The new old Atkinson

Gday all, i havent been around much, My Frauline has gone north to QLD, ive replaced her with this.
An ex Shell Mk2 atkinson, 6v71 10 speed....being delivered tomorrow......more photos as i take them

Looking forward to someone else tackling one of these. Looks to be an early 72 model? and should sound a bit better than mine!

Well, she's up at the farm!

Oilman, If its to half of the quality of your truck, ill be a proud man. yours is better than new!

Got a couple of jobs started , filled a hole in the cab that was nearly a foot long and replaced a coolant hose on the compressor

Time for an update..........

I reckon your right Oilman
So what's going on with the new old jigger scratcha ?

Paul

Jeez I've been slack, 12 months ago today, I painted the old girl (locked in isolation with covid)
I've really not done much else since then. But I'm determined to finish it this year.

You did a good job fixing the cabin up and getting it painted.

Well done scratcha! You have done a great job.

Put plenty of sealant in the vertical windscreen joins when you refit them, or they WILL leak badly. It is worth buying a pair of twin suction cup style glass handling handles if you don't already have any. The handles with smaller twin suction cups will fit on the angle screens, where as larger diameter single cup handles won't. And a box full of $5 light duty wide jaw type lock on pliers, to hold the seal in place before you start fitting the windscreens is a BIG help. Clamping the seal in place for several days beforehand helps a lot too, so that it gets used to the shape it needs to be.

Brett.