How to restore a Truck

Hey Swishter ... apart from the diesel, the spiders and the USA, Dennis qualifies as a REAL TRUCK! Thanks Mate! [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Howdy,

It doesnt matter what you got, how its done or how much it cost.....for me its the people. $250,000 doesnt make a fella any better to have a fizzy with than a bloke with a straight out of the paddock gadget and an ABBA T shirt.

As far as how to restore something - If you want to do it bad enough it'll happen. Time you have to make and cash can be made pretty easy with a bit of buy and sell...of legal things


Basil

Bugly M80

H8 2 tell U this

But the only thing go n 4 U is the red
LOL
Az ewe kno n eye kno
red vehicles go fastr
LOL

Bazil
Gudday M8

U bin most conspicious by u're absence
Where B u're place of abode WA or Vic
the only good thing to cum outa sweden iz half of ABBA ( . )( . )
LOL
Cya
[ch9786]

And there is always Lorry Builder to call on!
Thats Lorry Builder..truck restorer...West of Anzac Parade.. Lorry Builder......



chocs

Least Lorry Would/Should kno wot a real truck iz
LOL

Gday Swishy....lets just say im paying rates in two states

Basil

Bugly I am with you apart from the diesel the spiders the USA, a positive earth Lucas electric system, unassisted basic,very basic hydraulic brakes , no shocks basic peg and worm steering box, It is a real truck.
It is also over budget and into overtime, I guess I have to use it alot more when it is finished Cheers Max

Arrrr g'day fellas Lorry Builder ere
looks like some of you blokes are strugglin with ya resto jobs..
The ol Lorrys got a few clues for yas.

Short of cash = get a cribet card or get a few bob off esanpaper finance...ya better rumemba to sling em a bit every now an the tho...they get a bit huffy othu wize.

Runnin a bit light on fa time = get rid of the bluddy mowa!
wastea bluddy time cuttn grass...

get the ol Lorry on the phone if ya dipped in a bit hard..
nuthin i cant fix ay..you name it, i've probly bilt one ..1418 accos, c1800 macks, camels nackers, f8000 fodens, canover kemwarts.....km fiats.. nuthin the ol Lorry cant fix ay

righto i gotta get back to me own resto for the minute...
just finishun a few bits before the Sunstroke Show..
See yas down there

good on me
LB

Yerrrrrrrr comin Thel! :-[

GM your right it is about the blokes you meet and their stories , when you said if you want it bad enought look at grenfell 34 bought a truck in the US drove it half way across the US striped it packed it in a box sent it home unpacked it blow it out & fitted a box put rego on it and was taking it too truckshows in six months ,he told me about the Hume run i had an old aerodyne with a 16in gumtree growing between the chassis rails i had to get the chainsaw out ,the truck was striped sometimes you need a little push to get a job done Cheers

Well I'm bloody glad there's a bloke who's prepared to wear the rent to keep a small fleet of significant old trucks safe and out of the weather.

Ok, he mightn't get to restore them all himself but at least they'll be in a good state for someone else to pick up the baton when he falls off the perch.

Calling it greedy .. what bloody ignorance.

It's a contribution to preserving some important history and he doesn't even have the cheek to call it a museum or charge admission as others would be wont to do.