What to do with a Water Damaged Cab.

[spacies]

I found a warehouse with about 100 old cabs. Im gonna go through and keep some for myself and save others that are worth saving.

I took one cab from the front home in the wagon to be saved. Its a Generic Chastronics made here in NZ. Its a recognizable cab so it was worth having a go even though it had water damage, but I have a plan for that.

A MINI!!!

All water damaged cabs that are worth saving will be minis.

First up was to take it apart to cut off the water damage which you can see:



Internal view:



Close up:


Thought I might as well use the sawboard so noobs can see how they work. Its for your Circular Saw. The piece that is screwed on acts as a guide and in theory, your Saw blade should run perfectly along the edge to make beautiful straight cuts.





No-one likes sharp edges right? I used my High Tech Radius device to draw a radius on the corner:



Saweett!

No water damage and a nice round corner:



I built a new plinth and also added a new base and front so it wouldn't have the ugly coin door holes. Then I glued, blocked and screwed it back together.



Time for a scratch with the sander:



Filled in a few holes and then blew a coat of primer on it:



I was painting this thing at 7:30am the next morning.
The neighbours must love my compressor. heh.

Late yesterday I caught the paint shop before it closed and since it is going to be a mini I had already decided on doing it a bit out of the ordinary.


Once painted, I mounted the Dell 17", applied the art to the CP and some applied metallic silver on the inside on the glass and cut the hole so you can see through.

Enough crap. I hammered in the t-molding, screwed on the marquee and threw it together for some pics.







It has come up very well and I am pleased with the colour. Its a Candy Magenta with a pearl in the clear coat. Looks good in the sun.

Another cab saved from the rubbish dump!

Spacies.

[johnperkins21]

Where'd you get the "off-road" casters? They'd be sweet on an Ivan Stewart restore.

I do realize it's a hand truck, but all you can see from the photos are the wheels in the back.

[knave]

Where'd you get the "off-road" casters? They'd be sweet on an Ivan Stewart restore.

I would say that he's using a hand truck or dolly with pneumatic tires.

[mahalos]

Spacies

Did you get your chrome t-moulding in NZ or do you bring it in from overseas?

Cheers

Mahalos

[spacies]

From a supplier in China dude.

300 ft rolls and I am almost out