Replica HQ Sandman

[samin8r]

Good Luck with the rebuild mate.White is a cool colour!

[frasermicheal]

Hey all,

As I'm sure you've noticed, I'm not very good at keeping the post up to date. I tend to just post heaps in one go, as I'm about to do. Anyway, back to the topic.

Do all panel beaters take forever?? Because it's still in a panel beaters shed, almost 12 months later. Here are some photos.

The flutes welded in.



Windows welded shut.



Rims painted, this photo doesn't do them justice.



The drivers side is basically finished.



From windows to windowless, looks far better now. The only things left to do are: Bonnet, top half of the tailgate, nose cone, finish off passenger side windows and door. Then it gets painted and I have to start doing work on it again. As always, thanks for looking.

[HK1837]

I'd reconsider the HX/HZ stripes on a HQ. HQ's look way better with HQ stripes.

[MJM]

Have you any more detail photos of welding the windows up. Did you put a curve in the steel. Did you butt weld or over lap the joins ? How bad wa the distortion. Really very interested in this subject.

Thanks for sharing.

cheers
MM

[Rico]

Yeah ditto that. That a great job on the windowless conversion!

[frasermicheal]

[MENTION=225]HK1837[/MENTION]: If it was actually an original Sandman I would put HQ stripes on it, but as it's just a standard panno I plan on putting all the bits I think look best on/in it. For instance I plan on putting HX/HZ seats in it as I think they look better.

[MENTION=735]MJM[/MENTION]: I think the steel didn't have a curve in it, it was laser cut to fit I believe. It's spot welded all the way round, and thankfully the distortion is minimal. I can ask my panel beater more about it next time I see him if you want. I'm only 20, and have no real welding experience, so I don't have the skill required to do any of this, hence why I payed someone to it.

[MENTION=579]Rico[/MENTION]: Thanks, it was the only way to go really, the other panno I have has so much rust in it that it wasn't a viable option. It would've been heaps more work to get it up to this standard.



That's the only photo I've got of the windows without bog on them.

As always, thanks for looking.