Fill's Bedford

Hi Dave_ 64
Well done thinking out side the square. Adapt, over come and achieve with virtually no money and a bit of grey matter. (You can't count time because it is a hobby).Thanks to the others for there feed back, it is all good reading.
Cheers Fill

Hi all
I think I might said that the only badly bit of rust was under the park light rubbers to day I got them ready to weld.

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You do incredibly neat work Fill. I wish I had that sort of skill and patience.

I tend to get a bit overboard when building things,,
Ended up having to strip all the paint off the cab. Found very fine rust spots all over the metal, suspect it had been there from the time it was first built.
This let me get at all the panels working from the ground.
Cheers Steve

Steve I was gunna build a jigger like that to do the Mack cab but some people convinced me to do it on the chassis for a variety of reasons and Im glad I did in the end because I think pulling it right down and apart off the chassis can make it turn into a huge job

I reckon what you built is the go if you have the time and room
I broke my back a few years ago and thought the twisting and turning might have been a challenge but I was surprised at how much I could get to with the cab still on the chassis

great stuff Fill and Steve

Paul

I hear the bit about a BIG job, taken far longer than I had expected.
Finally got all the panels back on, just have to refit all the door trims, make a new inner right guard, a bunch of fiddly bits, fit the air compressors and have the Engineer go over it. Chuck the old tray/well body on till I can get an Alloy flat deck sorted and hopefully registered

Hi all
I still giving the brakes a rest.I have them under control, but I have decided to get the cabin ready for paint.( which I wont be doing ).
I do heavy ark welding, but I like to get all my light metal welding done professionally.this is a picture of the park lights after welding

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I do all my metal preparation. I wanted to fit lap and sash seat belts. The truck came out with one lap for the driver.
I am fitting mine own mounting. I have taken a lot of photos. to show a VAS engineer. (But I might play dumb ) I am happy with what I done. I guess if I get into trouble I can unbolt the lap and sash ones and put the driver lap belt back in only. I have had all the mountings professionally welled in.

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The window rubber will hide the weld.

This is the mount for the inertia reel

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Thanks for looking.
Cheers Fill