Mini Pickup Restoration Project by pickupmad87

4 minute(s) of a 28 minute read

right guys sorry havent posted for a while been really busy with the pickup!
right got the subframes back from shotblasting and powdercoating had a few repairs to do before they got
powdercoated. totally forgot to take any pics of the subframes when we got them back. so the only pics are in the
pickup.

after puting in the subframes we cleaned and painted all the suspension parts.

after we had the shell rolling we set about servicing the engine we were going to use. we stripped the head off
and de coked it and recut all the valve seats and replaced all the valve stem oil seals. again we forgot to take any
pics of this so the next lot of pictures are of me painting the engine!!





we painted the engine bay before putting the engine in. and ran the new fuel and brake lines. we made all the
brake pipes up ourselves.



we also prepared the rear load bed and front cab painted this at home.







after this was done we droped the engine in. once we had the engine fitted we took the pickup to my dads mates booth
down the road to spray the rest of the pickup.





once we had this in, I started to run all the wiring loom. I got everything working apart from the indicators and the
interior light. the indicator problem turned out to be a dickie hazzard switch. about three evenings was spent
trying to sort the problem out!! its allways something simple!! as for the interior light that is still to be sorted
but for now we leaving it.

we have fitted all the brightwork headlamps, windows, doors, bonnet and tailgate and are pretty much ready for MOT just waiting
for the number plates to come through on thursday. we also had a trimmer redo the headlining after my dad repaired and straightend
out the headlining frame.











we are also waiting for the trimmer to finish the carpets front and rear and the tono cover.

looks like we will make L2B after all!!!