now days that uses keys and washers to pull dents, looks the goods. Might be a bit pricey.

    http://prospot.com/products/propullcomplete/

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    Quote Originally Posted by jason.ruff View Post
    A bit of slide hammer action with the washer as well? There is a system now days that uses keys and washers to pull dents, looks the goods. Might be a bit pricey.

    http://prospot.com/products/propullcomplete/
    Similar to what I got, if you look at the pic you'll see the keys and key puller in the kit.
    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    What sort of money? and who from?

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    Quote Originally Posted by jason.ruff View Post
    What sort of money? and who from?
    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271787620687
    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    Woohoo, Classic Oz Wreck came a visitin today.......

    Decisions, decisions, Nos or reproduction.... my original headlining is torn so I need a new one.
    Unfortunately my interior is Gazelle and the Nos headlining is neutral and they don't do a Gazelle repro
    so either way I have to paint it..... so I went repro as I really couldn't bring myself to paint a Nos one.
    headlining.JPG

    Also got a Nos lower tailgate skin... a bit more than the crap Rare Spares tailgate I bought
    but at least once repaired the original with seal properly.

    nostgskin.JPG
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    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    Had to go to Bunnings in Forbes today so thought I'd pop into Forbes wreckers and see what they have that I may need..... as luck would have it, they did...

    My Sandman has factory air and as such should have factory tinted door windows.... well the drivers door is but the passenger side wasn't.... bugger me if there wasn't a factory tinted passenger side window sitting on the bonnet of a HJ Kingswood... Score.. not bad for $35....

    However.... I also wanted a pair of the metal door trim tops so found a couple of stuffed trims on the ground and tore the metal tops off..... I thought $35 for them was a little rich... although he did throw in the broken lower dash fascia I picked up to repair the big hole in the back of the pocket in mine.
    4/75 HJ XX7 Sandman Panelvan ... Persian Sand currently restoring
    7/76 HX Monaro 4dr 308 4sp... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell.. SOLD
    3/77 HX Sandman Panelvan ... Absinth Yellow and rusty as hell .. SOLD

    http://www.44gpw.info/sandman-decalssmall2.jpg

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    Looking good Absinth

    Gotta pull my finger out and make a trek to visit ozbox one of these days

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