During the pandemic I stripped this to a bare shell, Welded it and replaced some panels, rebuilt the engine and painted it. Here is the result. I also have a yellow T2 that I did after…
https://i.imgur.com/xRPfnDI.jpg
Neither are complete yet but I keep working on them.
ooo nice! always liked that body style. got any build progress pics?
I have a few on Imgur, Here you go.
Engine https://i.imgur.com/S4ekWod.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kTJlaxz.jpg
Some of the bodywork https://i.imgur.com/5EHhCmh.jpg
Staring with primer https://i.imgur.com/pzYpdUY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/jvsZ3m7.jpg
My attempts at anodising https://i.imgur.com/Yheosdr.jpg
How it started https://i.imgur.com/AV5VvX6.jpg
T2 got the same treatment https://i.imgur.com/2629oxN.jpg
In Yellow https://i.imgur.com/ToOAcex.jpg
And they have both been paused while I work on my Skyline https://i.imgur.com/yzcm2Pd.jpg
All 3 money pits in one pic https://i.imgur.com/YfpAcJ9.jpg
Hope you like the pics :)
wow nice, thanks! how difficult was it to anodize the metal bits? what did you use to make it look gold/bronze? really cool idea.
are you going to build out the inside to do road trips/van dwelling?